First up: Manafort
I don’t know the US-ian processes but, this could be “fun” to watch.
A question on housing in Houston / Texas
A minor question that is not worth clogging up important news feeds - how are homes generally built in the flooded area?
US Constitution podcast
The chap behind 99% Invisible has teamed up with a teacher / Prof of constitutional law to use Trump as a whoooooole lot of teachable moments.
Bitesize Dunham
Phrasing!
Hiroshima publication, 70 years
Seventy years ago today, John Hersey published a lengthy article in The New Yorker about the Hiroshima bomb, from accounts of survivors. It was the first article to focus on the everyday people. It had not been cleaned up by the military. It was thought so important that the BBC read it out on radio because it was…
Job agency etiquette query
Multiple, very similar, jobs, advertised exclusively through one agency. Requiring individual applications (so I can’t just say “please consider me for X,Y, and Z”).
Amazon Underground
Explain it to an Old? What does Amazon get out of it? Where is the catch?
Test post
Kinja replies are down for me. I only just cleared cookies and cache for some other cock up!
Test post because kinja
Move along, nothing to see here ;)
Well done, Cameron /s
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Making headlines
I love proper local news.
Minor nerdy amusements (/open thread?)
I have a little trouble with geography. More specifically, I often don’t know quite where I live.
Open Thread
As there doesn’t seem to be one.
Disney's Moana casting
Credit where credit’s due, all (early) signs point to Disney doing well on this one. I haven’t heard about storyline yet, but how good do these characters look?
Seasonal Driving Tips
1. Narrow country lanes with no passing places? Slow down, friend.
On wealth, taste, and class in interior design
I’m coming at this from an idly curious perspective. We all have our own tastes, and they often clash with the tastes of other people, and I try really, really hard to think “not my style but they obviously like it”. I know the things I enjoy will be seen as filthy junk by a lot of people.
DIY question
Is copper too soft to make something like this? That’s assuming I could find decent diameter of pipe.
Must be something in the water
Edit / update: We need #snoutrage.
Change of routine (inane)
So a couple of days ago I switched from morning showers to evening showers.
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