April, 2023 archive
The Lake Effect 0
David debunks de bunk.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” fails to ensure that his weapon is empty before “cleaning” it.
Aside:
I have become convinced that, in gun nut world, “clean” is code for “fondle.”
Vaccine Nation 0
Rebecca Watson discusses the campaign of Robert Kennedy, Jr., a long-time anti-vaxxer, for the Democratic presidential nomination. An excerpt:
But Donald Trump proved that we absolutely cannot sit back and assume someone is too ridiculous to win the presidency.
. . . or you can read the transcript.
Decoding de Code 0
The Detroit Free Press’s Keith A. Owens decodes de code of de day: “anti-woke.” The short version: it’s a war against history and fact. Here’s a bit from his article:
The entire piece is worth your while.
QOTD 0
Ed Asner, in the voice of Lou Grant:
There are times in life when being a man means making an absolute ass of yourself.
The Diddle, Reprise 0
Hegemony Now authors Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams discuss how financialization took over our economy and turned it into a casino for the uber-rich.
Republican Family Values 0
Roy S. Johnson marvels at the petty cruelty directed towards young trans “influencer” Dylan Mulvaney by the party of mean for the sake of mean. A snippet:
I mean, really. Bigots must be out there livin’ large if they have time for this.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to our animal friends.
“Somebody pulled up on the side of the road and shot him,” he said. “I’d love to ask them ‘What in the world were they thinking?’ and then let them go to jail for it.”
Courting Disaster 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison catches a whiff from a sty.
The Disinformation Contagion 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Paul Thagard discusses several strategies for protection ourselves from mis- and disinformation. In this time of fake news and news fakers, both professional and amateur, his piece is a worthwhile read. Here are a few of the strategies he suggests; follow the link for the rest.
1. Spot pieces of misinformation by noticing that they contradict what is already well-known.
2. Locate the source of the information and determine whether it has a track record of spreading lies or truths.
3. Examine the motives of the source. Does it care about the truth, or is it simply furthering its own ends? Motivated reasoning is a major cause of misinformation.
Geeking Out 0
I do likes me my purty pictures.
That’s Mageia Linux v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager.
