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Lunchtime Photo

1 year 9 months ago
I was out in the desert Friday night and took this picture of the Trifid Nebula, one of the best nebulas in the night sky. However, it's only really visible in the summer, so it was now or never (until next year, anyway). My initial integration of the images was disappointing. The problem was that ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Columbia deans found guilty of tropes

1 year 9 months ago
Some time ago I became fatally suspicious of the word trope. Technically there's nothing wrong with it, but in practice it's used exclusively to imply someone has said something vaguely offensive without having the receipts. Here's the latest: Three Columbia University administrators have been removed from their posts after sending text messages that “disturbingly touched ...continue reading "Columbia deans found guilty of tropes"
Kevin Drum

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says

1 year 9 months ago
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said late Sunday, after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week [...]
DAVID KOENIG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press

Boeing executive: ‘Robust portfolio’ creates demand for St. Louis-made platforms

1 year 9 months ago

The original article comes from The Business Journal on June, 25, 2024 The Boeing Co.’s defense productions in the St. Louis area represent a “robust portfolio,” with significant demand worldwide for the F-15 fighter jet, T-7A pilot trainer jet and munitions, a high-ranking company executive said Tuesday. The top priority with the T-7A is to deliver the new pilot trainer to the U.S. Air Force, but there […]

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Kelle Sutton

Judge rules Missouri AG has no right to medical records of transgender minors at Wash U

1 year 9 months ago

A St. Louis judge on Friday determined Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has no right to access unredacted private health information of transgender children treated at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte ruled that Washington University does not have to provide the unredacted medical […]

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Annelise Hanshaw