Quickies
Quickies: Mental Health Institute Abuse, Doxxing Random Women, and Check Out This Podcast
February 24, 2011, was the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. Nowadays, the only way to get to the International Space Station is via the Soyuz (which is covered in February’s book club pick.)
- NSF Report Flawed; Americans Do Not Believe Astrology is Scientific – The confusion lies with the test design and people who possibly have mixed up the difference between astronomy and astrology.
- Politics of Mental Health Complex crises occupied Walker staff – How Scott Walker’s aides feel about abuse in mental health institutes (trigger warning). From Jon B.
- Doxxing Internet babes: “She wanted it” – “The latest female victim of online outings: An Olympic volunteer who dared to be attractive in public.” Yeah, if a woman doesn’t want random dudes to creep on her, she shouldn’t exist in public. That’ll show her!
- For the First Time, Women Outnumber Men in a UC-Berkeley Computer Science Course – From Mindy.
- The Philosophical Breakfast Club #253 – Check out this podcast episode of “Science for the People”! This one features our own Surly Amy and Melanie.
I’m lucky enough to live and work close to the final resting place of the Space Shuttle Discovery at the Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles airport. I took off work the day it was flown in and got to see it coming in slow on final approach, escorted by two fighter jets, though unfortunately I totally botched the video. Anyone who has the opportunity should definitely go to this amazing museum – in addition to the Shuttle you can see an SR-71 Blackbird, the Concord, and the Enola Gay, amongst many, many more.
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In 2011, I was also lucky enough to see the Endeavour’s final launch up close and personal, from the NASA VIP viewing area! I did my best to capture the view and the excitement.
Thanks for posting the article I found about the Walker staff. It’s…Seriously, if ANY medical facility has these kinds of issues, there should be a hearing.
Yeah, the thing about doxxing…This is why I no longer mention if I consider someone attractive. I just know half the internet will dox whoever I’m talking about within hours. We need a new term for this kind of creepiness, ‘crowdstalking’ seems to fit.
Thanks for sending the link about Walker. I hadn’t heard anything about it!
Also, “crowdstalking” seems like an appropriate term.