First sunny day since I returned
ChicagoClimate changeEconomicsGeneralIllinoisPoliticsSoftwareSpringTaxationTime zonesTrumpUrban planningUS PoliticsWeatherWorkWe had four completely-overcast days in a row, including one with some blowing snow, so I'm happy today has been completely clear. Tomorrow might even get above 10°C—which would at least get into normal March temperatures. This whole winter has been weird, as the next few will likely be until temperature increases start leveling out.
In other news:
- ICANN's blog has a brief post from Kim Davies, who regularly contributes to the Time Zone Database, on how the TZDB actually works.
- US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) squarely blames the XPOTUS for repealing parts of the Dodd-Frank Act that she says would have prevented the Silicon Valley Bank collapse this past weekend.
- Lia Russell outlines how the nightmare "Silicon Valley economy" makes just getting by harder for more people every day.
- In yet another instance of former Chicago mayor Richard J Daley negotiating a really bad contract for the city (but probably a great one for his pals), we still have to pay tens of millions of dollars per year in interest on the 2003 destruction renovation of Soldier Field.
- Helaine Olen bemoans the disappearance of human beings in customer service.
Finally, Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders explain how AI could write our laws in the future.
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