Greg Spradlin @spradlig@social.cleverlibre.org

"Officer-involved shooting" is a euphemism for "officer shot someone" -- and it's used, by police and journalist, to make reality fuzzy.

If all journalism organizations agreed to, as this commentary advises, abolish the "Exonerative Tense” in headlines (and I'd add, articles as well), journalism would be much improved.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/emersonmalone/police-traffic-safety-headline-language-exoneration

Made this “hat” tile puzzle as a special request for a customer. Surprisingly challenging to put together! Pieces are 2x2” double sided wood

In case anyone missed it, my quantum entanglement posts are 6 parts so far! Here's part 2. https://skullsinthestars.com/2017/04/20/what-is-quantum-entanglement-part-2-randomness-and-measurement/

This is big. No #embargoes. No #APCs.

"The #EU is ready to agree that immediate #OpenAccess to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, w/o authors having to pay fees & that the bloc should support #nonprofit scholarly publishing models.

In a move that could send shockwaves through commercial scholarly #publishing, the positions are due to be adopted by the Council of the EU member state governments later this month."
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-infrastructure-2023-5-eu-ready-to-back-immediate-open-access-without-author-fees/

#Europe #RightsRetention

I have stumbled upon a surprising conjecture: The sequence defined by a(n) = n^2 - (n^2 XOR n) is injective, where XOR is bitwise exclusive OR. Can anyone prove or disprove this?

This is an outstanding reply to, and analysis of that Pamela Paul column in the New York Times that began this way:

"A paper that says science should be impartial was rejected by major journals. You can’t make this up."

Dave Karpf, an academic, takes it apart. He also testifies as a particiant in the peer review system. Worth your time.

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/pamela-paul-cancel-culture-grifters?utm_medium=ios

#nytimes #journalism #peerreview #science

Today, #Berlioz's 'La Damnation de Faust' with Spyres, Leonard, Relyea and @slso from St. Louis https://www.worldconcerthall.com/en/schedule/berliozs_la_damnation_de_faust_with_spyres_leonard_and_relyea_from_st_louis/75530/ #wch

jerry springer’s only been in heaven a few days and he already told jesus i’m not the father

Prior to 1982, stock buybacks were considered stock manipulation. It was Reagan's SEC that opened the floodgates to their abuse.

Stock buybacks don’t create more jobs. They don't increase wages. They don’t grow the economy.

They make corporate execs richer. Hello?

The Clarence Thomas bribery scandal widens:

—Leonard Leo and his organization had business before the Supreme Court.
—They sent large sums of money to Clarence Thomas’s wife.
—They deliberately removed her name from the paperwork.

It’s time for the US Attorney to open a bribery investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/