Beyond Beyond the Fringe category archive
No Place To Hide 0
There’s a reason internet companies make their terms of service virtually unreadable.
It enables stuff like this.
The Wedding Industrial Complex 0
Seth salutes a couple who defied the wedding industrial complex.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Rebecca Watson is skeptical of those who believe in UFOs. Watch here or read the transcript.
My own opinion, which I may have expressed previously in these electrons, is that any civilization intelligent enough to circumvent the laws of physics* and master interstellar flight is intelligent enough to avoid humans for the poisonous, spiteful, petty, vindictive creatures that we are.
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*There’s a reason Gene Roddenberry came up with “warp speed.”
Pet Sociopathylogy
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Stanley Coren cites research that confirms what you already knew. Cats are sociopaths.
Aside:
We have two cats. And we have had other cats in the past.
As far as I can tell, all they care about is getting their own way.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
The Los Angeles Times’s Michael Hiltzik points out that facts will never satisfy those committed to conspiracy theories.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
I must say, I’m relieved that my days of hopping on airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.
Afterthought:
I’m so old that I can remember when traveling on an airline was a pleasant experience, when seats were wide enough to accommodate normal anatomy, and when one’s fellow travelers behaved themselves in a civilized manner.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
A court rules on the right to be rude.
Ballooning Reports 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Bartholomew suggests that, based on past history (as opposed, I guess, to future history), we should be prepared for a a bunch of bogus balloon sightings in the next few months. An excerpt from his article:
Karen Karen-Like 0
The stupid. It burns.
A Case of Identity 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire delves into the strange and twisty case of the DIY voter ID.
What makes it strange is that, despite what could be called a fraudulent identification document, there seems to have been no intent to defraud, but, rather, an attempt to comply.
A Tale of the Trumpling 0
The Washington Post’s Stephanie McCrummen follows an Alice down the Trumpian rabbit hole.
No excerpt or summary can do this report justice.
Just read it. It is–er–disquieting.
“A Fool for a Client” 0
At Above the Law, Jill Switzer rounds up some clients who make lawyers question their career choice.
