Crybabies 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Anna Grzymala-Busse argues forcefully that we are at right of losing our democracy because of sore losers and their hurt fee-fees. Here’s how she starts her article; follow the link for the rest.
Yet a slew of American politicians, overwhelmingly Donald Trump supporters, fail this basic test.
Blind Justice 0
Honest to Pete, you can’t make this stuff up.
Twits Own Twitter, Reprise 0
Sam and his crew discuss Elon Musk’s latest Twitter temper tantrum.
A long time ago, while I was doing yard work, I listened to an interview with one of the founders of Twitter; it was about the time that Twitter was being launched. I don’t remember who the interviewer was or which Twitter founder it was, but I do remember his prattling on about how this new thing would contribute positively to our discourse. He succeeded in convincing me to avoid Twitter like the plague it has proven to be.
Cashing Out 0
Above the Law’s Liz Dye examines Donald Trump and his Organization’s attempt to squirrel assets away from legal oversight and escape accountability accounting. A snippet:
Follow the link for details.
Stray Thought 0
It’s the persons who don’t vote who should sport stickers.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu argues that Iowa’s Senator Grassley is running with the wrong crowd.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam and his crew discuss the most fragile ego of them all.
Afterthought:
If Elon Musk destroys Twitter, as seems quite likely at this point, he will have quite inadvertently performed a positive public service.
Drive Carefully on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Psychologist Mark Travers observes that “(s)ocial media can bring out the worst in people.” Follow the link for tips on how to avoid getting sucked into muck.
And, remember, “social” media isn’t.
The Good Tweets 0
It turns out that some tweets are good for us. Needless to say, that aren’t from twits on Twitter.
Psychologist Daniel Fryer reports on a recent study.
The two-week study involved participants from the UK, Europe, the U.S., Australia, and China, so it’s pretty safe to assume that birdsong is of a cross-cultural benefit.
Act quickly, though. My local rag reports that
Tipping point species are close to threatened or endangered because they have lost half or more of their populations in the past 50 years. The State of the Birds Report, by the North American Bird Conservation Initiative, used five different sources of data, including the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
Follow the links for the full stories.
The Climates They Are a-Changing* . . . 0
. . . and Republican Senators don’t want anyone to talk about it.
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*Just for example, I went cycling today in a tee-shirt and gym shorts in November for Pete’s sake. And we’ve been running that AC all week. In November. This is beyond being a fluke.
I fear for my grandchildren.