Favorites October 26th 2022

Agua Caliente, July 2022

Steven Strauss @Steven_Strauss

As a former public official I sympathize, if only SCOTUS had not tossed out 200ish years of precedent with the Heller decision and created a personal pretty much unrestricted right of gun ownership we would all be safer.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said Tuesday that the leak of his draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade made his colleagues in the majority on the U.S. Supreme Court “targets for assassination.” https://t.co/uOMOo1KPyG

I've mentioned it before, but this 1995 article (pre-heller) analyzing the 2nd amendment is excellent.

John Scalzi @scalzi

An interesting article about possibly protecting one's joints. Tangentially related, one reason my signature looks like it does is because it allows me to sign thousands of signature sheets at one time without turning my wrists/joints to powder.

slate.comWhy Does Taylor Swift Hold Her Pen Like That? Is She OK?Should we be concerned? We asked the experts.

It's interesting how there are certain careers where success brings a sudden need to think very carefully about your signature.

Threads

• Short thread discussing how modern electronic health records are making it hard for anyone to join the military because requirements are so stringent.

• Discussion of how a recent letter from HCD to the city of Elk Grove demonstrates the way in which the state government has effectively taken permitting control from city councils and given it to staff.