A little hurricane and Equifax post-op today, but with so much of the Gulf Coast and now Florida a gigantic mess, and with this being The Dreaded Anniversary once again — not to mention it being a Monday — let’s otherwise keep things on the lite side.
- A requiem for Florida, the paradise that never should have been. (Interesting history despite the overwrought title.)
- Tesla’s “kind” but oh-so-creepy gesture to its car owners in Irma’s path.
- And in all this, let us not forget Harvey. It is still terrible in many parts of coastal east Texas.
- Kristen Bell gains more hurricane cred.
- Krebs on Security on some of the lesser-known aspects of the Equifax dumpster fire. And via the great Wendy McElroy, alleged hackers demand ransom. Alleged remains the operative word here; we can only hope the real hackers, whoever they may be, would ask so little to keep our data safer than Equifax kept it.
- Soldier in Afghanistan commemorates 9/11 by giving $100 bills to corrupt contractor.
- Sarah Hoyt’s loving tribute to her friend and colleague Jerry Pournelle. (Via DistOne in comments.) Glenn Harlan Reynolds extolls the hope (and the facts) Pournelle gave a 1970s kid.
- Plenty of other things also happened on this day, including William Wallace defeating a “mighty British army” at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
- Man and his dog: twins. Yeah, this dog dress-up stuff can be grating. But damn, these two really do look alike. And for you cat people …
- Six “paranormal” events whose real causes were even weirder.
- And and just for sheer sillies (and for you pun fans) …
Finally, here’s a delightful short video about a boy and the dog he rejects.
Hate to rain on your Lite.
But I found something that was commenting on that Nurse’s arrest for refusing to draw blood without a warrant. Here’s something that goes beyond Revenue Enhancement, in that some are now requiring 5 arrests a day from their officers.
Be warned it’s a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJSLZlkETsA
Enjoy, for what it is.
Our ISD superintendent showed elementary school teachers the “Present” video at their pre-semester training session, with the lesson, “Get to know your kids before you make assumptions about them.” I suppose it’s something that needs occasional reinforcing among education professionals.
LOLed through the Tesla story at all the “OMG For-Profit Corporations can control your cars Without Government Permission” comments. Look around, folks. AirBnB is offering free evacuation service, Wells Fargo just sent me an email with a bunch of things like forgiving payments and dropping ATM fees, insurance companies are bringing in adjusters from all over the U.S.,and lots of other big for-profit Corporations are joining in.
Not to say some corporations don’t suck; but Government permission? It’s the government I’m worried about. Viva la profit motive.
Forget? Not likely. September 2017: the month each of my daughters went through a hurricane.
Darn Claire; after The Present now my coffee is all watered down!
Awe! Loved that video! Made me teary!
9/11 is also the Feast of Neyrouz, occurring on the first day of Thout, named for Thoth, the Egyptian god of (prolific) writing and knowledge. (Coptic) New Year’s day, more or less. It’s also the day some people commemorate the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.