2021 archive
The Graham Cracker and the Lab Coat 0
I’m a Southern boy. I use the term “cracker” will full knowledge that it is applicable in all its permutations.
It’s All about the Algorithm, Down the Rabid Hole Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sebastian Ocklenburg explores how “fear of missing out,” often referred to as FOMO, sucks people into “social” media and keeps them there. A nugget:
On the one hand, it could be assumed that people with high FOMO check the social media feeds of their friends and family to not miss out on what happens in their lives.
On the other hand, the association could also go the other way around. If someone constantly checks the social media feeds of other people, they may develop FOMO because they see other people doing all these awesome things all the time. That these pictures often look better than the actual experience was is often ignored.
Vaccine Nation 0
David takes a call from a listener who has had a falling out with a friend over the COVID vaccine.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Pack politeness for you trip..
The boy was struck in the chest, police said. The man rushed the child to a nearby fire station. From there, medics transported the boy to a hospital where he was stable and was expected to survive, according to investigators.
The story goes on to say that no charges will be preferred because this was an “accident.”
“Accident” is the gun nut incantation to make accountability go away.
Issues or Identity? 0
Thom wonders whether the United States can survive as a multi-racial, ethnic, religious democracy.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
And they keep getting fiendlier.
(snip)
“There tends to be greater incidents where you are flying out of a place where local and state leaders have said that the pandemic is a hoax, that masks are not necessary, all of those things,” she (Sara Nelson, international president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA–ed.) said.
“Critical Thinking” 0
At the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Steven Backus explains what critical thinking is, and what it isn’t.
He goes on to identify the three factors which he considers the biggest roadblocks to critical thinking in our society. The piece is worth the three minutes it will take to read it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your progeny.
The boy was taken to the hospital by the Houston Fire Department where his injuries are serious, but he is stable, according to police.
One more time, “accidentally” and “negligently” are not the same thing.