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Andrew Yang has posted his first Cable TV ad. $91,000 worth which will appear today and tomorrow. Let the gnashing of teeth and the propaganda begin.....
The New Ad--Appearing Today and Tomorrow on Cable TV
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Tahira Reid leads a lab focused on human-centered design. Over her career, she’s gone outside the “traditional engineering box” and integrated compassion for the users of products and services into the design process – what she and colleagues refer to as “compassionate design.” She has also leveraged her insights as a Black woman in mechanical engineering in her work. Together, these considerations led to the development of a compassionate design framework that helps engineers think critically about their design decisions and, in her case, an investigation of how heat from flat-irons can damage curly hair.
In this interview, Reid describes how her personal experiences led her to focus on the human aspects of engineering, and why she believes a focus on people’s problems, combined with an engineering mindset, leads to more innovative products and services.
Here is the current situation in Israel. We have been here before but this time it may actually be the end of Bibi's time as Prime Minister. He has been in office for 12 years and 3 other elections in the last 2 years have failed to dislodge him. It is not certain that he will be ousted this time either but it looks much more promising.
When Guillermo Lasso, a former banker and finance minister who advocates shrinking the state and cutting taxes, defeated socialist Andrés Arauz by a narrow margin in Ecuador last month (after the Left won the legislature in convincing fashion), it appeared that the Left in Latin America was still too weak to challenge t
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According to the BBC, people are getting the shots and then catching Covid-19 in the country with the highest percentage of vaccinations in the world:
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Two nights ago I came across a video on YouTube about something called aphantasia. What this means is, the inability to create mental images inside your head, also known as visualization. The term aphantasia came from the greek word for imagination - fantasia - and the "a" means without.
Something/Someone Old 
My Something Old this week is P.G. Wodehouse, the celebrated creator of Jeeves and Wooster.
