This is also the worst possible way to remedy the situation. Telling the cop who took a bullet at Santa Fe HS (and others like him) that he’s a bad cop is not going to convince the actual bad cops that they need to change.

I think the hypothesis is that birds able to survive on seeds were the species best suited for the post K-Pg extinction world. Seeds were a readily available source of food that would last for decades through all kinds of conditions. And beaks are good for eating seeds.

It’s pretty likely that some level of quadrupedal dinosaurs did make it through, probably some small ornithischian species. But they didn’t have enough diversity to survive for more than a hundred thousand years or so.

Interesting point to consider...

Also, does this mean every politician must have a completely public Twitter account?

Microwaves can be focused enough to precisely hit specific regions. They can also be emitted by relatively small devices and are somewhat difficult to detect. All the reports I’ve read seem to indicate thermal damage to the brain as the most likely culprit. The patients don’t exhibit symptoms of resonant vibrations…

My lab is funded with taxpayer dollars. I study epilepsy using mouse models. It may seem horrible to you, but my research means we have a better understanding of how epilepsy works. Would you rather we just blindly give patients drugs and hope for the best?

I think “sonic” is just the popular term people associate with these attacks. Apparently many of the victims report loud buzzing, but that doesn’t mean sound waves are the culprit. I think thermal damage from microwaves is much more likely and plausible.

HIFR is faster than landing and refueling. Also you might be able to refuel on a ship that you can’t land on due to size constraints or other problems.

It’s much faster than landing and refueling. If you’re tracking an enemy submarine, you want to refuel and get back to your job ASAP, before the ship you belong to is gone.

Quick reminder that Obama nominated John Brennan to CIA Director, who was just as complicit as Gina Haspel in the Bush-era CIA.

“Rural America”

The Tech Workers Coalition should do a little research about the history of the internet.

If (and it is a big if) this summit actually leads to some kind of reconciliation or denuclearization, Trump will have done more to earn it than Obama did in 2009.

That’s not Batman music. That’s Forrest Gump music.

It’s just the language used to describe how the amendment has always been applied. Machine guns? Uncommon (in civilian hands) and few (if any) lawful purposes. Sawn off shotguns? Few (if any) lawful purposes. Semiautomatic rifles? Common and with many lawful purposes.

Actually the current interpretation, which is based on previous rulings, uses weapons in “common use for lawful purposes” as the distinction.

Same here. I was walking home from school and saw an airliner flying unusually low in my area. Then I heard the sonic boom and screeching of afterburners. I looked up to see two NG F-15s hauling ass. One was doing a barrel roll (why not I guess?). They covered 300 miles in less than 3 minutes.

I have a vested interest in trying to improve the lives of people who suffer from epilepsy. If you have a problem with that, you aren’t worth talking to.

No the arrays are usually micro-LED based not laser, but largely produce the same result. A silicon micro-array probe (looks like a tiny silicon comb) with multiple LEDs and electrode leads on each probe.