If you cannot see the color Blue,
Then you also cannot see Green nor Purple.

Those that can easily see Blue are perplexed by their arguments about color.

You cannot argue with a person that lacks a moral bearing. They cannot see what you see.

interesting table published by the Wall Street Journal:

I could use some coding advice.
I've got a MySQL database and I want to automate the output of CSVs (or JSONs) so that I could use them in a visualization layer.

The SQL (a crosstab) to output is written and works. But, it uses SET commands to build the variables for the filename. The semicolons really scramble up how Python reads in the SQL.

Am I making this too complex?

At a high level, what is a simple sequence to get the output and automate it?

NASA is making more progress with the James Webb Space Telescope today!

https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/01/05/secondary-mirror-deployment-confirmed/

>40% of Americans experienced a climate-related disaster last year.

I believe we need hope.

There are solutions to mitigate the effects of climate change, but we need the focus and resources. So, there is hope.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/01/05/climate-disasters-2021-fires

Time to start self-quarantining again.
Our neighborhood now has a COVID infection rate 25X greater than December 1st.

...What is great and eternal
Does not want to be bent
By us...
-- Rilke

As you engage this new year, set your sights on those goals that stretch your capabilities.

But first:
Get your day to day organized.

Wrap up the loose ends.

Clear the mind so you can focus.

Then set your sight on the tough problems.

This is all we've got, so muster the courage and make it worthwhile.

A Chuck-e-Cheese full of kids and mothers with the fire raging just outside
https://twitter.com/SoFarFletched/status/1476664863980077057
#coloradowildfire

Colorado is experiencing one of its worst wildfires RIGHT NOW:

The James Webb Space Telescope is currently well past the moon's orbit and traveling faster than a bullet. It's about 1/3rd of the way to its destination.
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

This is a really BFD!

$Billions were spent to move mankind forward via this device.

In 12 hours it will be put on top of a controlled bomb and pushed way past the moon where it will be our eyes on the new wonders of the Universe!

https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2021/12/22/nasa-partners-confirm-webb-launch-on-dec-25/

I just accomplished a complex refresh process of my future COVID dashboard for San Francisco.
I love it when a complex set of logic comes together and an unbelievable quantity of transactions are executed according to my plan.

Hopefully this will be useful for my neighborhood and city very soon.

Both Progressives and Conservatives can exhibit a lack of empathy and moral bearing.

Neither have exclusivity on this emotional handicap.

Both can be very intelligent.

In those cases, though, their actions are often misguided and can damage those surrounding them, and their rhetoric can sway the vulnerable.

This describes many of the incorrigible politicians we see.

One reason why certain people prioritize "Law and Order" above empathetic solutions (i.e. child support, after-school programs, etc.) is that they are not guided by a moral bearing.

They don't understand that they can be self-motivated to not to bad things to others.

They are only motivated by the potential retribution of their local community
Or, ultimately, motivated by Law and Order.

They cannot empathize.

They cannot understand that others can empathize.

Therefore, "lock 'em up!"

The first line of defense against people doing bad things is their own personal moral bearing.

The second is their fear of being punished by the people close to them.

The last line of defense is the law.

Why bother writing fiction anymore?

https://twitter.com/FrankyPelvis/status/1470516779793408007

Can most petty criminals be restored to net-positive members of society?

Is it too late once they are comfortable with executing crime?

My latest interest is how to inform an immoral person that they are immoral in such a way that they do not become defensive.

One solution: Storytelling. aka: Myths.

We need more myths that influence the young citizens to strive to be morally-minded adults. These have to be new myths. New aspirational characters. Hard decisions, but ones that show the positive trajectory of a life.

@th3j35t3r
Now shows a steady uptick rate after recycling the page: