That article you linked to is about coastal erosion, where the soil holding up the cliff was washed away into the sea. What does this have to do with sea rise or anything else? And it wasn't talking about the 'annual change' of that particular coastline, but the fact that several feet of the ground between a particular apartment building and the ocean was washed away in a few days.

Instead of being modded insightful, you should be modded Off-topic instead.

It's great that he got it done just in time for the school year to end. I'm sure that like most schools, that they'll let him keep all his stuff there all summer.

Maybe next year he should work more on his planning and scheduling . . .

Yeah, the planet did fine, but it didn't support human life at the time. So, if human life is something you would like supported, then maybe there is a problem.

Only because it's been a running joke, and that in actuality it couldn't be in any real state. All references to it in the show were vague, contradictory, or hidden from view (maps, satellite images, mail, driver's licenses, etc.).

In one episode Lisa mentioned that there were enough clues to figure it out, but because there are so many contradictory clues, she meant that it wasn't a real city. This is just the final word (hopefully), that it is actually based on Springfield Oregon, just a highly fictionalized version of it and all the surrounding geography (continent-wide).

Well, not learning so much as memorizing. The students memorize VAST amounts of information to pass all kinds of tests, but they don't really spend time on logic, analysis, teamwork, and critical thinking, but rather memorizing things others have done and doing the same thing.

A (white) friend of mine was a high school teacher at a charter school in Detroit. The worst insult one of the kids could call each other was "whitey".

Someone higher up in the comments mentioned that people are more comfortable with those that "look like them", but I don't think that's true. Color doesn't really matter to me at all, but I am most comfortable with people who are similar to me in any of a number of ways. Socioeconomic status (Middle middle-class), political views, intelligence level, likes and dislikes, sense of humor, etc. And also, people that are generally described as being "nice", polite, considerate, etc.

Well, it's not like anything would think he's running for office from space, so I doubt "former" is needed. Whichever idiot California Republican came up with the idea to sue should be booted out of the party and the state.

Should he also be allowed to call himself 'Scientist' and 'Engineer', or 'College Grad'?

Someone should tell the Republicans about the Streisand Effect. On second thought, no, nobody should tell them. It's better if they don't know.

Right hand at 2:30, left hand on the shifter when driving in backward countries.