“Alternatively, university administrators could have followed the time-honored tradition of ignoring campus protests until they inevitably fizzle out”

Yeah, I’d be reasonably confident the locomotive isn’t going anywhere, but I’d be less confident in the strength of the windows.

Lake freighters have unusually long lifespans compared to sea vessels. St Mary’s Challenger has the advantage of operating exclusively in freshwater, which gives those vessels amazing longevity. Lake freighters often operate over 50 years, but ocean going vessels rarely last over 30 years unless they’re particularly…

“So, of course, because it’s Tesla, instead of a massive sell-off this morning from investors who are done with Musk’s bullshit, the stock is already up about 12 percent today. Make it make sense.”

One quibble: the Biblical description is more of a religious ritual than a practical method, and it’s not really about reducing maternal mortality. It’s more about reducing the impact of cuckoldry. Yeah, when folks want to quote the Old Testament to support their anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ beliefs, there is some…

It might have something to do with how everything’s installed, although if they designed this so you can’t replace a sunvisor without removing the windshield, that’s just another example of completely ignoring design-for-maintainability (which, frankly, is a sign of a prototype being released into production).

I just wish they’d put that on the passenger mat too, since that thing just will NOT stay put.

Well, at least it knows its market.

Including labor and delivery, of course. Especially labor and delivery. It is not entirely coincidental that states with the strictest abortion laws also have some of the worst access to qualified obstetric care. This is likely why neonatal mortality has *risen* since Roe v Wade was eliminated. Not because of…

Oh, that’s all obvious. A home built on property the person doesn’t own will definitely not have permits. ;-)  I would bet that the materials are largely if not entirely scrounged.  And as far as deposit and first month’s rent -- you may be seriously underestimating the cost of living in LA.  It’s insane.

Actually, this is very normal practice — and if you think the Limitation of Liability Act is “ancient” because it’s 173 years old, hoo boy..... You are in for a big surprise when you go and google “general averages” for the first time! Because wow, you obviously have not researched this at all if you’re talking about…

Yeah, this is a pretty impressive bit of work.

It just makes us feel better about our own tenuous situations to believe they are.

A wildfire, sure. But this structure could certainly burn itself down, and fire rescue will need to respond to that.  Is that a reason to shut it down?  Not necessarily, but it is a reason a sympathetic person can be concerned for the safety of the occupants.

Well, and since the police are generally averse to providing security to homeless encampments (their preference is to remove the encampment), they typically will not call the police. Therefore, they’ll usually deal with it themselves. It’s not because they want to. It’s because they have to. So a person living in a…

I’m not at all keen on tying executive compensation to market valuation, regardless of the amount or form of compensation. There are a lot of ways to affect market valuation, and not all of them are good for the long-term future of a company. As a shareholder, I want to reward behavior that will ensure consistent…

I don’t think they’re low IQ. I think they’re low *experience*. Tesla and SpaceX I think seek out new grads because, being new to this kind of work, they have no idea what they’re worth or what kind of working environment they can expect or when they should be speaking up about quality or safety. They’re easy to…

Ah. My mom came from a 3M family — grandpa, uncle, aunt all worked for 3M. I would say she made a smart move leaving in 1992. That’s about when the company started to lose its magic. They used to call it “the womb” for how it would take care of you, nurture you, and you’d stay there your entire career. Then they…

Just don’t feed it after midnight.

The water ingress is very concerning.  I’ve driven into some pretty serious rainsqualls on the Interstate.  I remember one particularly memorable one on the high plains of Montana.  That’d be a really sucky place to get stranded for five hours.