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Fostering a teen is a challenge at the best of times. The end of civilization is not the best of times.

The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing

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I have never thought of my home town, State College, as an abode of saints, but it seemed to be decently governed. I do remember my younger brother telling me (and the rest of the family, I think) a story of how Officer B*** had harassed a friend of his, and then lied in court about what the teenager had done. Still, I wasn’t aware of any great level of corruption or police misconduct, and never had any trouble with the cops myself.

Now, however, if seems that the State College Police Department has qualified for a brickbat in Reason magazine. It is also a bit disturbing that there were so many rapes in town, although, given the number of students at Penn State, the number, spread over nine or so years, isn’t that enormous; I suspect that these would typically have been date rapes, with not too many break-ins and rapes by strangers.

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So far as I know, I still have five amendments on my docket of Amendments.

I was hoping to finish an Office Action on my oldest Regular New case today, but I’m locked out of my work computer. Maybe I’ll be able to use it, or to obtain help from the Service Desk, tomorrow or Monday.

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I got an email from Riotminds providing me with a free preview of their upcoming Wicked Dew - Victorian Horror RPG. What caught my eye is that it seems to be entirely online. I've asked if there's a downloadable rulebook I overlooked, but I can see why a company might adopt a purely online approach.

[Update]

There will be a printed book.

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Su Lin dutifully accepts a social obligation, only to find herself embroiled in another murder and further colonial machinations.

The Angsana Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, volume 8) by Ovidia Yu

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I used to read the columns of Daniel Hannan, an astute British observer, in the Washington Examiner. Baron Hannan, as he now is, had an article in Reason about Greenland, MAGA, and America’s prospects. He quotes those famous words, “A republic, if you can keep it.”