November 14, 2022

Police Decertification Reform in Commonwealth of Virginia

Statewide police conduct standards will soon be enforceable almost two years after law passed “ From 1999 to Feb. 2021, just 81 law enforcement officers lost their ability to work in Virginia because of unacceptable conduct on the job. Since then, numbers have surged. Between March 2021 and Aug. 5 of this year, 103 Virginia police officers have been decertified” .
  • the first time a police chief has ever been decertified in Virginia
  • increased potential crimes involving computer trespass, to include making an unauthorized copy of data.
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    posted by screenname00 at 6:22 PM PST - 16 comments

    …a half-dozen glittering new towers stab through the San Jose gloom

    Migratory Patterns of The Modern American Skyscraper, a short story by Derrick Boden in Clarkesworld. [more inside]
    posted by signal at 5:42 PM PST - 15 comments

    Americans Who Tell the Truth: A Portrait Series

    An excerpt from Robert Shetterly's Portraits of Earth Justice Robert Shetterly began painting the Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits over twenty years ago as an act of defiance and love; defiance against the culture of lies promoting the war against Iraq, and love for the people who throughout our history have had the courage to tell truth to unjust power while demanding that our ideals be mirrored in our actions. [more inside]
    posted by dancestoblue at 5:38 PM PST - 7 comments

    Day of 8 Billion

    On 15 November 2022, the world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion people, a milestone in human development.
    posted by adept256 at 4:55 PM PST - 115 comments

    Goldfish learned how to drive during about a dozen 30-minute lessons.

    In a new experiment, six goldfish learned to drive a tank of water on wheels around a room. This feat of steering suggests that fishes’ navigational abilities hold up even on land. Illustrated by cartoonist JoAnna Wendel as part of the Wild Things series for Science News Explores.
    posted by spamandkimchi at 4:18 PM PST - 21 comments

    The Bee-Bee-See at 100

    'Mystery of BBC radio's first broadcasts revealed 100 years on' [more inside]
    posted by clavdivs at 3:05 PM PST - 3 comments

    Obviously a Chance of Typos

    FTX's Unbalanced Balance Sheet. FTX is the latest crypto-star to disappear into a black hole. Matt Levine dissects the startling balance sheet of the company. It's a tragedy to the people who got burned, but to bystanders it is comedy gold. To wit:....(archive version) [more inside]
    posted by storybored at 12:49 PM PST - 175 comments

    Who said it?

    Montgomery Burns or Elon Musk?
    posted by clawsoon at 10:23 AM PST - 53 comments

    Ways to stay connected to your chronically ill friends @ Thanksgiving

    10 Ways To Stay Connected to Your Disabled / Chronically Ill Friends This Thanksgiving [text based article at autostraddle]
    posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 9:45 AM PST - 8 comments

    "I’ll such lays here begin shall end above."

    Postpartum confinement is the general term for remaining in bed or in seclusion for a period of time after childbirth. Many cultures have some form of this practice including China where it's called "Sitting the Month" and Latin American cultures of spending the first 40 days after childbirth in "quarantine" or la cuarentena. However, the practice of prepartum confinement, often simply called bed rest, is still used for certain pregnancy complications but used to be a more normalized part of European pregnancies for certain classes. [more inside]
    posted by jessamyn at 9:04 AM PST - 12 comments

    Why Birds Are Anti-Aging Superstars

    Despite their extreme lifestyles, avians can live remarkably long lives for animals their size.
    posted by Etrigan at 7:39 AM PST - 13 comments

    Yes. No? Maybe.

    Is Link wearing pajamas in A Link to the Past? An investigation [Polygon]
    “Link’s green tunic is an iconic game costume that stands the test of time. But when I first booted up The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on Game Boy Advance at a young age, I was fully convinced that Link spent the entirety of the game running around in his pajamas. In the game’s still-incredible opening segment, Link wakes up after receiving a telepathic plea for help from Princess Zelda. Soon after, Link ignores his uncle’s instructions to go back to sleep, doesn’t bother to change, and — once he sees that his uncle has been killed — barrels into a dungeon crawl through Hyrule Castle to save Princess Zelda. Does Link really save both the Light and Dark worlds in little more than a Hylian nightie? Is he an elite-trained child warrior wearing combat fatigues to bed? And did his uncle manage to pass on his mustache-growing skills before he died?”
    posted by Fizz at 4:59 AM PST - 31 comments

    it's been a sweet love, yeah

    Well, excellent friends, it's Monday, again, and this thread must be traveling on, now, 'cause there's too many places it's got to see... [more inside]
    posted by taz at 3:12 AM PST - 103 comments

    Parks replace downtown freeways

    The U.S. city of the future - "What does the city of the future look like in the USA? Let's take a trip to Any City, USA of the mid 21st century. With a look at the existing situation, current trends, and recent government policy, let's take a look at where we'll work, how we'll get around, and where and who we'll live with in the coming decades." [more inside]
    posted by kliuless at 1:11 AM PST - 15 comments

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