For months, a mystery surrounded Gary Ridgway, one of the worst serial killers in American history. Why was he moved from his prison cell in Walla Walla to the King County Jail from September 9-13, 2024? Gary Ridgway mystery solved: Here’s why the Green River Killer was briefly moved to King County Jail – KIRO 7 News Seattle
“Our country’s constitutional order is withering before us. In the states of the former Confederacy, democracy never fully flourished.” Waiting for Liberal Democracy in the American South
Interesting to re-listen to this in the shadow of recent events. Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy | The Nation
Capital punishment continue to be a stain on the notion of American “justice.” Firsthand account of what a firing squad execution looked like | AP News
Turned on the TV, and was subjected to at least a half-dozen lies that ranged from the bizarre to outrageous. Mercifully I was able to find my basketball game and end the pain.
Banner day: for the first time ever, I spelled plagiarism correctly on the first attempt!
The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils, 1952-1967
The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils, 1952-1967
Conehead.
Robert Caro has spent most of his life asking questions of others, and he rather prefers it that way. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/r…
How Many Episodes Should You Watch Before Quitting a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis www.statsignificant.com/p/how-man…
The Digital Packrat Manifesto www.404media.co/the-digit…
Not great. www.cnn.com/2025/02/2…
The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office arstechnica.com/informati…
This is just full-on dictator bullshit. Trump targets Washington law firm that aided Jack Smith - POLITICO
New Hampshire coping.
Loved this look behind the scenes of Studio 8H. www.youtube.com/watch
This is kinda gross. English Teacher was one of my favorite new shows last year, and FX is my all-time favorite network, but their handling of this situation is not great. Did they even conduct their own investigation of the allegations?
If there was ever a case of “I wish a plague upon both their houses…” it was here: www.washingtonpost.com/technolog…
This is why competition in broadband is good. This is why we cannot leave it up to the entrenched local monopolies and major telcos to be our only source of connectivity: arstechnica.com/tech-poli…