This New Gilded Age 0
Thom discusses how trickle-on economics has made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
I think it’s not an exaggeration to suggest that what was once the “Party of Lincoln” is now the Party of the Secesh.
“Diversion from Reality” 0
David argues that the right-wing tactic of treating opinions as facts and facts as opinions is a primary factor in the pollution of dis coarse discourse.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Russell Ramsay reports on a study documenting how and why “social” media is not a reliable source of information. He notes that the study focused on TikTok (studies to have to focus, after all), but that its findings extend to “social” media in general.
In that context, he reminds us that
. . . social media platform algorithms are driven by popularity, not accuracy.
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
That’s according to a worker at King Kone off MacArthur Road.
The worker tells 69 News a gun accidentally went off while holstered. The man carrying the gun was hit in the leg, according to the worker.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Sam talks with Judd Legum about how corporate landlords are using hiding behind software to collude to raise rents.
The New Golden Rule 0
According to right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians. it’s “do unto others.”
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
You just might fall to the ground go Bo(e)ing! Bo(e)ing!
At The Seattle Times, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks look at what went wrong at Boeing. A snippet:
Follow the link for their reasoning.
And, in more news of the fiendly skies . . . .
A Trivial Moment 0
Thanks to an episode of Forensic Investigators, I learned that, in Australia, Queensland is the “Sunshine State.”
If you liked Forensic Files, you’ll like Forensic Investigators.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Today, it is Judith Pantages, writing in the Las Vegas Sun, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
The Vice of the Turtle 0
David points out that Republicans are choosing party over country faction over freedom (warning: short commercial at the end(.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Too many guns. Too much stupid.
And too many persons who don’t know the difference between “accident” and “negligence” when guns are involved.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
These vote gutter-outers just phoned it in.