March, 2022 archive
The Cost of War 0
Citing an article from The Atlantic, Michael in Norfolk suggests that it may be a lot higher than Vladimir Putin anticipated.
In One Ear . . . . 0
Boy, it sure sounded like the D. J. on my local classical music station just said, “That was soulless William Bennett on the flute.”
Fatal Attraction 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald Riggio notes an oft-overlooked bit of obvious: Someone cannot be a leader without followers. He goes on to explore several reasons why persons choose to follow bad leaders–bad, that is, in the sense that they do bad things.
Here’s one of the reasons he suggests, one that I think is of particular import in the current state of our polity, where, if over half the registered voters show up at the polls, it’s considered an “overwhelming turn-out” and where puny turn-outs are common in state and local elections.
Follow the link for the rest.
(Spellink errors fixed.)
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
The dinosaurs did not know that the meteor was headed their way.
We see the meteor and choose to do (almost) nothing.
The Disinformation Superhighway Goes to War, Reprise 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the role of the disinformation superhighway in spreading misinformation in a time of crisis and suggests precautions persons can take to avoid “sharing” mis- and disinformation.
Read the transcript.
Tin Foil Hats 0
Yes, anti-vaxxers are wearing them now. For real. In New Zealand.
Psychologist Robert Bartholomew says, “Blame the Nocebo Effect.”
Geeking Out 0
A VirtualBox virtual machine of the recently released Slackware v. 15 with KDE running on Mageia v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager. Firefox is shaded, that is, “rolled up” into the title bar, in Slackware (you can’t do that with Windows). The Mageia wallpaper is from my collection; the Slackware wallpaper was included in the install.
Bankrolling Bigotry 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell follows the money.
Russian Impulses 0
I might not have phrased it quite the same way, but methinks Disaffected may be onto somthing.
Hypothetically Speaking 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann suggests a change of perspective. Here’s one of this examples; follow the link for some others.
If your answer is, “Exactly as they did for Hillary Clinton; not a thing would have changed,” then politicians are more likely to be acting on principle, rather than partisanship.