ppidgeon

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ppidgeonApr 18, 2018
It's been a bad coffee morning!!!
ppidgeonApr 18, 2018
I need to swear more, if for nothing more then to relieve stress.
ppidgeonSep 15, 2017
On tiny Barbuda, a 300-year-old civilization has been ‘extinguished’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/09/15/on-tiny-barbuda-a-300-year-old-civilization-has-been-extinguished/ #mustread #feedly
On tiny Barbuda, a 300-year-old civilization has been ‘extinguished’

All 1,800 residents have been evacuated, and the island’s history will now be described in two epochs: before Irma and after Irma.

ppidgeonSep 15, 2017
» The Cassini spacecraft just crashed into Saturn - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/09/15/the-cassini-spacecraft-just-crashed-into-saturn/
The Cassini spacecraft just crashed into Saturn

The epic end to a pioneering mission that revolutionized how scientists see the ringed planet.

ppidgeonSep 14, 2017
A baby white giraffe and its mother have been spotted in Kenya http://www.businessinsider.com/white-giraffes-kenya-hirola-conservation-program-2017-9 via @businessinsider2
A baby white giraffe and its mother have been spotted in Kenya

Giraffes of this type have only been spotted twice before.

ppidgeonSep 13, 2017
» How to Fight "Alternative Facts" in Politics - Scientific American Blog Network https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-fight-alternative-facts-in-politics/
How to Fight "Alternative Facts" in Politics

Just as the environmental movement galvanized support for protecting nature, a pro-truth movement could spur popular opposition to post-truth politicians 

ppidgeonSep 13, 2017
This is positively disturbing!---> Americans Are Poorly Informed About Basic Constitutional Provisions https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-are-poorly-informed-about-basic-constitutional-provisions
The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania – Americans Are Poorly Informed About Basic Constitutional Provisions

Many Americans are poorly informed about basic constitutional provisions, according to APPC's Constitution Day Civics Survey. It finds that 37% can’t name

The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
ppidgeonSep 12, 2017
Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/12/artificial-intelligence-face-recognition-michal-kosinski?CMP=share_btn_tw
Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says

Professor whose study suggested technology can detect whether a person is gay or straight says programs will soon reveal traits such as criminal predisposition

ppidgeonSep 12, 2017
Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/12/athens-modern-heritage-austerity-neoclassical-architecture-acropolis-greece?CMP=share_btn_tw
Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage

A full 80% of 19th and early 20th-century buildings in the Greek capital have already been destroyed, and time is running out for what’s left

ppidgeonSep 11, 2017
A former US Navy SEAL tweeted his solution to the North Korean crisis — and it just may work http://read.bi/2vPhFz2 via @BI_Defense
A former US Navy SEAL tweeted his solution to the North Korean crisis — and it just might work

How would former US Navy SEAL Jocko Willink handle North Korea? "Drop 25 million iPhones on them and put satellites over them with free wifi," Willink tweeted.