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@odd "de-escalation training, psychology training and social studies" you've hit the nail on the head, these are the elements that I see are missing in current training.

Training can vary by each US state. Police powers are invested in the states not the Federal Government. Another factor is the police are stretched thin on a local level which means they are under a lot of constant stress.

There also seems to be a generational factor which is complex - when I was younger most of the cops had served in World War II or Korea, they had a lot of life experience and did not lose their temper as easily as the youngsters do these days. They were not saints and racism was a huge problem but they didn't fly off the handle quite so quickly.

cc. @kerim

@canion I could not put it down when I read it. Great book.

@fgtech @pratik It's strange that an HOA would even care. My HOA kinda enjoys chalk sidewalk drawings by the kids and it's fun walking around seeing what has been drawn. The whole idea here, is to encourage kids to play outside, run around, be creative.

@macgenie

Porter-loving

I'm on my way.

@JohnPhilpin Well written, thoughtful, response.

@odd This is an excellent development for those who are in the EU/UK. Congrats for both Fairphone and /e/ for bridging the proprietary divide.

@JohnPhilpin @ChrisJWilson Two things amaze me: 1. How many people believe the craziest stuff, 2. How many, of what I suspect are Twitter bots, come out of the woodwork so fast, to spread an extreme agenda. On #2, this is an organized, malevolent, effort on somebody's part.

@Bismarck Now that's Living! Enjoy.

@JohnPhilpin I don't think you can beat the originals. The Brits might be able to remake some of the British shows but if Americans tried to do it, it would be a disaster. Imagine John Steed reimagined as a Rambo type character. Shudders With explosions everywhere. Even the Brits would be hard pressed: the British reserve of Steed, Peel or Drake is not what it used to be and that was part of what made these shows so compelling.

The Saint is interesting because it was a remake. Or at least a recycling of the character and they managed to pull it off, although I do like the old B-movie series as well.

@JohnPhilpin Absolutely. The Prisoner still blows my mind.

@Cheri Oddly, the guy who wrote that became the Superintendent of the nearrby National Park here a few years ago.

@pratik Oh that looks really good.

@JohnPhilpin As a kid I liked any kind of spy show. Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) was my favorite along with The Avengers (with Steed and Emma). But Man from UNCLE was right up there along with Mission Impossible.

@Cheri Those are great. Looks like the work of militant knitters.

@petebrown Same here.

@macgenie So cute.

@JohnPhilpin A show I watched often as a kid. I've got the entire series on DVD.

@schmarty If Shippingcat approves.

@jeffmueller It's also code for "you little people get back to work and save our porfolios." It's from the death cult.

@Cheri When Pop-Tarts first came out I think there were only like 3 flavors: BS/cinnamon, apple and Strawberry. Unfrosted only. To me the cinnamon ones were the only ones that were edible. Frosting came later under the theory that kids will eat anything as long as you jam enough sugar into it. I've never had raspberry.

@garciabuxton The unfrosted ones are hard to find, I'll admit.

@poetalegre Frosting just makes it too sweet and all you taste is the frosting. Shudder.

@fgtech They say the film bonds with the top layer of skin so it still works for 4 hours even after you wash your hands with soap. Heck I was just happy to find hand sanitizer of any kind. :-)

@strengthentheverbs I'm currently using the Melitta pourover thing with filters. Cheap, simple, no moving parts and it makes a good strong cup with French Dark Roast coffee.

@garciabuxton Brown sugar, cinnimon without frosting are my favorite. The rest are pretty awful.