AeroJim

Family man. Die hard Brewers & Packers fan. Bandwagon Badger fan. GA Pilot. Sarcastic. Brutally blunt.
I fixed it.

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@BrewerNation A salary cap in baseball is anti-player so you’re against it, but absolutely would be better for fans.

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@NateSilver538 You have to acknowledge the free/no costs of lounges compared to $40 entree and (1) drink prices in public….

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@quickpicksshow @MeganMakinMoney @TrustTheData Only a couple hours later and can’t even do player prop for Navarro on DK….

[Colin Wright @SwipeWright]

🚨ALERT: A new peer-reviewed paper in the American Sociological Association's official journal Sex & Sexualities calls for the elimination of the idea of childhood sexual innocence and the social/ethical taboos against children engaging in sex acts.🚩

The authors lament that most scholarship "marginalizes childhood sexual pleasure" and views children as “vulnerable subjects." They argue that we must "interrogate dominant narratives of sexual innocence that suppress young people's desires" and instead recognize how children "negotiate pleasure and meaning amid intersecting hierarchies of age, race, gender, and class." They reject what they call "adult-centric/adultist approaches to sexualities" and insist that "childhood pleasure is indispensable for an inclusive sociology and just sexual futures."

It is hard to read this as anything other than laying the intellectual groundwork for dismantling age-of-consent protections.

The central theme of the paper is "pleasure." This aligns with trends in international sex education policy, particularly the International Planned Parenthood Federation's Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program, which explicitly shifted away from sex education centered around reproduction and toward what it calls "sexual expression, sexual fulfillment, and pleasure." Pleasure is one of seven core elements of CSE. Its Youth Policy, applying to "all young people irrespective of their age," declares a "right to pleasure" and "the right of all young people to enjoy sex and express their sexuality in the way that they choose."

It is therefore no surprise that the paper's authors frame the very notion of childhood sexual innocence as a barrier to progress.

They are saddened that "preadolescent children's erotic capacities are routinely pathologized." They argue that the "notion of childhood sexual innocence" is a harmful social construct that wrongly portrays children as "vulnerable to and in need of protection from sexuality." In their telling, "operating from the presumption of innate (sexual) innocence" leads scholars and the public to "overlook children's everyday pleasures" and attempt to "banish childhood sexuality altogether." They even go so far as to describe childhood sexual innocence as a "colonial fiction."

The fact that such arguments now appear in a flagship journal of the American Sociological Association should alarm everyone. As we repeatedly see, what begins as abstract theorizing in niche corners of academia rarely stays there. It trickles down into education, policy, and culture.

Read my full, in-depth write up of this paper below.
🔗https://t.co/muagQJ5mfN

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@DoctorTurtleboy @TopSpeed89 @stoolpresidente Your 15 minutes are over guy.

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@mj842903 @Tom_Wachs Can’t even get out of the weather emergency before you start pointing fingers. Jackal

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@EricHippler @KelleyKga Last comment. Nobody is questioning the validity of this warning, but what about the other 50 before it?

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@EricHippler @KelleyKga Ok, I hear you, and the NWS does amazing work. No argument here, but should we maybe consider how many watches and warnings this/or any area has received that didn’t result in moderate+ damage/storm impact? Maybe?

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@EricHippler @KelleyKga More precise watches and warnings should absolutely be considered, yes. Realize, these are hypothesis, not proven facts. But this should definitely be considered.

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@EricHippler @KelleyKga That’s not how you factor in the human element into warning systems. Not sure how else to explain it

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@EricHippler @KelleyKga This isn’t correct, based on science. The boy who cried wolf is an old fable for a reason. You can’t out program complacency, you have to plan and adjust for it. Same in aircraft engineering. Too many warnings turns into noise

[James Spann @spann]

TEXAS FLOOD: There are many questions about the tragic flash flood on the Guadalupe River late Thursday night and early Friday morning. The death toll is now over 50, including some children who were at Camp Mystic.

Here are some key points about the warning process...

*A flash flood watch was issued for Kerr County at 12:41a CT (just after midnight Thursday night). The watch mentioned isolated rain amounts of 10 inches, and stated "Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks." This followed a flash flood watch that was issued Thursday afternoon.

*A flash flood warning was issued at 1:14a CT For Kerr County, which mentioned "life threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, and rivers".

*A flash flood "emergency" was issued at 5:34a CT for Kerr County and the Guadalupe River.

*NWS Austin/San Antonio had five on staff during the event; normally two would be on duty. Extra staffing was planned before the event started.

*This type of flash flooding on the Guadalupe River is nothing new. Similar events happened in 1998, 1978, 1935, and 1921. This year's event was related to deep moisture from a tropical system (Barry) that originated in the East Pacific and made landfall near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on June 29.

Social scientists will do much research on this in coming months and years. In my opinion one of the primary problems is the high number of false alarms; flash flood warnings that are issued with only minor flooding involved. This is also a problem with tornadoes in many parts of the country. I am very thankful locally NWS Birmingham leads the nation in lowering the false alarm ratio.

One takeaway is the importance of having a NOAA Weather Radio at every home, business, and any place where there are large number of people gathered (like a camp on a river). I would imagine cell service is very spotty along the Guadalupe where the camps were located. NWR does not use cell service and will wake you up. The alert is very loud, and can't be missed.

Again, I ask that you keep political rhetoric off the comment section here; left wing and right wing extremists are pushing false information and narratives are not close to the truth. Now is simply the time to support families that are suffering after the tragedy.

We will have a long discussion on this event with the WeatherBrains crew tomorrow night. In addition to the audio podcast you can watch it live as well on the WB YouTube Channel: https://t.co/pEMFNVP8hl

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@byRegie @LawyerYouKnow No, they have court Friday

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@Tom_Wachs Took the ferry across today and everyone was talking about the “heavy fog”. Only those who followed Tom knew the real story!

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@AdamSchefter Nice shout out from Kittle’s agent towards his client

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

"the evaporation of opportunities" is an interesting euphemism for "blatant institutional racism"

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@PhillyD I feel vindicated arguing for the last 7 years how door dashing fast food is a personal finance disaster. Food delivery charges in general should be avoided.

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@tulowstar45 @agentmule @airmainengineer That’s not how that works

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@JamesHall_x @AlexHormozi You think what you will have to give is able to let your children, much less your grand children, not work?

You flatter yourself sir

[AeroJim @Aero_Jim]

@literaryeric @Brett1231 @politicalmath How so? This is not very different than WI snowplows, albeit a bit smaller