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"Ignore for a moment the high likelihood of chaos and dysfunction from a Trump administration staffed with dilettantes, ideologues and former TV personalities. It appears that what Trump intends to do, come January, is break his most popular promises and embrace the most radical parts of his agenda."

Opinion | Trump Has Little Room for Error - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2024/12/14/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Trump Has Little Room for ErrorBy Jamelle Bouie

RE: Wray's resignation (thread for text, #GiftLink at the end)

"By stepping down now, as the conservative writer Erick Erickson observed, Wray has created a “legal obstacle to Trump trying to bypass the Senate confirmation process.”

"No daylight saving time? See how early or late you would be in the dark." #giftlink

This is the first newspaper article I have ever seen that actually cites an R package. 🙂

(Congratulations to the 'suntools' package.)

#rstats #wapo #daylightsavingtime #dst #standardtime #biologicalclocks #biologicalclock #timezones

wapo.st/3Bp3bNC

The Washington Post · Mapping how ending Daylight Saving Time would change time in the U.S.By Janice Kai Chen, Bonnie Berkowitz, Tim Meko

V WaPo:
A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected the sale of Alex Jones’s Infowars platform to satirical news website the Onion, ruling Tuesday that the November court-ordered auction of Jones’s website lacked transparency.
The decision capped a two-day hearing that stretched late into the night in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez’s Houston courtroom.
wapo.st/3ZufLmD
#GiftLink #NoPaywall

The Washington Post · Judge rejects sale of Infowars to satirical news site the OnionBy Kim Bellware

#Tech (and especially #DigitalHumanities) folks:

This article from #NYTimes effectively annotates the famous "A Great Day in Harlem" photograph: the user scrolls, and the frame moves across the image, with additional frames of text and images providing context, notes, etc. popping up as the user continues to scroll.

What is the simplest method or app for putting something like this together, where you are specifically moving across, or zooming in and out, of one particular image? Such "scrollytelling" is something I associate with something like Esri's Story Maps (as one example), but that's not quite right here.

Any suggestions? Feel free to boost.

nytimes.com/interactive/2024/1

(This is a #GiftLink so no paywall)

The New York Times · 58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains.By Hank Shteamer

A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO.

He was carrying a gun, a silencer, and a handwritten manifesto criticizing healthcare companies for putting profits above care.

He also had fake identification, including the ID card he showed at the hostel in New York.

#GiftLink #UnitedHealthcare #shooting

nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/ny

In an image released by the New York Police Department, the suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson is seen in the back of a taxi on the morning of the shooting.
The New York Times · Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in UnitedHealthcare CEO's Killing: Live UpdatesBy Andy Newman