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Ah, and for the other joys.. Independent - I'm a climate scientist in Alaska. Donald Trump has made me a whistleblower

For the latest... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8BpZVyoFo

I enjoyed Mad Max right up until the ending phase of the game. All of the films had a mood of crap happening, but still ending on an optimistic tone. The game doesn't quite have that. Sure, there were a few gameplay/mechanical issues I had with it, but for the majority of the time it was fun.

Well, just to jump away from health care and consider cyber-security... Bloomberg - Tillerson is said to shut cyber-office in State Department reorganisation

I was trying to decide if this was more the funny things side, but eh, I'll throw it in here for the military social aspect...

Not sure how many might have seen this before, but what the heck, it's worth a replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBz-pwTyxtA

"Used to run a business that was primarily focused on real estate and personnel placement with some dabbling in construction and other industries." Technically that isn't an incorrect way of referring to leading an army of demons bent on conquest...

For a recent release on Amazon Prime that might provide a few chuckles... Nobility. Currently being dubbed a "dramedy, The Office in Space", it has a whole bunch of actors from various sci-fi shows playing the not so brilliant crew of the "best" warship in Humanities navy in the far future. When you have the likes of Cas Anvar (the Expanse), Walter Koenig (Star Trek & Babylon 5), Torri Higginson (SG:Atlantis & Dark Matter), Christopher Judge (SG1), Ellen Dubin (Lexx), along with a bunch of other faces and voices you'd recognise just simply having fun doing slightly twisted takes on some of the classic sci-fi show archetypes... All shot in a way to remind you of those low-budget early sci-fi series, that are kind of bad, but still enjoyable.

A lawyer, a spy, a mob boss, and a money launder walk into a bar. The bartender says: "you guys must be here to talk about adoption."

"RIP Republican Health Care Bill. In lieu of flowers, please send new representatives to Congress in 2018."

For the general consideration.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9DXSCpcz9E

Knowing the tastes of some of the folks on the forum, this might be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qab3TMg42k

I think part of the attacks have been in the style of "Hollywood can constantly cast middle-eastern actors as terrorists, but they can't find one to play Aladdin?" To which my response is generally, Hollywood has been casting English actors as criminal masterminds for decades. Learn to live with it. The bad guys usually have the best and most quotable lines.

Weird Hobby - Couple gains fans picketing pro-life abortion clinic protests with inappropriate signs

On some literary related news... Scammers break the kindle store

Oh, one that might interest Hurl.. Teacher shortage in Hawaii opens 1,600 jobs for those willing to relocate

Still juggling assorted bureaucracy to see what I can do about student loans and tuition fees for the return to university. But while I'm about that, did have a general conversation with the course leader about getting ready for the course before the semester starts in September. My somewhat faded skills with the likes of Ada and Cobol are a wee bit un-useful, so I'm focusing on the data science and analysis units more than the hard core advanced programming. But I still need to sit down and get to grips with Python, R, and re-familiarise myself with current SQL. However, the weather has turned muggy, and some authors have released some new books so procrastination is calling quite firmly on this afternoon.

BoredPanda - Most Hated Railway Puts 15-Year-Old In Charge Of Their Twitter Account, And Things Escalate Quickly