Big Stick PhysicsNYT: World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
NYT: World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope.
Who gives a shit, people in America are skeptical of a whole bunch of things, and the NYT doesn’t care much about that.
Sparky was mooching for food this morning. Boxes are always good for a challenge.
New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics
The new pope isn’t any of my business, but this is a bigger problem.
High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
If America is going to get back to manufacturing, companies will need to get involved to make sure that there are trained people to hire. There will need to be more of this.
PHILADELPHIA—Elijah Rios won’t graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer—one that pays $68,000 a year.
Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employers are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. They have increasingly begun courting high-school students like Rios—a hiring strategy they say is likely to become even more crucial in the coming years.
The yard was finally dry enough to get some work done outside. I asked Sparky if he wanted to help, but he said that today was a holiday for his people. He had the day off.
Okay, let I’ll bite. Why is today a holiday and who are your people?
It’s true. Don’t trust anything the Chinese government says.
Also, be skeptical of reports that China is in big trouble.
This WSJ article notes that the Chinese government has stopped reporting a wide range of economic data, and that could mean that the tariffs are having an effect.
The Wolf Pup is 9 years old, and the door hinges are messed up.
Campers and RV’s are a challenge because they use hardware and techniques that are not used elsewhere. Getting the right hinges took some effort. It uses a double hinge that attaches to the door and the screen door. Amazon had some generic hinges that may have worked, but brand names are more reliable.
Another thunderstorm is rolling through, this time with plenty of lightning. Sparky is on high alert. When I decided to use the bathroom, Sparky had to figure out how to maintain decorum while never being farther than a body length away.
His conversational gambit was awkward enough, I had to take a photo.
NIH closes experimentation labs accused of brutally killing thousands of beagles for 40+ years
Sparky has too much ninja blood to be an official beagle, but these reports are heartbreaking. All of the lab beagles shown in the photos have Sparky’s stoic good nature, so you know that they are all good dogs.
The life-or-death case for self-driving cars
The studies are in, and self-driving cars are a good idea. We should remain skeptical.