Know-Nothings Redux 0
The Know-Nothings are back, and they’re turbo-charged.
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Mark Gongloff offers a theory as to why the Trump maladministration is waging its war on scientific research. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
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American Stasi 0
David tells one family’s story.
The Worm Returns 0
Rebecca Watson discusses how Elon Musk and the Trump maladministration contributed to the return of the screwworm.
Or you can read the transcript.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
Blooming Algae—->Booming Lies 0
Steve M. marvels at the true believers who are so willing to believe their true deceiver.
Medicare Disadvantage 0
Thom talks with Wendell Potter about how Medicare Advantage has turned out to be just another part of the privatization scam. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Signs of the Singularity 0
From El Reg:
Renenberm, robots are programmed by fallible human beings. Therefore, robots are fallib–no, never mind. Noone is listening and and everyone’s buying the hype.
Ergo Cogito Ergo 0
PoliticalProf notes that, as far as Trump and the Trumpettes are concerned, lack of evidence is ipso facto evidence.
Not Neutrality 0
At The Charlotte Observer, Paige Masten explains that, in some circumstances, “(r)efusing to ‘take a side’ is still taking a side . . . .”
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