Sunday, November 07, 2021

Travis Scott's Habit Of Cheering On Wild Crowds Has Already Brought Legal Problems

 At least eight people were killed and around two dozen injured when a high-octane Travis Scott show ― typically a sold-out event replete with mosh pits and stage diving ― descended into scenes of total chaos Friday evening. 

Authorities have yet to determine whether any safety protocols had been ignored at Houston’s Astroworld music festival or whether anyone may be to blame. Among the few details they’ve provided so far, officials said the “mass casualty event” was set in motion when “the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage,” and people panicked. Witnesses described the extraordinary physical pressure exerted by other bodies caught in the crush.

Travis Scott's Habit Of Cheering On Wild Crowds Has Already Brought Legal Problems





 “Using hand-collected data on birthplaces of US-born CEOs, we provide robust evidence that CEOs born in frontier counties with a higher level of individualistic culture promote innovation performance.


Photo trip to the Faroe Islands


 Tungsten cube sells for 250k.  It’s heavy


What happened in Virginia.


NYT Anthony Downs obituary.  “Drawing from his stash of some 200 joke books, he would inject, on average, one witticism into his prepared remarks every six minutes.”  And he wore two extra wristwatches.  And it is also striking how the NYT writer cannot fathom that the median voter theorem is…mostly correct.