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In case you’d got the wrong idea about how the ’regulatory state‘ is supposed to work Regulation and regulators are in the news again – the Grenfell tragedy, water companies and social media. Here’s how regulation works: The present-day regulatory state is not an intrusive government intervention, it’s the invention of the post-war neoliberal economists. It was designed not to protect consumers but to shield capital from democratic control. Since …

There’s a million reasons why you would want to record audio coming from your browser, some — innocuous, some — nefarious. You can definitely record blank video with just the sound in OBS, but that’s not necessarily what you want. So to record just the browser audio on Linux, you will need two applications and a fairly recent Linux distribution that has the new PipeWire audio system, preferably installed by …

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The end is now the beginning. It’s time to close my chapter of limiting beliefs and feeling stuck and begin writing a new chapter on a blank canvas. I find myself writing from Santiago de Compostela, the famous ending point of the Camino de Santiago. Those who have followed my journey know that I’ve walked...

The other week, the Internet’s most beloved creepy snowman wrote a blog post where he showed how to use a little Python to group states by their number of electoral college votes to make a table like this: Electors States PopPct ECPct 3 AK, DE, DC, ND, SD, VT, WY 1.61% 3.90% 4 HI, ID, ME, MT, NH, RI, WV 3.04% 5.20% 5 NE, NM 1.22% 1.86% 6 AR, IA, …

This one almost killed me so the next will likely be an, um, Fall/Winter guide. Also it's getting well-nigh impossible to get usable jacket art off the web (either that or Typepad can't work with what you've got) so there's not a lot of that here either. Thanks as always for reading. Equipment: Sony UBP-X800 multi-region 4K player, Sony KD50X690E display, Yamaha RXV-385 A/V receiver. Alphaville (Kino 4K Ultra) The …

This is really just an extension of this post: http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abusing-you-was-by-the-book-documenting-two-years-of-abuse-from-game-journalism-after-sharing-my-metoo-the-whole-painful-story-all-in-one-place If you are not aware of the situation, read that instead. I’m posting this because I need to scream. It’s better than silence. “Abusing you was by the book” (documenting two years of abuse from Game Journalism, after sharing my #metoo… the whole painful story all in one place) Today I had another grieving outburst about game journalist and the …

Week #707 As one project wanes another waxes. The amount of time we’ve been spending on the Miami project has decreased. They’re in good shape; onboarding customers and prepping for raising a round of investment. The features, bugs and tasks are at a minimum as they want to be stable and get customer feedback. Which means we have more time for some VR projects. The video team has handed over …

Why was a medieval note on the world's regions added on a scrap of parchment at the end of a Roman geographic work (Leiden UB, BPL 68)? From India to Ireland, Cappadocia to cannibals, the note's mixture of fact and fiction showcases a reader's interest in the bounds of their known world.

It was a kinda-off month in terms of mental health, which I'm still blaming on just one big day of drinking back in July. Feeling much better now in September! Notable I turned 38. Kind of a nothing birthday. I did get to go out for an afternoon with my sister and some besties so that was nice. I did a Ken Barber lettering workshop. I've been wanting to do …

It is impossible to ignore recent examples of truly woeful judgments emanating from the Constitutional Court. Two recent judgments dealing with equality law illustrate this point. The appointment of Justice Mandisa Maya as Chief Justice of South Africa has been widely lauded by observers from across the political spectrum. Unlike her two predecessors (Moegoeng Moegoeng and Raymond Zondo), her appointment was uncontroversial, and the enthusiasm and goodwill she enjoys will …

Keeping up with the days has been getting harder and harder these past few weeks. Last night I was in bed by 7 and slept clear through to 6 this morning. That’s normal, right? </sarcasm> The post Tired appeared first on Chris Wiegman.

I've been munching on these Calabacitas for the past couple weeks -- have you made this dish yet? It's loaded with flavor and it's a great curveball if your kitchen routine is getting predictable. Please give it a go! Calabacitas is one of the most satisfying dishes you'll come across in Mexican cuisine -- and... Read More The post Easy Calabacitas Recipe appeared first on Mexican Please.

‘NO WOMAN’S LAND’ has been awarded the prestigious 14th Carmignac Photojournalism Award and will be exhibited at the Réfectoire des Cordelieres in Paris this autumn. A few months ago, photojournalist Kiana Hayeri and researcher Mélissa Cornet travelled to the Mawoud Academy school in Kabul. It was a heavy journey – Hayeri had previously visited the school under heartbreaking circumstances. “I first reported on it for the New York Times after …

We took Camren to Mount A. last week to help him move into residence. Any reservations I might have had about the school vanished the moment we arrived in Sackville. What an incredibly welcoming university community! Everywhere we looked, students in colorful tutus were cheering on new arrivals. At the residence, they danced, sang, and efficiently unloaded our car, bringing all his belongings up to his room while directing us …