AnnafromA2.bsky.social
@annafroma2.bsky.social
Engineer, crafter, mom, woman of mystery. I made good people, make things, and make things happen. Interested in SFF, education, energy, and needlework of all sort .
Flying is safer with than without all those things, yes. But flying isn't absolutely safe. Both the humans and the machines in that system can fail.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Flying is safer with than without all those things, yes. But flying isn't absolutely safe. Both the humans and the machines in that system can fail.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
And such a glorious failure it is!
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And such a glorious failure it is!
Trump's mad because Air Traffic Controllers are *mostly* showing up to work, but there's enough of them calling in sick or no-showing to seriously congest the busiest airports, which has started to affect everybody with tickets to anywhere.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump's mad because Air Traffic Controllers are *mostly* showing up to work, but there's enough of them calling in sick or no-showing to seriously congest the busiest airports, which has started to affect everybody with tickets to anywhere.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Yep. I lost all faith in anything printed in The Atlantic and did not renew my subscription after they published 3 articles in one year that were very politically correct but objectively, provably untrue.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yep. I lost all faith in anything printed in The Atlantic and did not renew my subscription after they published 3 articles in one year that were very politically correct but objectively, provably untrue.
Sorry for the late response.
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sorry for the late response.
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
Colleges offer calculus because many degrees need calculus, and because not all high schools offer it. But when your HS does offer calc, it is an admissions office ding against a student who doesn't take it. Especially at selective STEM-specialist universities.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Colleges offer calculus because many degrees need calculus, and because not all high schools offer it. But when your HS does offer calc, it is an admissions office ding against a student who doesn't take it. Especially at selective STEM-specialist universities.
Maybe things have changed in the 5 years since my 20-something sons were counseled VERY strongly to take Algebra as 8th graders so they could get into their preferred BS programs. This was Ann Arbor public schools, and they had made 8th grade algebra almost impossible to enroll in.
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Maybe things have changed in the 5 years since my 20-something sons were counseled VERY strongly to take Algebra as 8th graders so they could get into their preferred BS programs. This was Ann Arbor public schools, and they had made 8th grade algebra almost impossible to enroll in.
Then you are either quite a bit older than even me (I'm late 60's), had very high SAT scores, or are a member of a minority group the college was actively recruiting.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Then you are either quite a bit older than even me (I'm late 60's), had very high SAT scores, or are a member of a minority group the college was actively recruiting.
Unfortunately, if students don't take (and master) algebra by the end of 8th grade, they will have to double up on math to take a full year of calculus or statistics and a semester of calculus in high school. No HS calculus on their transcript locks them out of many college STEM programs.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately, if students don't take (and master) algebra by the end of 8th grade, they will have to double up on math to take a full year of calculus or statistics and a semester of calculus in high school. No HS calculus on their transcript locks them out of many college STEM programs.
Oh hell NO! Phone and/or on-line voting is inherently insecure, easy to hack and very hard to audit.
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh hell NO! Phone and/or on-line voting is inherently insecure, easy to hack and very hard to audit.
Ariel is a very beautiful cat! May you live together long and happily.
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ariel is a very beautiful cat! May you live together long and happily.
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The neighborhood courtesy titles of Aunt and Uncle persist in my community at least until kids have grown up to have kids of their own. After HS or upon marriage, the young adults are usually invited to use first names, and their children, if any, will be taught to call those people Aunt or Uncle.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The neighborhood courtesy titles of Aunt and Uncle persist in my community at least until kids have grown up to have kids of their own. After HS or upon marriage, the young adults are usually invited to use first names, and their children, if any, will be taught to call those people Aunt or Uncle.
Additionally, in the neighborhood where I grew up, the parents of our closest friends, and our parent's close friends who didn't have children were usually addressed as Aunt or Uncle First-name, rather than Mr. or Mrs. Last-name.
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Additionally, in the neighborhood where I grew up, the parents of our closest friends, and our parent's close friends who didn't have children were usually addressed as Aunt or Uncle First-name, rather than Mr. or Mrs. Last-name.
I am an Irish-American, who's also had a number of Indian colleagues, a small number of whom trained under my husband's thesis advisor, or that fellows' brother who teaches in India. I am their Aunt or Auntie due to faculty allo-family relationships.
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I am an Irish-American, who's also had a number of Indian colleagues, a small number of whom trained under my husband's thesis advisor, or that fellows' brother who teaches in India. I am their Aunt or Auntie due to faculty allo-family relationships.
That would be BJo Trimble. She orchestrated a letter writing campaign to "Save Star Trek". I was 11, and my sisters and I spent $5 on stamps to help save our favorite show!
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
That would be BJo Trimble. She orchestrated a letter writing campaign to "Save Star Trek". I was 11, and my sisters and I spent $5 on stamps to help save our favorite show!
The even better story is that the person who is now my spouse came to UM to get a Naval Architecture graduate degree. He had played TMP in DC, so looked up Kevin D to meet him in person. Which led to him joining Conclave's Con Com. I was Chair that year; we got married 3 years later.
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The even better story is that the person who is now my spouse came to UM to get a Naval Architecture graduate degree. He had played TMP in DC, so looked up Kevin D to meet him in person. Which led to him joining Conclave's Con Com. I was Chair that year; we got married 3 years later.
I hearted your comment because it's true to our 80's TriTac experiences, not because I'm happy that the FBI is still hassling people who write, program, and play tactical or semi-realistic simulation games.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I hearted your comment because it's true to our 80's TriTac experiences, not because I'm happy that the FBI is still hassling people who write, program, and play tactical or semi-realistic simulation games.
I helped with research and editing on The Morrow Project. We ended up having to demonstrate to the FBI that our maps were developed based on publicly available information. Apparently a couple of folks in the Pentagon played TTRPGs, and thought we were suspiciously close to their projections. Scary!
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I helped with research and editing on The Morrow Project. We ended up having to demonstrate to the FBI that our maps were developed based on publicly available information. Apparently a couple of folks in the Pentagon played TTRPGs, and thought we were suspiciously close to their projections. Scary!
I'm pretty sure that particular dance move was a call-back to that line in R&J, and not a bit accidental.
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I'm pretty sure that particular dance move was a call-back to that line in R&J, and not a bit accidental.
He is an absolute treasure!
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He is an absolute treasure!
It's possible to do a paper ballot to tabulator(s) audit in Michigan. But it wasn't done in 2020 or 2024. Not for precincts that showed irregularities, not even for the randomly chosen precincts that were subjected to a "risk limiting audit" per our last changes to election laws in 2018.
Why not?
Why not?
October 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's possible to do a paper ballot to tabulator(s) audit in Michigan. But it wasn't done in 2020 or 2024. Not for precincts that showed irregularities, not even for the randomly chosen precincts that were subjected to a "risk limiting audit" per our last changes to election laws in 2018.
Why not?
Why not?