Stormy
Farm Workers Bill
Notable: I was looking at the latest Siena Poll and the Farm Workers Bill of Rights polls quite well in Upstate, 71-21 percent approve and even Republicans support it 54-32 percent. I am sure some in agriculture community feel differently, but it shows how popular a policy can be non-related parties.
The South Mall Project: Hope or Hoax? (1962, special)
"On the evening of Saturday, July 14, 1962—just days after the first South Mall demolition—WRGB TV, Channel Six, aired a half-hour documentary called The South Mall Project: Hoax or Hope? We found what we think is the only extant copy of the documentary in the papers of Grant Van Patten at University of Albany’s Special Collections department. Grant produced and directed it, and we had the good fortune to interview him at his home in Clifton Park in the summer of 2016. We enjoyed spending time with him and were sorry to learn that he died earlier this year."
Read more about this here: https://98acresinalbany.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/hoax-or-hope/
The Man Who Thinks The U.S. Is Better Off As A Bunch Of Separate Countries | FiveThirtyEight
This week we talked to Chris, a 35-year-old white man from rural Pennsylvania. Chris wrote in that he thought, “the U.S. should have a velvet divorce,” a reference to the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia — now the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic — in 1993. Chris went on: “I live in heavy Trump country but know he’s an idiot, but even Trump haters wouldn’t agree to break up the U.S. And certain areas (the South, the Midwest) would be horrible for minorities and destroy the environment. But it’s obvious the U.S. has run its course.”
Out on Seneca River
Paddling along the Seneca River in Montezuma.
5 Common Mental Errors That Sway You From Making Good Decisions
I like to think of myself as a rational person, but I’m not one. The good news is it’s not just me — or you. We are all irrational, and we all make mental errors.
For a long time, researchers and economists believed that humans made logical, well-considered decisions. In recent decades, however, researchers have uncovered a wide range of mental errors that derail our thinking. Sometimes we make logical decisions, but there are many times when we make emotional, irrational, and confusing choices.
Fire in the woods
