“Workplace temperature checks are becoming more common as the pandemic wears on. They’re also happening at airports, restaurants, and stores. But it’s not clear how effective these screenings are at preventing the spread of the coronavirus—especially when they’re conducted by employees with inadequate training.”
“The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. The ad campaign follows a similar initiative launched in late 2017 that academics say measurably dampened demand for such services by explaining that their use to harm others is illegal and can land potential customers in jail.”
“By reading this plaque, you have made a valuable addition to the number of people who have read this plaque.”
“What is up with Uber destroying tens of thousands of perfectly good e-bikes?”
“Trump and some of his advisers calculated that he should not speak to the nation because he had nothing new to say and had no tangible policy or action to announce yet, according to a senior administration official. Evidently not feeling an urgent motivation Sunday to try to bring people together, he stayed silent.”
“John Ratcliffe is the least-qualified director of national intelligence in history—and a staunch partisan as well.”
Yeah, some of those early renderings of Baby Yoda were kind of rough.
“In other words, Trump could hole himself up in the Oval Office, but the Oval Office would very soon be cut off from all power. He would have no choice but to give up.” I sure hope that’s right.
RIP, Christo, flamboyant visual artist.
“The police must secure the willing cooperation of the public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain public respect.”
“Researchers have spent 50 years studying the way crowds of protesters and crowds of police behave—and what happens when the two interact. One thing they will tell you is that when the police respond by escalating force—wearing riot gear from the start, or using tear gas on protesters—it doesn’t work. In fact, disproportionate police force is one of the things that can make a peaceful protest not so peaceful. But if we know that (and have known that for decades), why are police still doing it?”
“By the time I got back to my car, around 7, I was getting texts from people saying that Trump was outside of St. John’s, Lafayette Square. I literally COULD NOT believe it. WE WERE DRIVEN OFF OF THE PATIO AT ST. JOHN’S – a place of peace and respite and medical care throughout the day – SO THAT MAN COULD HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH!!! PEOPLE WERE HURT SO THAT HE COULD POSE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH WITH A BIBLE! HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO STEP OVER THE MEDICAL SUPPLIES WE LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE WE WERE BEING TEAR GASSED!!!!”
RIP, Wes Unseld, basketball Hall of Famer.
Good riddance, and more good riddance.
RIP, Irene Triplett, the last person receiving a pension from the U.S. Civil War.
Rapid, low-cost, at-home COVID-19 tests are a key to getting back to “normal”.
K-pop fans are doing their best to save us.”
“As summer nears, 2020 has another trick up its sleeve. This time, it’s cicadas. A lot of cicadas.”
“When a paper publishes an editorial, it lends its authority & above all RESOURCES to the author. Not only does Tom Cotton get the IQ boost of Times typeface, he gets editors, copy eds, & fact-checkers who are charged with burnishing his argument to give it the best possible shot.”
RIP, Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist and screenwriter who was nominated for an Oscar for Splash.
RIP, Thomas Freeman, renowned professor and debate coach at Texas Southern University.
Bennet is out. https://www.nytco.com/press/james-bennet-resigns-as-editorial-page-editor-of-the-new-york-times-katie-kingsbury-named-acting-editorial-page-editor/
Too bad Bennett gave a platform to Cotton’s fascist and incorrect claims.