News & Views from an Embedded Systems Designer
Jameco’s “Easy PIR Alarm Kit” is a neat little kit that would make a great introduction to dead bug electronics assembly and the basics of PIR detectors, transistor switching and relays.
Source: JE-PIR ALARM: Jameco Kitpro : Easy PIR Alarm Kit : Electronic Kits & Projects
I’ve been doing dead bug assembly for custom one off circuits for over forty years and there’s no doubt it can be the perfect solution for some circuits.
I don’t think any of us believe that Trumpism is going away. To the extent that we take any comfort from the current chaotic state of the Republican Party, it’s that it seems mainly to be defined by the QAnon craziness of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the alleged perversion of Matt Gaetz and the cartoonish cynicism of Josh Hawley. Yes, we need to keep an eye on them. But they’re so out there on the fringes that the amount of damage they could do would appear to be limited.
Which is why an essay published recently by Glenn Ellmers of the Claremont Institute should chill you to the bone. Running at more than 3,200 words, Ellmers’ screed is nothing less than an assertion of authoritarianism and white supremacy, dressed up in intellectual garb.
Source: From a right think tank, a chilling pseudo-intellectual case for Trumpism – Media Nation
I think it’s safe to assume it is. Time is EDT I think.
I thought her mask fashion show instead of a science based briefing and failure to halt Trump’s drink bleach idea were bad, now this.
Source: Former Trump adviser joins company that makes hazardous air cleaners | Ars Technica
Reading her biography it seems to me she’s one of those people who got the degree but really only did good administration work not good science based medicine.
Read this article for more info, I think I might have been the beneficiary of a Ponzi scheme
How safe spaces for transgressive humor, both online and in real life, helped breed a hateful ideology
Source: The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem | The New Republic
“If I had to write the impeachment part all over again, I’d really dumb it down,” James Madison said.
Those willing to spread misinformation and incite violence have learned a hard lesson about free markets: Private companies don’t have to associate with them.
Go read the whole thing.
Source: Irina Manta and Berin Szóka: Who’s afraid of Josh Hawley? | Guest columnists | stltoday.com
Not only are these guys shitty at their jobs, they keep each other and themselves in power so they can continue to be shitty at their jobs.
Dr. Novella has a very good piece up about conspiracy theory thinking.
Source: The Threat of Conspiracy Thinking to SBM – Science-Based Medicine
