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Author: Chris Aldrich
I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history.
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🎧 ‘The Daily’: 10 Years After the Financial Crisis | New York Times
A look at how the economic collapse exposed profound problems underlying the American dream.
What a great overview. So little has changed… I’m starting to think that our financial system is even more fragile than I had expected it might be.
🎧 ‘The Daily’: The Blasey-Kavanaugh Hearing | New York Times
In an extraordinary day of testimony, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh came to embody a fractured nation.
👓 "The Danger of a Single Story" in Mathematics | Roots of Unity
The Lathisms podcast shares the varied stories of Hispanic and Latinx mathematicians
📺 PBS NewsHour full episode – September 28, 2018 | PBS
Friday on the NewsHour, the Senate Judiciary Committee gives a green light to confirming Brett Kavanaugh but joins the White House in calling for an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations he faces. Also, why the U.S. will be engaged in Syria for the foreseeable future, Shields and Brooks discuss Kavanaugh and how one television show is handling today’s contentious politics.
👓 Atiyah Riemann Hypothesis proof: final thoughts | The Aperiodical
After Sir Michael Atiyah’s presentation of a claimed proof of the Riemann Hypothesis earlier this week at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, we’ve shared some of the immediate discussion in the aftermath, and now here’s a round-up of what we’ve learned.
I’m not sure I agree wholly with some of the viewpoint taken here, but I will admit that I was reading some of the earlier reports and not as much of the popular press coverage. Most reports I heard specifically mentioned the proof hadn’t been seen or gone over by others and suggested caution both as a result of that as well as the fact that Atiyah had had some recent false starts in the past several years. Some went as far as to mention that senior mathematicians in the related areas had not commented at all on the purported proof and hinted that this was a sign that they didn’t think the proof held water but also as a sign of respect for Atiyah so as not to besmirch his reputation either. In some sense, the quiet was kind of a kiss of death.
👓 Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart | Vox
There was a striking difference in style — and substance.
An impressively telling visualization here.
Following Rosemary Orchard
I am working at the Technische Universität Wien developing in house software solutions. I studied French and German as foreign languages at university in the UK and lived in France, Germany and Austria as part of my degree program. I now live and work in Vienna, Austria.
Met virtually at IndieWebCamp New York.
📺 "Will & Grace" It’s a Family Affair | NBC
Directed by James Burrows. With Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes. Grace's father and Will's mother end up making a surprising and upsetting connection. Jack rebounds from his breakup with a new love. Karen must decide between her husband and her lover.
📺 "Modern Family" I Love a Parade | ABC
Directed by James R. Bagdonas. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan are going to be setting off more than a few fireworks when they get together at the annual Fourth of July parade where Jay will be acting as the grand marshal. Meanwhile, Haley's goodbye with Arvin before his trip to Switzerland doesn't go as well as she pictured it and is distracted by the return of an old flame.
📺 "The Big Bang Theory" The Wedding Gift Wormhole | CBS
Directed by Mark Cendrowski. With Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg. Leonard and Penny give Sheldon and Amy a baffling wedding gift.
📺 PBS NewsHour full episode – September 27, 2018 | PBS
Thursday on the NewsHour, Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is 100 percent sure Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her and the Supreme Court nominee vehemently denies her claims. We examine the day-long hearing and its significance.
Not quite as in-depth as I might have expected. I’m still thinking that the The Daily from The New York Times has had some of the best coverage of the story (and particularly the cultural side) thus far.
👓 Sorry, Internet, Brett Kavanaugh's Missing Wedding Ring Isn't New | Gizmodo
Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct, is currently blubbering before the Senate Judiciary Committee in an attempt to paint himself as a victim, a champion of women, and a family man. Naturally, some viewers noticed that, curiously, Kavanaugh’s left hand is absent of a wedding band.
I noticed this as I was watching the hearings today too. I’m curious if there’s more research to be done and what it looks like with some additional runway or follow-up.