2020 archive
The Reopening 0
Afterthought:
I find it bittersweet to contemplate all the news stories about schools that have reopened only to find themselves infected yet again
Science is real. Pretending it isn’t doesn’t make it less real.
“Don’t Normalize This” 0
David comments on Donald Trump’s continued efforts to subvert the election, and, along with it, democracy.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Many years ago, when he was working in Vermont, my brother told me that his boss had stopped hunting.
Seems he–the boss–had been relaxing in a bar after a day in the field and overheard two visitors from another state talking about their day stalking deer. One of them said, “I didn’t see a thing all day,” The other replied, “Neither did I, but I got off a couple of sound shots.”
And that’s when boss hung up his gun.
Courting Disasters 0
In denying Pennsylvania Republicans’ efforts to retroactively exclude mail-in (aka, “absentee”) ballots from the tally of the recent election, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court went so far as to use the word “farcical” in their ruling.
Geeking Out 0
Virtual machines of Slackware –Current (foreground) and CentOS v. 7 in VirtualBox on Mageia v. 7 using the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper, a scene from Land’s End, is from my collection.
The Stock Market Is Not the Economy, One More Time 0
The editorial board of the Bangor Daily News explains. A nugget:
More at the link.
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*Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Facebook Frolics 0
A shopping cart full of frolics.
Aside:
Every once in a while, someone will ask me if some news or news-adjacent item is true.
My first response has become, “Did you see it on FakeFacebook?”
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Afterthought:
For a humane take on this “nation of immigrants,” see the marvelous article by the Des Moines Register’s Reka Basu. Here’s a bit:
Two Different Worlds 0
At The Denver Post, Ian Silverii contrasts reality and the MAGA Fantasy Land. A snippet:
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In the alternative reality, which we’ll call the “MAGA universe”, COVID-19 is a hoax, a conspiracy, the “China Plague” or just another common cold. The hospitals aren’t overflowing, there are more than enough ICU beds and nurses and doctors to go around, and Americans aren’t going to let politicians tell us we can’t be with our families.
Continue the tour at the linkk.
