October 17, 2023

"What you do only matters to the decision makers when Things Go Wrong."

Trust & Safety Tycoon is a free browser-based game exploring the difficult choices and tradeoffs involved in managing a trust and safety team. From the folks who brought you Moderator Mayhem (previously). More about the creation of this game.
posted by jessamyn at 3:18 PM PST - 31 comments

Geese. Geese everywhere.

A couple of weeks ago, Cyriak went HONK. More recently, Mr Weebl answered with HONK. Does this maybe hint at the collaboration I've been waiting for?
posted by smcdow at 1:02 PM PST - 27 comments

I think every kid is a natural monster buff.

1981.. CBS News... Charles Osgood... Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Monsters... But Were Afraid! [50m] A strange news-ish coverage of monsters of all sorts. Includes some really interesting mask and physical prop work from the age of physical effects.
posted by hippybear at 12:26 PM PST - 5 comments

Hard-packed soil paths are okay until it rains

Birdability Week is October 16 - 22. Advertising a bird outing just as “accessible” does not provide nearly the amount of detail that most people with disabilities need to decide if it’s an event they could attend. Surfaces? Gravel-sized’ stone usually sits up on top of trail surfaces and can be too large and movable for wheeled mobility devices to safely and comfortably travel over. Benches should be connected to the trail by a paved surface. For people with mobility challenges, having a bench 2 meters away from the trail, over grassy or muddy ground, may make it inaccessible to them… even though they’d really like to have a rest! Birdability previously and previouslier. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 12:14 PM PST - 4 comments

A trans woman joined a sorority. Then her sisters sued...

“Some days it feels like this place isn’t safe and is actively aggressive towards me,” Ewalt said. “Other times, like Artemis often argues … we grew up here. We have every right to be here. SLWAPO [CW: Transphobia, Homophobia, Suicide] [more inside]
posted by kittensofthenight at 11:51 AM PST - 26 comments

I speak the solos while I play

Carla Bley, jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader, died today aged 87
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posted by thatwhichfalls at 11:07 AM PST - 35 comments

Researchers say that bird species are remarkably segregated.

How L.A.’s bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices [more inside]
posted by kaibutsu at 10:25 AM PST - 12 comments

more of a say in whether the birth family should be reunified

When Foster Parents Don’t Want to Give Back the Baby: In many states, adoption lawyers are pushing a new legal strategy that forces biological parents to compete for custody of their children. [ProPublica]
posted by readinghippo at 10:14 AM PST - 45 comments

October is Gay Recruitment Month!

TheRighting is a media company that aggregates articles from various right-wing media outlets and also publishes original reporting on the world of conservative media. They also post excellent analysis, such as the ranking of right-wing websites by unique visitors. [more inside]
posted by slogger at 9:29 AM PST - 24 comments

Weed the North

Today marks 5 years of legal cannabis in Canada Abi Roach, one of the original OGs of cannabis consumption pre-legal weed, is worried that the policy constraints and industry response will throttle the legal market and its growth. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 8:37 AM PST - 31 comments

“You have to trust someone, right?”

The couple thought they’d executed the perfect crime: victimless and profitable. But, as hard as Konashewych had worked to keep his girlfriends apart, his two worlds were about to collide. from The Inside Job
posted by chavenet at 8:23 AM PST - 7 comments

The bulletproof plant undergoing high-velocity growth

The bulletproof plant undergoing high-velocity growth. Hemp is one of the toughest plants on the planet and its potential uses range from bulletproof vests in the US to waterproof flooring for housing and other robust building products in Australia.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 12:23 AM PST - 26 comments

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