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9 of 10 leading readers agree
In general I was a smarter and better writer before I switched from Blogspot to WordPress in late 2021. Maybe I’m used up from fighting the “virus” monsters, maybe I’m just getting older and losing sharpness. The readers seen by Statcounter seem to share the same judgment. A wide variety of readers are STILL looking…
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Logical Islam
GetReligion pointed to this page with an Islamic response to the woke mess. = = = = = START QUOTE: Islam distinguishes between feelings, actions, and identity. God holds individuals accountable for their words and actions, not for their involuntary thoughts and feelings. As our Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “God has pardoned Muslims…
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Gompers missed a bet
The Strippers Union is joining in the Hollywood writers strike. Picket signs include ‘Sex workers are storytellers too” and “Seize the means of seduction!” If unions in earlier decades had included this type of picket, the membership drives might have been more successful.
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Unnecessary “advantage”
Enid Buzz asked what’s the best part of getting older, and most answered Medicare. I’d agree, at least for external or economic aspects. Just before turning 65 I was facing unaffordable medical “insurance” which was required by Obamacare. I paid it for a year but couldn’t have managed it for long. After 65, the “insurance”…
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Changed perspective
I’ve always resisted the notion that Trump is a weak leader, pulled and pushed by advisors. He looked more like a psychopath determined to cause maximum harm. A couple of recent articles, if they can be believed, are turning my diagnosis from psychopath to professional criminal, from Mad to Bad. This article says he misses…
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The anti-lab organ?
Evolution News highlights a recently discovered organelle inside cells. A vault is found in nearly all cells, free-living and part of complex animals. Its function is unclear at the moment. Like most recent discoveries, it didn’t require an electron microscope or MRI; it’s visible with a good optical microscope but nobody noticed it before. The…
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Rules are not “souls”
Denyse at MindMatters properly takes down a new project to give AI a “soul”. From the description of the project: With AI increasingly taking up more decision-making roles in our daily lives, along with rising concerns about bias and discrimination in AI, Dr. Poole argues the answer might be in the stuff we tried to…
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Jet activity
Just a note for future reference. For a week I’ve been hearing near-sonic jets flying overhead once or twice a day. I’m under one of the flight paths for the main airport, so I’m accustomed to the sound of ordinary airliners. They emit a steady faint roar, audible for about a minute, fading in and…
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Contracts are deeper than “rights”
The defenders of “free speech” constantly miss the point of press freedom. Greenwald is complaining that Fox News is suppressing Carlson’s “freedom” by enforcing its contract. Nope. Freedom of the press means that a publisher can’t be forced to publish OR retract any items. Contracts are a deeper form of law than any “rights”. Contracts…
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No COs now
Checking today’s dayness as usual, I notice that today is ‘Pause for the Pledge Day’ along with ‘Flag Day’. I figured out a long time ago that the 1950’s loyalty oaths for employees, required by the McCarran Act, were more about sieving and selecting than creating loyalty. A genuine enemy agent would easily and calmly…
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Breaking Parkinson
Discovery Institute, the defender of Intelligent Design, has been drifting into Parkinsonian triviality, making annoying movies and podcasts, and writing pointless arguments. I don’t know the cause, but suspect it’s part of the same trend that is collapsing bitcoin and wokedom. Discovery has a few tech-tyrant patrons whose worldview is not the same as Bezos…
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Narrow truth, full truth
Trump is making two claims right now. = = = = = The first is narrowly and technically true but omits the only important part. “We have a government that’s out of control.” CHUTZPAH! He started with an out-of-control government, grabbed the steering wheel, and drove it straight into the black hole of WORLDWIDE NAZI…
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Not the best idea
There are several of those ‘little library’ kiosks in the neighborhood. I doubt that they get much use, but they’re good follies in the strict sense. On today’s walk I noticed one kiosk repurposed to hold canned food. Probably not a good idea. A closed chamber with glass facing southwest is a solar oven. =…
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Champion silly headline
From StraightArrowNews: Report finds US spy agencies are buying Americans personal data Report finds US customers are buying groceries Report finds dogs are wagging tails Report finds sun is hot Report finds water is wet
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When Harry met Seagully
It’s well known that dogs want to eat what their human friends eat. Dogs get confused and frustrated when offered a human favorite food that tastes awful to the dog, like lemons. What about non-domesticated animals like seagulls, who enjoy stealing human food? Are they influenced by our favorites? A British study says yes, and…
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