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How to feel old
Somebody at Substack was trying to think of new ways to fund science now that the Feds are PROPERLY cutting off some funding. I don’t give a fuck if Demon Trump and Demon Elon are doing it; letting EVERYTHING depend on politics was always an atrocious idea. I’ve been hammering on it in this blog…
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Printed before written
I linked this story of the Cherokee syllabary in previous item. It’s worthwhile at the current moment, so reprinting it from 2023. = = = = = START 2023 REPRINT: Okie blogger K. Latham posted an interesting brief feature on the Cherokee Advocate, a weekly paper in Tahlequah that was first founded in 1844. I…
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Same question
A few days ago I noted some positive developments in correct handling of Psychopath Trump. Some local elites are learning how to help their own communities, some aren’t. Here’s another some are / some aren’t story, seen via Nieman Lab. Cutting off public broadcasting funds was the right thing to do, even if Trump did…
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Won’t happen
The “city” “government” could solve two problems at once with One Weird Trick, but they won’t. REAL problem: Bums are lighting campfires everywhere for cooking, even in 95-degree weather. Bums cause wildfires everywhere, keeping the fire dept busy and occasionally getting out of control. The “city” doesn’t see this as a problem unless the fires…
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Parcel hoverpost
One of the Post Office podcasts mentioned this. The real thing is even more impressive than the description. An organization required to deliver to ALL THE PEOPLE finds unusual solutions for extreme cases. This hovercraft has served in the remote parts of Alaska for many years. Like a train, it stops at the same place…
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Kraut joke
Seen under ‘engineer jokes’ at Quora, but not really about engineers. = = = = = A Mercedes engineer and a Jaguar engineer are arguing about who has the best quality control. Mercedes engineer says let me tell you how good our quality control is, there’s a test we do. We’ll pull a random car…
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Why not barley?
Random stupid bitching! When I switched back to more or less vegy diet in 2010 after a carny diet led to trouble, I made barley the base. In my previous long vegy period from 1970 to 1990, I had followed hippie tradition with rice. Barley has more complex nutrition than rice. It grows in many…
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An MBS story never told
This is a splendid story. The origin of a world-famous structure is never heard in our media and history books, for a fucking obvious reason. In 1930 San Francisco wanted to build the Golden Gate Bridge. Banks were collapsing and The Holy Market had decided to bomb the whole country. None of the usual funds…
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MASA
The RFK followers do the exact opposite of ‘make healthy’. They focus ever more intensely on every conceivable disease process. Every molecule and atom makes you unhealthy. One atom of anything is enough to kill you. They are making themselves sick. Exactly the same sin committed by the Trump/Fauci monstrosity in 2020. I understand this…
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Postal inspectors score again!
In yesterday’s random item I repetitively mentioned the obviously fraudulent nature of the Gaian cult. It serves the billionaires and nobody else. Here’s a WOW moment. The Postal Inspection Service has caught one of the biggest fraudsters EVER. Joe Sanberg, leading Dem activist, headed a “green investment” firm that claimed to be planting trees in…
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Couple of meanders
Meander 1. An article at Curbside Classic pictured the S&H Green Stamp dispenser that used to be common in gas stations and grocery stores. The clerk dialed up the quantity of stamps justified by your purchase, and a string of stamps emerged. Why didn’t thieves just dial up some dollars? Easy answer. Pro criminals need…
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Good context on a big fraud
This excellent Canadian documentary on the Maria Duval “psychic” fraud starts with a much broader context and an important statistic I didn’t know. Mail-order business started in the 1880s with Sears and Wards. We naturally assume it peaked before the suburban era when everyone had cars. Other parallel practices like grocery and laundry delivery peaked…
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Reprint from 2021
After a long dry spell, somebody is reading through this blog with a purpose. The pattern of one read per source seems bot-like but the pieces have a theme, so it’s ambiguous. Bots usually pick my most meaningless clickbaity items. This reminds me of the Las Vegas reader who ran through the best stuff in…
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Figured something out…
When Demon Elon was running his scorched-earth blitz, destroying everything good in government and strengthening everything bad, I did some careful reading and bashed him for misunderstanding two of the best parts. I pointed out that Social Security gets only 1% of its money from government subsidies. The rest comes through tax channels, but doesn’t…
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Set point?
I won’t doubt modern medicine again! Personal experience is the only teacher. Last week, after stupidly DIY diagnosing the problem as psoriasis, I finally got in to see the real human doctor. (A rare GOOD doctor who listens and understands the whole patient, so he’s worth waiting for.) He knew immediately it isn’t psoriasis because…
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