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Remembering the man who helped make the internet fun
Stephen Wilhite. If that name doesn't mean anything to you — and you use social media very much at all — it should. Mr. Wilhite was the creator of the GIF.
That's shorthand for "graphical interchange format," which Wilhite, who died last week at 74, developed clear back in 1987.
Wilhite reportedly contracted COVID-19 on March 1. You can learn more about his life in this NPR piece from March 23.
Katharhynn from the newsroom, with sympathy for all who knew this man, who gave us such a compact, interactive way to tell a story.
PS: It's pronounced "jif." Mr. Wilhite said so.
Fentanyl proposal — pros and cons
You've probably been hearing about fentanyl, a synthetic opioid with powerful properties.
The drug is being cut into other drugs, and sold to people who are not aware. Dealers also are making their own pills, in dosages that are not controlled or verifiable.
It's adding up to a public health crisis, as well as a public safety crisis, legislators and law enforcement agree.
It's just that they don't necessarily agree on what should be done.
State law right now says that possessing less than 4 grams of a controlled substance is a misdemeanor. Law enforcement would like tougher (felony) penalties for even simple possession of fentanyl, as even less than 4 grams contains many doses.
Legislators are willing to clamp down on those who are actively dealing less than 4 grams, but draft legislation announced last week does not provide for making simple possession a felony.
You can read more about it in our Friday report, here.
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