Random shots around the web: A very cool photography theme: Reenacting old photos of people. I don't know who Veena Malik is, and I'm probably missing about 95% of the context, but I enjoyed seeing this this attractive woman schooling the scary cleric I've been meaning to link to this handy chart of radiation exposure levels. A slightly more technical page about radiation … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2011-03-30
Scattershot 2011-03-22
Random shots around the web: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Still a complete tool. Rather awesome response to a racist screed. Somebody get this guy a recording contract. Or an appearance on the Colbert Report. There's a lot I don't understand on Twitter, such as whatever this person is up to. What is that? A tsunami bot? Ken Lammers attending a conference about reforming … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2011-03-22
Good Guys Don’t Suborn False Confessions
There's a lovely case over at Simple Justice today. According to the news story, it went something like this: A guy was murdered, and a man named Douglas Warney came forward to police saying he knew something about the victim. Police interrogated him, and he apparently confessed, providing eleven details about the murder that only the killer could have known. He was found … [Read more...] about Good Guys Don’t Suborn False Confessions
Decision In the Face Of Deception
A couple of years ago, shortly before the 2008 elections, some people were making fun of undecided voters for being stupid: How could anyone not tell the difference between Barack Obama or John McCain after 20 months of campaigning? How could anyone not know which one they thought would make a better president? At the time, I wrote a defense of undecided voters premised on the … [Read more...] about Decision In the Face Of Deception
Fukushima: Waiting For the Magic Bullet
Here's something I'm wondering about. Maybe some of you can help me out, or point out where I'm going wrong... The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant is just continuing to deteriorate, with damage at all three fueled reactors, containment cracks at two of them, and overheating spent fuel pools at one of the shutdown reactors, with more spent fuel problems likely. The … [Read more...] about Fukushima: Waiting For the Magic Bullet