In physics, we rely much less on illustrations, but we heavily use quantitative graphs. Reading papers from the ~1950s, I'm struck by the quality and legibility of draftsman-drawn plots, compared to so many of today's computer generated plots.

Dave Eggers points out in Her Right Foot--nominally a childrens' picture book--she's also going somewhere.

Would you prefer an 8am sunrise?

I got a 1200-baud modem for my 13th birthday. Quickly discovered Compu$erve was not in a 13-year-old's budget. Then discovered the BBSs.

I read in "The Secret Life of Groceries" that scammy "get your CDL" training organizations push folks into the "owner-operator" model where you earn subsistence wages at best and from which it is very hard to ever break out of.

Bondi purports to appoint an “emergency police commissioner” and orders specific DC policy on sanctuary laws to be deleted from police guidance.

I’m no expert, but this seems illegal under the Home Rule Act, which says only that the President may direct DC police to “provide services.”

Yes. The proper next step in any budding barbecue obsession is to read as much as you can on amazingribs.

Wow! I remember being there on some beautiful summer afternoon and everyone was enjoying it but wait--it was 5 oclock so the rangers had to drive around shooing everyone out of the place.

I heard a flight attendant explain once, if someone were to light a cigarette, they want a way to safely extinguish it

If it were Trump, surely they would have used gold smoke

My understanding is that roughly from the mid-19th century until WWII, the "gentleman's C" was upper-class students wanting to demonstrate that they hadn't been working too hard on their studies, because hard work was for the proletariat.

In an urban setting,parks are for people, and so much of dcs parkland is terrible. Underprogrammed, rarely used. Barnard hill and Ft. Bunker hill come to mind.

The NCAA has strict rules about the sort of degree programs that college athletes can be in--no trade education, for example. The draw to keep playing (or be a fan of) a school sport probably contributes to persistence of classical liberal education.

Thanks! This must be the sort of detail in the proprietary scoring manual you’ve mentioned from time to time. It makes sense but to me at least it isn’t obvious.

In the reconstruction, Abel is second out so Baker and Charlie are on 2B and 1B when Daniel hits to the third baseman. Without the E5 can we assume a putout to end the inning, or can we not assume any play on any runner?