David Bonowitz

noah s. mckinnon 🇵🇷🇨🇺 @nsmckinnon.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 13:59 UTC

I think a lot about how Clemente had the most Puerto Rican death a ballplayer can have: so busy trying to do something no one else was doing that he didn’t stop to think that he was getting on a colossal death trap—because he cared more about Nicaraguan victims of an earthquake than his own life.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:30 UTC

Cool. But don't do it in earthquake country (most of the U.S.) without a structural engineer. (And I suspect my wind and flood colleagues would like a word as well.)

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 03:14 UTC

Does it mean: 1. "I leave work at 8 p.m. every night", or 2. "I go to bed at 8 p.m." 1 is a committed, even grueling, work schedule. 3000 billable hours. But fox et al will intentionally misread and mock it as 2.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:14 UTC

Btw, has anyone recommended a good modern adaptation of Measure for Measure? Seems like it's really overdue and could easily and appropriately be titled "Me2."

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 23:01 UTC

(Kate and Petruchio would like a word.) ;-)

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:59 UTC

A filmed performance, not a movie, but may I suggest that you owe it to yourself to find Much Ado w/ David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Clips are online. (It used to be on youtube, or maybe pbs, but I'm not finding it just now.)

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:46 UTC

Those interested in extinction and the people who inadvertently cause it might be interested in "The Cactus Hunters": www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

And if you're in central Ohio, the author, my cousin, is giving a talk tmrw (7/5/24) at the Bexley library.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 22:09 UTC

Drifting is not a sin, Bill.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:40 UTC

The nephilim are probably also under-represented in monster moviedom, even in the BCU.* (Also, how has Kavalier & Clay not been filmed?) *Biblical cinematic universe.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 00:58 UTC

Ok, but he'd better have a good and true reason for why this wasn't the case just 4 mos ago when he ran in primaries. Otherwise: "We told you so! Dems knew it, and they've been lying to you the last 4 years. What else are they lying about?"

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:53 UTC

I'd be interested in polls of just the persuadable T voters who've spent the last 8 years stewing in Fox disinfo about the Black, female, HBCU alumna, Gavin Newsom appointee from SF. But if she can bring to the stump the fire she once showed on the Judicial Comm, I'm all for it.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:49 UTC

There are a thousand things still to happen betw now & Elec Day: - Olympics (Harris in Paris?) - Biden's cycling accident (yeah, it's coming) - Conventions - 50 shocking remarks by T (nah, they won't matter) - T's sentencing? - Anniversary of Oct 7 - Giants surprise World Series win - ...

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:45 UTC

I have opinions about Harris, but what Biden supporters think of her is secondary. From the start of the campaign, the goal has been to peel off just a few % of the persuadable T voters, and I suspect Harris will have a much harder time doing that than Biden.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:29 UTC

I do appreciate your candor, and I will admit to being perhaps not skeptical enough of Biden's capacity. But the dithering is worse than the decision. Stay in or bow out for cause, but get your party in line Joe! Dems: Know the line, and stick to it. 100% Joe. If he decides no, 100% Kamala. LFG.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:18 UTC

Because the appearance of unanticipated instability -- which the media will hype for days or longer -- plays directly into the b.s. T has been spouting since the days of Sleepy Joe. Imagine: "See, we were right all along! Dems are liars and frauds just like we said."

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:03 UTC

JFC. These unofficial media-prompted speculations from Grijalva and Castro are unhelpful, but it's what you get when thoughtful Ds get sound-bited and the campaign fails to reign them in with a clear message: 1. It's Joe's call. 2. Til then, we are 100% with Joe. 3. Then, and only then, 100% Harris.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 22:51 UTC

Agree, interesting, but why not just build more front-of-the-meter, well-regulated, utility-scale BESS (to go with utility-scale wind & solar)? What advantage are they getting by putting oversized batteries into old houses? (idk, is there an analogy here to Uber or AirBnb?)

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

To be clear, I am 100% in favor of more BESS, esp to support renewables. And the idea of "crowdsourcing" the grid by using batteries in dwellings is -- as you said -- intriguing. I just don't know if our codes are prepared for the blurring of long-standing distinctions. But we can MAKE them ready.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:59 UTC

Because they're being asked to the job of utility-scale energy but perhaps without protection from code-level environmental loads (wind, earthquake, etc.). It's possible to do it well. I don't know what design standards they have in mind.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:15 UTC

This is a long thread, and though I'm tempted to get to all of it, I'll just note: -- 98% of U.S. buildings from the 1920s are NOT gone. If some were demolished en masse, it's more likely because of "urban renewal" etc. -- You might be confusing the durable structure w/ other building components.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

Ever double-check the date on something to make sure it's not April 1?

But no. The "Doc Hollywood" piece in the July 1 New Yorker is as damning an indictment of American healthcare and celebrity obsession as I have ever read.

Curious about your thoughts, @mollyknight.bsky.social

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

I confess a similar concern, though: 2026 will bring both the 250th anniversary of our founding, and the 25th anniversary of September 11. And the thought of T presiding at either of those events turns my stomach.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:12 UTC

Looking forward to learning more, but I've been wary of something like this coming. By installing in single-family dwellings, they might be able to take advantage of relatively lax building codes, leading to possible fire and hazmat risks for the residents and systemic unreliability in the grid.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:30 UTC

Clicked on this hoping for the @petridishes.bsky.social version.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

Oh. I read the original post as more of a manifesto.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:44 UTC

From 4 months ago:
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From 7 months ago:
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That Dems have still not done this (or are waiting to do it on the convention stage) is mind boggling.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:39 UTC

Something I'm thinking about that seems trivial but is motivating: 2026 will bring two important American anniversaries. It will be 250 years since our founding and 25 since September 11. The idea that T will be the voice or face of our nation for either one just turns my stomach.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

Let this be the new Dobbs. No, let this AND Dobbs be our call to action. Dems and progressives: Wake tf up.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

Does this not solve the Chevron problem? Just have the president issue the interpretation instead of the agency, and nobody can question it. Chief Justice Roberts playin' 4-dimensional chess out here ... smdh

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Once again I submit that if Black D1 athletes and their white athlete allies were to publicly announce that due to these policies they would rather play at Michigan or UConn than at Florida, Bama, or LSU, things would reverse. It's not their job, but they would be more influential than we are.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 03:07 UTC

Good to see you back, Jackson.
I hope he does NOT step down absent a major, sudden health event.
From 4 months ago (when Dems should have acted):
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And from 7 mos ago:
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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 03:05 UTC

I thought it was bad when the Chiefs got a late touchdown against the 49ers ...

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 00:09 UTC

As I said, rational or not. My point is that the Dems could have and should have solved this with a strong statement 4 months ago instead of having to squirm through a week of media nonsense -- no doubt including a bunch of absurd "expert" opinion tomorrow morning.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

May I ask why? Are you saying the concept of the game & paper are absurd? Or the over-determined findings don't pass a smell test? Or it's a lot of bother about something obvious?

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

Anxiety, rational or not, about having to sub in a replacement with no real national experience late in the game. (But yeah, race & gender & her husband's religion would be part of that.)

A representative post from that time:
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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

Yep. Ever since "Biden's old" started (w/ the Sleepy Joe b.s. in 2016), we have never been more than a bicycle accident away from a full blown media-invented crisis. And as I said 4 months ago (ad nauseam), "Biden's old" is really anxiety about Harris, and Dems could have solved it then, goddammit.

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 17:42 UTC

It's as wrong to panic now as it was to get fist-pumping psyched after SOTU. Takes 24 hours or so for that to sink in, in both cases. (That said, being fist-pumping psyched is a lot more fun.)

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David Bonowitz @dbonowitz.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

Bad things come in threes ... I mean fours ... no, wait ...

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