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Boing Boing: World chess organization bans transgender players from women's events because of "unfair advantages.

I am dumbfounded by this nonsense. #blogpost

http://chillysquid.com/2023/08/23/medieval-rules-for-medieval-games/

After making landfall in North Carolina last night, storm Isaias is set to rake the northeast megalopolis from D.C. to N.Y.C. today before heading to Quebec. With it comes the threat of tornados, a rare sight up east: "At least one person was killed after a tornado touched down in Bertie County, N.C., and caused significant damage to a neighborhood there."

The city will experience sustained 45-55 mph, which is up 10 mph from predictions Monday, and there are still gusts up to 70 mph expected between noon and 5 p.m. ET today.

While a tornado watch has been issued until 4 p.m. ET, Criswell said it’s likely tornado warnings will be issued and people should seek immediate cover away from window and move to lower floors. If you are in a high rise, which are common in parts of the city, go towards the inside of a building. People should not use elevators.

Live in a building with cellular masts or other shit on the roof? Maybe not much longer!

More than 100,000 people from around the world have checked in on Facebook at the site of Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota, in an effort they hope will help protesters avoid detection by police. From a report on Vice:A call went out for Facebook users over the weekend to falsely check in at Standing Rock to confuse the police regarding protester identities and numbers. But it isn't clear whether the directive came from organizers on the ground at the Camp of the Sacred Stone, who call themselves Water Protectors because of the purported threat that the planned pipeline poses to Standing Rock's water supply, or whether it's a hoax. Protesters have been camped out at Standing Rock since April in response to the planned Energy Transfers Pipeline, but tensions reached a boiling point last week when protesters clashed with police and several vehicles were set on fire. Scenes of standoffs between riot police and protesters linked arm-in-arm were broadcast online via Facebook Live. Law enforcement used a sound cannon in an attempt to disperse protesters. Protest leaders in North Dakota say they were surprised by the Facebook check-in effort, but they appreciate it.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Negotiators meet in Switzerland this week to hammer out a framework for an accord over Iran’s nuclear program.

Results expected tomorrow from Nigeria’s presidential election, widely lauded as a success.

This year there will be 14 or 15 presidential elections in Africa—two most likely free, eight half-free, as many as five stolen outright.

Over 30 world leaders’ personal details leaked after G20 security breach.

America’s most expensive college is Sarah Lawrence: $65,480 for the 2014-2015 school year.

Amusing scrapbook of late-night adventures in New York City, including Puff Daddy’s 29th birthday.

Despite drought conditions, unknown amounts of water are being extracted from California parks by water-bottling companies.

Related: Documenting the absurd terraforming of the Nevada desert.

Demand for sand is erasing islands and driving violent conflict as groups wrestle for control of humanity’s third-most-consumed resource.

Crackdown at the Mexican border drives immigrants out of the desert and into the Rio Grande, where drownings have surged.

Brief white paper on the myth of the European Little Ice Age, statistical artifacts, irregular oscillation, and the Slutsky Effect.

Linguistic analysis of World Bank documents’ “Bankspeak”—nouns modified beyond recognition, gerunds distracting from a lack of progress.

See also: Further evidence that Michael Jordan has talked shit to everyone.

Recollections from a date with Don Draper. #tmn

For Jeremy Clarkson, who plays this superhero, to be laid low by the dull grind of consequence, of taking responsibility for his actions, is a great betrayal.

Enter the ToB final-match contest for a chance to win great swag from Field Notes and Powells.com. #tob15

International Space Station’s “weird shape” blamed on the difficulty of doing construction in space.

New research finds the amount of time parents spend with their kids between ages 3 and 11 has “virtually no relationship” to how children turn out.

Unrelated: Images of trees “totally sucking on things.”