The Me Veneration on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At the Psychology Today website, Steven Stosny explores how the Disinformation Superhighway and particularly “social” media feed the me veneration. In this age when persons think that posts by randos on “social” media are somehow legitimate news reportage, methinks his piece a worthwhile read.
Here’s a tiny bit:
The Fix Is In(cubating) 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s efforts to fix (or at least undermine) the 2026 elections and offers some suggestions as to what we can do to combat them.
The Spoiled of War 0
Rex Huppke channels an oil executive’s thoughts about Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran in this New Gilded Age.
A snippet:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child is hospitalized after yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes his portable phallus to said child.
We are a society of stupid.
Immunity Impunity
0
Los Angeles decides to shoot prosecute the messenger.
The Crypto Con 0
Via The Japan Times, Bloomberg’s Andy Mukherjee is less than sanguine about nations relying on crypto, as seems to be a trend. A snippet:
Devolution 0
I never expected that my country would become a rogue state.
But it looks like it’s well on the way to being one.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well established, that’s a Republican family value. Here, Emma talks with Katie Bergh about the damage that the Trump maladministration’s cuts to SNAP food benefits have done to families and children.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At the Psychology Today website, Willis Klein explores the appeal of conspiracy theories. He makes three main points:
- Conspiracy theories are linked with lower life satisfaction.
- Such theories are also associated with searching for meaning.
- The tendency to endorse conspiracy theories may be related to a threat-focused cognitive processing style.
Given the nature of dis coarse discourse, methinks his article a timely read.
Republican Newspeak 0
Clarence Page decodes de code.
The Me Veneration 0
As we have seen, Donald Trump likes to spread his taint name wherever he can.
At The Root, Phenix S. Halley takes inventory of his masturbatory multiplication of items bearing his moniker.