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Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Sunday, May 01, 2016
Yesterday's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- U.S. West Point academy set for first woman dean in two century history
- Uber agrees to $225,000 settlement in lawsuit alleging discrimination against the blind The money is nice, but the big thing is that they will terminate any driver who refuses to take a service animal.
- UK strikes in Syria, Iraq kill 1,000 IS fighters: Ministry of Defence
Bad News
- A Texan who called Obama a gay prostitute may soon control what goes in children’s textbooks Fortunately, today textbook publishers can easily create different versions for different customers. But this is still bad for the children in Texas.
- Turkey detains pro-Kurdish news editor over tweets: channel Turkey is not a democracy.
- Hindu tailor in Bangladesh hacked to death in attack claimed by Islamic State
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Happy birthmonth, Bill!
The exact date of Shakespeare's birth is unknown, but it was in April. And today is the 400th anniversary of his death.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 2
Monday, April 04, 2016
Today's news round-up
Good News
- Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case
- U.S. top court rejects Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo class action appeals
- Man Pleads Guilty to Beating Transgender Woman Islan Nettles to Death This was a hate crime. Unfortunately he never said anything explicitly, so the prosecutors didn't think they could prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus he wasn't charged with a hate crime.
- California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law Also: New York's Cuomo signs two-tier minimum wage law in push for state-wide $15/hour
- Virginia governor vetoes bill to label books 'sexually explicit' in schools
Friday, March 25, 2016
At the book store
Posted by Tim Hankel on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
He's really got a lot of funny stuff on his Facebook timeline.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- For Transgender New Yorkers, a Center of Their Own in the Bronx
- XKCD’s Randall Munroe is providing illustrations for science textbooks I love XKCD (as seen below)--though I don't always understand it.
Bad News
- Employers fight rule that could broaden transgender rights
- NC lawmakers heading for special session Wednesday to discuss LGBT ordinance
- The End of Research in Wisconsin I'm sad for my alma mater, despite the victory of the men's basketball game on Sunday. I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone to attend or to work for.
- Tennis tourney director: Women 'ride on coattails of men' However: WTA Tour CEO assails 'alarming' criticism of female players Moore did apologize. I am guessing it was after he sobered up. UPDATE: Tennis tourney director quits after criticizing women pros
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Chicago police will add more body cameras for officers
- Woman, 90, locked officer in basement, settles with police
- Barnes art museum looks to build on successful move
- Syrian army advances against Islamic State east of Aleppo: Syria state TV
- Life returns to Syrian town after IS ousted
- Germany outlines plan to support fight against Islamic State: media
- U.S., allies conduct 22 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
- Wisconsin school nixes reading of book about transgender kid
- Waffle House Customer Fatally Shoots Waitress Who Told Him to Put Out Cigarette: Cops
- Four Egypt policemen killed in attack claimed by IS
- IS executes 3,500 in Syria since declaring 'caliphate': monitor
- Iraqis find 3 more mass graves in formerly IS-held Sinjar
- Predatory Islamic State Wrings Money From Those It Rules
- Iraq suicide bomber kills six in flashpoint town
- Twin suicide bombings kill at least 5 in north Cameroon
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Today's news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Parents call cops on teen for giving away banned book; it backfires predictably I've got some news for these parents: It's not illegal to give (or sell) books to children without their parents' permission.
- Judge denies NFL linebacker's request in revenge porn case
- Senate sustains Obama veto of bill gutting union rules
Bad News
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Today's news round-up
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Star Wars introduces its first LGBT character to canon
- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian Agree to Overhaul Credit Reporting Practices
- Georgia becomes the first state in the South to “ban the box” on state employment applications
- Judge OKs atheist's 'reason station' in city hall
- Oklahoma University shuts 'disgraceful' fraternity for racist video
- Ferguson city manager out after Justice Department report
- Iraqi soldiers, militiamen enter Islamic State-held Tikrit
- IS Syria-Iraq communication lines smashed: coalition
- China says IS fighters back from Syria caught in Xinjiang
- Denver officer fired after videotaped struggle with woman
- Mississippi deputy fired for remarks while playing Xbox
Bad News
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Yesterday's news round-up
Good News
- Revenge-porn website operator convicted in San Diego
- Oregon strippers lobby for better work conditions
- Nigeria claims Gamboru, four towns recaptured from Boko Haram
- UN Security Council demands Islamic State hostages freed
- School suspends boy for alleged Hobbit Ring invisibility threats I would not want to be a child in school today, or to be the parent of one.
- Toddler shoots father, pregnant mother at New Mexico motel Another idiot with a gun. She should not be in charge of children.
Friday, January 02, 2015
Recent news round-up
Good News
- Supreme Court Plans to Provide Briefs and Filings Electronically
- California leaders set for high-speed rail groundbreaking Tuesday
- Saudi IS cleric killed in northern Syria
- Bid in New York to extend legal rights to chimps fails, again
- Busted: Alleged Lizard Squad Hacker Arrested
- Publisher pulls atlas that omits Israel
- U.S. court approves Condé Nast $5.85 mln intern pay settlement
Bad News
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Today's news round-up
Good News
- 'Cosby' author sorry for omitting assault charges
- Russia Mistral: France halts delivery indefinitely
- Rare first Shakespeare edition found in French library
- Three Ohio teens sentenced for fake ALS bucket attack
- Arkansas, Mississippi gay marriage bans overturned
- Americans are smoking less than ever
- Pakistani man shoots niece for listening to loud music
- Erdogan: women are not equal to men Turkey should never be admitted to the EU while its leader says things like this.
- Hungary police 'blaming victims' of sexual assault
Friday, November 21, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
- Judge Issues Court Orders To Uphold Right To Record Police In Ferguson
- Julian Assange sex case: Swedish court upholds warrant
- Parents of slain gay US student head to Russia I just hope they are not charged with "gay propaganda."
- Appeals court order keeps Mississippi's sole abortion clinic open
- Islamic State group's drive for Kobani is blunted
Bad News
- Texas OKs most new history textbooks amid outcry
- Arizona sheriff sues Obama over immigration moves Idiot. What a waste of the taxpayers' money. Well, they were the ones who elected him.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Recent news round-up, Part 1
Good News
- Hachette, Amazon end nasty feud with deal on book sales
- Democrat Warren promoted as U.S. Congress selects party leaders
- Texas A&M students drown out antigay Westboro protesters with 'yell practice'
- Teacher suspended for Ferguson tweets to resign
- NY Port Authority Looks to 19th-Century Technology to Cope With a 21st-Century Problem
- Frenchman Flavien Moreau jailed for Syria jihad
- Canada to extradite accused Paris bomber to France
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Saturday, July 05, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Today's news round-up--still all good
Good News
- In Reversal Since the Recession, Some States Give More Money to Public Television
- U.S. forces seize tanker carrying oil from Libya rebel port
- Guinness pulls out of NY's St. Patrick's parade over ban on gays
- Irish ask: What's the big deal about letting gays in St. Pat's parades?
- Judge orders Chris Brown to remain in jail
- U.S. TV pitchman Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
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