Ew. My sympathies. Good luck!

If you have generous sick leave, I’ve heard most doctors will certify a new mother is unfit for 12 weeks after delivery. I’d check with HR, but it’s better than nothing.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you have a wonderful, and wise, father.

I’m saying that’s exactly what they would do; or at least, they would use personal judgment to determine the likelihood regardless of orders.

Literally the first thing that they do is verify the authenticity of the order.

1) As military officers, they have not only the right but the legal obligation to refuse orders which they believe to be unlawful...obviously this is a very delicate area, and they can be immediately removed from command...but in a launch situation, that takes time.

That’s the foundation of a loving relationship! “Hello, I’m here for the fucking and other gifts, but I’d like to take absolutely no responsibility on.”

As another stated though, the final launch signal is via two person rule. Which has saved the world multiple times, between us and the Russians.

On the other hand....

I think his “chaos is a ladder” delivery was telling...he wasn’t trading barbs. He just spit it out, as if literally just remembering it. I think they are trying, though having a tough time of it, to show that he has lost his sense of self because he’s been seeing...well, everything...through the eyes of others.

It’s backwards anyway. Nukes, and more specifically the danger they pose, are products of international politics. Reducing the demand signal for them is the only meaningful way to make them disappear. Trying to eliminate them via writ is

No, but they can possibly indicate it. The thing is, it’s difficult in the individual case to see the problem, because immediate concerns and the attempts to address then are rational. So, to use a different scenario, it’s not an issue in the individual sense to cast a white actor for an ethnically Asian role...but in…

I came to this post, only seeing the headline, prepared to roll my eyes. Instead I found a well-written post, a well-resolved mistake, and your beautiful comment. Thanks for sharing, and sorry about the Skittles.

Aw, racism is cute as long as they’re bad, right?

I’m tired and my filter is down so...yes. Pressure can be negative.

It’s a sad story. Don’t dig into it.

Usually lifetimes are quoted from the particle’s rest frame: the “time” (quoted because it’s actually just a parameter in a distribution of times) to decay as measured in a frame at rest relative to the particle.

In my head this couple are martial experts but use every weapon incorrectly because their teachers were assholes.

Well said. It’s rarely worth it. Just take your time or, hey, get up earlier.

Right, because it can’t possibly be that the systemic nature of the problem can blind both the afflicted and the blessed. No better way to encourage enlightenment than to belittle those who stumble along trying to find it.