After an eight month paid vacation, the officer who shot Justine Damond has been charged with murder and manslaughter. But for most bad cops, there’s still no fear of being caught. Take happy family photos at the gun range, get suspended from school. Sigh. New Jersey again. Scott Greenfield on those odd income disparities uncovered in a study this week. Yes, the bizarre outcomes are probably a lot more than mere racism. What if some girls just don’t want STEM careers? A VPN you use on your own server, no need to contract with a provider. That would be great.…
Category: Miscellaneous
Uber suspends all testing of self-driving vehicles after one of their cars — in autonomous mode but with a human at the wheel — kills a woman crossing the street. Self-driving cars are a lot farther from prime time than their starry-eyed proponents would like us to believe. (H/T PT)
It’s a mix of good and bad, as you’d expect. With a few surprises, too. However much the left may criticize, they won’t be able to call this weak or right-wing absolutist. Purists (like me) won’t like it. But it’s … more nuanced than usual from Trump.
In many ways they were more oppressed and miserable than the country’s slaves. They refused to stay down for long.
On Saturday, Florida International University in Miami installed an “instant bridge” — a 950-ton span to allow students to more safely cross the Tamiami Trail. The $14 million pedestrian structure, funded by the federal government, whose main span went up in a single day, was scheduled to open next year. Today, five days after its rapid rise, it came crashing down on the busy eight-lane highway below. Still a developing story. Fatalities, but number unknown.