Free space, May 28, 2021. . . . . #vsco #monochrome #iphonography #familytime #iphone12promax
Walking a grumpy baby back to sleep at 3 AM, for the win.
For the amount of money folks pay for internet service, you’d think the help desk would be more competent when the internet goes out. Alas, you’d be wrong.
Hedley Bull, with a useful reminder for those worried about their daily “word count.”
“thinking is also research.”
Via @ProfPaulPost on Twitter
Whenever I dip my toe into what’s going on with Twitter, I’m always struck by how the outrage level is always a “10”, no matter the topic.
I think was Bruno Maçaes who put it best, Twitter is where we reenact the French Revolution every day.
I was told there would be NO clouds in Arizona. No clouds! I demand to speak with a manager.
Got my first MRI today. Looks like a bulged disc in my lower back. Wanted to take a photo of the machine or of me in the unit but giant medical grade magnets do not play well with consumer electronics.
No, not good news at all
In China, Apple Compromises on Censorship and Surveillance
Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has said the data is safe. But at the data center in Guiyang, which Apple hoped would be completed by next month, and another in the Inner Mongolia region, Apple has largely ceded control to the Chinese government.
Chinese state employees physically manage the computers. Apple abandoned the encryption technology it used elsewhere after China would not allow it. And the digital keys that unlock information on those computers are stored in the data centers they’re meant to secure.
That’s a wrap on spring soccer. Nacho had his last game today. His coach (and coach’s eldest) were just terrific.
I know sports are good for instilling character, but to see it happen in real time over these last few weeks—just splendid.
Pizza night so someone doesn’t give a wut wut.
2020 International Religious Freedom Report
The Department of State submits this annual report to the Congress in compliance with section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-292), as amended. This report covers the period between January 1 and December 31, 2020.
I wrote my dissertation explaining how the US got there, enacting a law protecting religious minorities around the world, and the book manuscript version in progress examines some of these reports in depth.
Quick break from the work, and lo! I just past 1700 elo in online chess.
(“Rapid” ~ 10-15 min games and where I play the most.)
Quick view from my building. My office is actually one of the windows off the left but this view from the top of the stairs is so much better.
Almost wrapping up spring soccer.
Big kiddo finally learning to kick big.
And he may have found his calling as goalie.
Little bro had his last game for the season.
And of course, they all get medals at their age for being good sports
Last game for big bro next Saturday.
Jobs outlook for the summer
Lot of intereesting stuff on the jobs data, From the Washington Post, via @Pratik earlier today:
It’s not a ‘labor shortage.’ It’s a great reassessment of work in America.
But Scott Sumner called it awhile ago
Because millions of unemployed workers in low pay service sector jobs earn more on unemployment than they did on their previous jobs, and because most of those jobs are unpleasant, employment will likely remain quite depressed all summer, before bouncing back in the fall. That’s not to say the economy won’t grow. The end of Covid makes it likely that sectors such as travel will pick up, but the quality of service will be lousy, perhaps the worst of my entire life.
Put differently, while the WaPo and Sumner are not talking strictly the same thing, there will be a lot of movement in the labor sector in the coming months. Lots.
Not that we needed more reason’s to distrust Google. But its kerfuffle with Roku is getting hot. From John Gruber..
I don’t have a roku, and I still use Gmail. But transaction cost of switching gets lower all the time. We need a serious YouTube competitor.
Spent most of yesterday afternoon, evening, and this morning banging my head against the desk troubleshooting why my citations were not rendering in Rmarkdown.
I was using an outdated template that breaks pandoc. 🤦🏽♂️
J&J slashes April target of vaccine
With domestic production of the company’s vaccine still unapproved, the government slashed its national allocation of the J&J vaccine to states by 86 percent to just 700,000 doses next week, down from nearly 5 million, a cut that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) called “very concerning.”
I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget
The internet is clever, but it’s not always smart. It’s personalized, but not personal. It doesn’t know or care whether you actually had a miscarriage, got married, moved out, or bought the sneakers.
The true, the good, and the beautiful.
Big kiddo has his initial assessment for fall classes at a classical school here in town.
