It’s Bubblelicious, The Origins Issue 0
Thom looks back at the inception of the right-wing think tank bubble.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Hal Crother struggles to understand the recent surge in violence against persons of Asian descent.
And cannot.
Here’s a bit from his article:
Geeking Out 0
Mageia v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager. Xclock is in the upper right and GKrellM with the “Glass” skin in the lower right. Thunderbird and Firefox are tabbed in a shaded (sometimes referred to as a “rolled-up”) window (by the way, you can’t do that with Windows). The Grand Canyon wallpaper is from my collection.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a doctor, whose own father fell victim to COVID-19, reports on a (surprisingly) civil conversation he had with an anti-vaxxer.
The article defies summary or excerpt. Just read it.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
A reporter for SFGate tested Youtube’s algorithm and determined that you are just three clicks from the rabbit hole.
Aside:
When I visit Youtube, I turn off autoplay.
After a short while, Youtube turns it back on.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite whilst being transported in a motorized conveyance.
(snip)
Ronald William Smith, 48, was sitting in the back seat and was armed with a handgun. As Smith was holding the gun, it fired one round through the seat and into Adams, police said, causing her death.
Smith told police he accidentally shot the victim. While he and Adams’ boyfriend tried to render aid, they lost control of the vehicle and it ran into the median.
Vaccine Nation 0
Vaccination rates vary widely across the country, threatening the chance to control COVID-19, as misinformation continues to spread like, well, a pandemic.
Why an I not surprised?
The Truth-Shirkers 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini wonders why the Republican leadership is dead-set against a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 invasion of the Capitol. Here’s a bit of his article; follow the link for the rest.
Ever since the insurrection of Jan. 6 at the nation’s Capitol there have been accusations by Republicans that the mob was not made up of Trump-inspired seditionists but had somehow been manipulated by “the left” and infiltrated by antifa or Black Lives Matter and it was them who got folks all riled up.
Arizona’s crank-in-chief, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, has called the insurrectionists “peaceful patriots” and during an appearance on a right-wing online program actually suggested that House Democratic leadership “aided and abetted” the rioters.
OK then.
Here was a chance to prove it.
(Misplet wrod correxed.)
