Hey, there's a pandemic. Have you heard?

Looks like we might be spending a lot of time in the house with our immediate family these days. Maybe that family includes kids. And maybe they are starting to go a little stir crazy.

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President Trump, pull it together, man. At the very least let's work to keep the condolences about the horrific, painful moments in history that are shootings, ACCURATE. Everything about this is a stomach-turning, comically absurd kind of FAIL. Yes, the President of the United States seemingly tweeted out his condolences about the Texas mass shooting, BUT forgot to change the name of the city to Corning, California where a mass shooting occurred at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. 

This is so much to process. If you need a break, these Trump memes are what you will most likely want for said break.

PotterCast 249 is here, 1 episode away from our 250th show, which will be live at LeakyCon! This episode features some spoilers on Pottermore book 2, and includes some intense debate on muggle/wizard money/wealth.

Episode 249 — Shoot for your own hand!

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As the nation marks the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando this week, a group of experts on active shooter/hostile incident response will assemble at National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) headquarters to develop NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events. It is expected that the initial standard will be completed by early 2018; then the public will have the opportunity to offer input for immediate review.

Fire chiefs from France, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered in Quincy, Massachusetts at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Urban Fire Forum (UFF) to listen to first-hand accounts of some of the biggest emergency response incidents over the past 15 months, including hurricane response in Texas and Florida, the Grenfell Tower fire in London, and the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.

We're gonna hit the "everything is wonderful except those negative nellies who keep complaining about all the bodies who, if you think about, are responsible for the deaths" phase soon.

We're a can do nation, citizen, and don't you forget it.

The Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of NFPA is overseeing a two-year project on the Economic and Emotional Impact of an Active Shooter/Hostile Event – thanks to Fire Prevention and Safety Grant money from FEMA.

Things were not OK.

Audio recordings of two 911 calls placed moments before Ahmaud Arbery was killed confirm that at least two people were concerned that a black man was running in their Georgia neighborhood.

Two men were arrested in a fatal shooting in Flint, Mich.

Former NBA guard Shannon Brown was arrested recently after shooting a rifle in a mixup at his home.

Tottenham forward Son Heung-min will return to London next week after completing a three-week stint of national service in South Korea, where his aim with a rifle proved just as good as accurate as his shooting on the field.

The 33-year-old woman was shot in the chest and leg by the man in an apartment on Rockaway Pkwy. in Brownsville.

The suspects jumped one of the victims near Herkimer St. and Nostrand Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 3 a.m. Dec. 21.

A 39-year-old man was shot in the stomach on Rockaway Parkway near Winthrop St. in Brownsville around 3:20 a.m., according to authorities. Three other men, in their 30s and 40s, were shot in the legs.

Audio recordings of two 911 calls placed moments before Ahmaud Arbery was killed confirm that at least two people were concerned that a black man was running in their Georgia neighborhood.

Two men were arrested in a fatal shooting in Flint, Mich.

A suspect accused in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger killed in a Georgia suburrb more than two months ago, was involved in a previous prosecution of the 26-year-old runner back when he worked for the local district attorney’s office.

Lakers star LeBron James pulled up 36 feet and made a shot against the 76ers on Tuesday. How does he know when to shoot those: "It's just a feeling."

Onyeka Onkongwu scored 11 points, including a three-quarters court shot, and grabbed 10 rebounds as USC gave its NCAA Tournament hopes a boost with a 57-48 victory over Arizona.

An update on coronavirus testing. Georgia authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an unarmed black jogger. And, a small number of students in Montana go back to school Thursday.

Rafael Vasquez, 39, was winning the fistfight against a 23-year-old man whose name was not released, said the witnesses and sources. As they continued to slug it out on Walton Ave. near Elliot Place in Mt. Eden, the 23-year-old pulled out a gun and opened fire, said law enforcement sources.

Jose Rivera, 23, is facing attempted criminally negligent homicide, gun possession and reckless endangerment for the Thursday afternoon shooting that landed him in the hospital with a head injury after a bunch of witnesses attacked him.

Things were not OK.

Audio recordings of two 911 calls placed moments before Ahmaud Arbery was killed confirm that at least two people were concerned that a black man was running in their Georgia neighborhood.

Two men were arrested in a fatal shooting in Flint, Mich.

A suspect accused in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger killed in a Georgia suburrb more than two months ago, was involved in a previous prosecution of the 26-year-old runner back when he worked for the local district attorney’s office.

Former NBA guard Shannon Brown was arrested recently after shooting a rifle in a mixup at his home.

David West, the NBA veteran who won two championships with the Golden State Warriors, is asking $3.675 million for his Bay Area home.

More than two months after a black man was shot to death while jogging on a Sunday afternoon, Georgia investigators concluded that the facts show enough evidence to jail a white father and son on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault.

The lawyer for William "Roddie" Bryan, the Georgia man who recorded video of two white men shooting Ahmaud Arbery, says his client is not a vigilante.

Brandon Kaiser, charged with the shootings of Clark County judges Andrew Adams and Brad Jacobs, is scheduled to go to trial June 15.

Four people were shot at a popular park on the south side of Indianapolis early Wednesday morning.

Angela Summers, 45, was shot around 4 p.m. Monday while working in the 400 block of North Denny Street. She died later at an area hospital.

Investigators believe the shooting occurred early Saturday after a physical altercation occurred between two adult male neighbors.