Game this out

"He doesn't seem to understand
the historical significance of this moment."

 

When I saw the following hed in my inbox, I thought of this cartoon in The New Yorker: Scientists Are Gaming Out What Humanity Will Do If Aliens Make Contact.

Game that out, pal!

See also NASA's Big UFO Study Has Begun With an A-Team of Scientists.

Tough on crime

Mike Luckovich 

Worker surveillance

 

From Kevin Drum:

Surveillance of workers is on the rise, and it turns out this even applies to retired people. After all, you may be retired from ordinary, unimportant human work, but you're never retired from crucial cat maintenance duties. The feline community likes to keep a close eye on its underlings to make sure they understand this, and Charlie is no exception.