Appreciate your wonderful essay!

I took woodworking in middle school (I'm Generation X). It sucked. They don't let you do anything dangerous, like in the "old days", for the same reason lots of schools don't use pointy compasses in geometry class anymore. Just take the free classes at Home Depot.

And you know they'll never bring back home economics.

The antigen test is not generally available. Yet?

I'll believe it when I see it. The problem is so bad that I always assumed Amazon did not care. I will still assume this until proven otherwise.

They're lying. It didn't take weeks. They're just throwing a tantrum to see if they can get their way.

There comments about "no, they pay for the connections!" ONLY apply to elite schools, which most people don't go to.

Slashdot had gone "to shit" a decade ago, and it has nothing to do with "leftist" anything. It's amazing they still allow anonymous posting.

Does this mean States no longer have to pay for Microsoft licenses? If so, hundreds of millions of dollars will be saved.

If a degree from MIT is worthless, then a degree from any school is worthless (maybe except for Harvard). You have nothing to worry about. At worst, you can just use your white privilege with all its advantages.

Don't announce that you are male or female, and you will be guaranteed equal treatment.

Bet $100 you're a white male. So you should at least rethink you're conclusion.

Agree 100%. I mean, Shaq does have a PhD, but would he even use Ring if they didn't give it to him for free?

I know 5 people with this disease, and none are violent. It's hard to be violent when you can barely control your movements. What a weird summary.

The Orange Line in Los Angeles is run like a train, uses a dedicated busway, and has huge daily ridership. But it's the only line of this nature in L.A. Though rail is still being built in L.A. now, dedicated busways will probably be a (partial) solution to the traffic congestion on the westside.

Reparations in the form of massive payments to African Americans (those who are descendants of slaves in the U.S.) is one way to help combat the inequality in education, wealth, income, freedom (mass incarceration), etc.

Administrators at government offices and schools may not have the expertise to choose high quality I.T. staff, and/or may not provide an adequate budget to combat ransomware.
  My school district has insurance for this, and last year paid off the ransomers who encrypted the computers at one of our schools. This is about the best we can do, I think, until the insurance companies start charging too much.