450- Stuff the British Stole

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450- Stuff the British Stole

7/13/21 by Roman Mars

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/125723497
Episode: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/3bb687b0-04af-4257-90f1-39eef4e631b6/episodes/16d4782d-57b2-45b4-9b17-e320eb4f1915/audio/128/default.mp3

Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. The ABC podcast Stuff the British Stole is a six episode series about the not-so-polite history behind a few of those objects. We’re going to play the first episode and Roman talks to the presenter and creator Mark Fennell about the series. Stuff the British Stole

How bad is the rise in US homicides? Factchecking the ‘crime wave’ narrative police are pushing | US crime | The Guardian

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How bad is the rise in US homicides? Factchecking the ‘crime wave’ narrative police are pushing | US crime | The Guardian

But what’s happening with homicides is not part of some broader “crime wave.” In fact, many crimes, from larcenies to robberies to rape, dropped during the pandemic, and continued to fall during the first few months of 2021. “Crime” is not surging. Even the broader category of “violent crime” only increased about 3% last year, according to the preliminary FBI data from a large subset of cities. It’s homicide in particular that has increased, even as other crimes fell.

Early data also suggests the homicide increase isn’t happening at random, but that much of the additional violence is clustered in disadvantaged neighborhoods of color that were already struggling with higher rates of gun violence before the pandemic, according to Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist who has authored multiple national reports on crime and violence trends.

How to be an Anti-Racist

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Book Review: How to be an Anti-Racist

Last week I got out Ibraham X. Kendi’s relatively new book, How to be an Anti-Racist out of the Bethlehem Public Library as it caught my eye when I was browsing for books. It was the first book I read in my summer reading program.

I found it nearly impossible to put down once I got into reading it up at camp. It is a thoughtful discussion of the topic of racism, a reminder that we must all speak out against the unfair treatment of African Americans. For what laws are fair and just for blacks are just for all of us, because if laws treat blacks fairly when they are pulled over on the road then all of us will be treated more fairly.

Guerrilla Wi-Fi Comes to New York – The New York Times

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‘Welcome to the Mesh, Brother’: Guerrilla Wi-Fi Comes to New York – The New York Times

Mr. Heredia is a 19-year-old volunteer with NYC Mesh, a nonprofit community Wi-Fi initiative, and he was there to install a router that would bring inexpensive Wi-Fi to the building. Mr. Cambridge’s family said they had become fed up with the take-it-or-leave-it pricing for spotty service that internet providers seem to get away with in this part of Brooklyn.

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Mr. Heredia crouched to affix the router to a plumbing vent, positioning it so the Wi-Fi signal could avoid the tree down the block. An app on his phone beeped to indicate the strength of the connection. Higher in pitch and more rapid was good. Mr. Cambridge whipped out his phone to search for NYC Mesh among the available networks. “It just came up!”

Weather Update – July 16, 2021

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I can’t control the weather but I can my attitude towards it as we head into another rainy and cold summer weekend. 🌧️

One thing I can say is it won’t be as hot but just as damp as it been all summer. ☔ I guess I didn’t pick a bad weekend to head out of town last weekend. I’m hoping the rain will hold off enough on Saturday though to catch the nature bus 🚍 up Thacher Park. I find the bus is a worry free way to get to the park and it’s a stress free, but orderly way to structure my Saturday morning with lots of reading 📖 in the hammock, hiking and nature observation. 🐸

One week until summer vacation 🏖, which hopefully will be less rainy but the early forecast isn’t promising. But the Finger Lakes National Forest will be nice regardless. I want to get a big bag of clams and even if it is rainy, beer boiled clams are good. 🐚 I plan to get some additional books 📚 out of the library to read and I’ll have tarps and bring my muck boots 👢 in case the woods is super sloppy. Who knows how much Robert Treman gorge swimming 🏊🏻‍♂️ will be open but unless there is thunder, the Watkins Glen pool will be good.

Weather Summary
Today. Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance of T-storms and 87 degrees , 8:30 sunset.
Tonight. Slight Chance of T-storms and 64 degrees , 67 max dew point, 5:33 sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
September 19th.		 Heavy Rain and 73 degrees , 67 max dew point, 8:29 sunset.
Saturday Night. Showers and 65 degrees , 66 max dew point, 5:34 sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
September 5th.		 Showers is likely and 78 degrees , 66 max dew point, 8:29 sunset.
Sunday Night. Chance of T-storms and 64 degrees , 66 max dew point, 5:35 sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
August 14th.		 Chance of Showers and 82 degrees , 66 max dew point, 8:28 sunset.
Monday Night. Mostly Cloudy and 64 degrees , 68 max dew point, 5:36 sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
July 15th.		 Mostly Sunny then Chance of T-storms and 84 degrees , 68 max dew point, 8:27 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Chance of T-storms then Partly Cloudy and 64 degrees , 69 max dew point, 5:36 sunrise.
Wednesday.
Feels like …
September 5th.		 Chance of Showers and 78 degrees , 69 max dew point, 8:26 sunset.
Wednesday Night.
Feels like …
August 20th.		 Partly Cloudy and 60 degrees , 5:37 sunrise.
Thursday.
Feels like …
September 1st.		 Mostly Sunny and 79 degrees , 64 max dew point, 8:25 sunset.