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Digging into some of the details of Trump's historic win [...]
The vice president didn't apply the most fundamental lesson from the past thirty-plus years: Answer your attacks head on. [...]
This is not the column I thought I would be writing this week. [...]
Homage to Lope de Vega [...]
Michael Shellenberger discusses the feeling of catharsis at seeing Donald Trump defeat the woke scolds who have been rampaging through society for the last 12 years. [...]
On Wednesday afternoon, as Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election, Democrats confronted the idea that a short progressive era had come and gone. [...]
Americans not only rejected progressive ideas but also rejected a Democratic Party that views them as less-than, with disdain and full-throated contempt. [...]
It will take some time to sort out all that went wrong, but let's begin with the current president, who was responsible for a host of necessary and long-overdue changes in national policy, but who was also incapable of making the case for them to the American people. [...]
There's no denying this now. Trump took the foundation of the Obama coalition, picked it apart in 2016, and ripped it to shreds in 2024. [...]
Madness, memes, and media malfeasance (must be Tuesday). It's embarrassing to admit, but just a little earlier this year I thought the election would be boring. [...]
Consider how resoundingly she succeeded in her 107-day campaign-and what that means about how deep the problems are that we need to solve. [...]
A sudden era of good feeling often follows a presidential campaign. But would it, could it, in 2024? The candidates and their surrogates didn't merely spend the last three months calling each other terrible names: They also repeatedly told the American people that a victory by the other would permanently ruin the country. [...]
Almost all of this nation's big cultural institutions again missed the thoughts of ordinary people who were right in front of them, asking to be heard. [...]
It is hardly a surprise that Trump won the election or that the Republicans gained control of the Senate. It is a surprise that as of this writing it seems fairly certain that Trump will have won the popular vote by several million, which was not on most people's expectation radar. [...]
"Congratulations President-elect Donald Trump on your historic election," British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer posted on X at 3:21am ET on Wednesday. The best that can be said about this tepid concession is that Starmer got his concession in before Kamala Harris. Make no mistake. This is not the result Labour wanted. Starmer's Labour party was heavily invested in a Harris win and did everything it could to bring it about. [...]
The second election of Donald Trump as president of the United States establishes him as one of the most significant and astounding figures in American history. With this second win, Trump has also done more to change the conventional wisdom than any American political figure in nearly a century. [...]
The UN condemned on Friday the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel's war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify.In a fresh report, the United Nations human rights office detailed the "horrific reality" that has unfolded for civilians in both Gaza and Israel since Hamas's attack in Israel on October 7, 2023.It detailed a vast array of violations of international law, warning that many could amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly even "genocide". [...]
The Biden administration seeks to dissuade Iran from launching yet another retaliatory attack against Israel amid a drawn-out exchange of strikes that risk escalating into a wider conflict. [...]
The Biden administration seeks to dissuade Iran from launching yet another retaliatory attack against Israel amid a drawn-out exchange of strikes that risk escalating into a wider conflict. [...]
The Biden administration seeks to dissuade Iran from launching yet another retaliatory attack against Israel amid a drawn-out exchange of strikes that risk escalating into a wider conflict. [...]
The Biden administration seeks to dissuade Iran from launching yet another retaliatory attack against Israel amid a drawn-out exchange of strikes that risk escalating into a wider conflict. [...]
American F-15 fighter planes arrived in the Middle East on Thursday, the US military said, after Washington announced the deployment of additional assets to the region in a warning to Iran."Today, US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, arrive in the US Central Command area of responsibility," the military command responsible for the Middle East said on social media.The United States announced on November 1 that it was sending bombers, fighter and tanker aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the Middle East. [...]
France is mulling new sanctions on those enabling the expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, regarded as illegal under international law, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on a visit to the territory on Thursday."France has been a driving force to establish the first sanction regime at the European level targeting individuals or entities, either actors or accomplices of settlement activities", Barrot said after talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah. [...]
The chat comes at a time when Turkey is pursuing enhanced defense cooperation with Europe. [...]
Iran and Pakistan are working to strengthen cooperation on their shared border after an attack on police that killed 10, with Tehran claiming the unrest is linked to Israel. [...]
Iran and Pakistan are working to strengthen cooperation on their shared border after an attack on police that killed 10, with Tehran claiming the unrest is linked to Israel. [...]
Iran and Pakistan are working to strengthen cooperation on their shared border after an attack on police that killed 10, with Tehran claiming the unrest is linked to Israel. [...]
Iran and Pakistan are working to strengthen cooperation on their shared border after an attack on police that killed 10, with Tehran claiming the unrest is linked to Israel. [...]
The UN cultural agency UNESCO said Thursday it would consider enhanced protection of ancient sites in Lebanon after a wave of near-misses in strikes by Israel triggered an appeal by Lebanese lawmakers. Several Israeli strikes in recent weeks on the eastern city of Baalbek and the southern city of Tyre -- both strongholds of Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah -- have hit close to ancient Roman ruins designated by UNESCO as World Heritage sites. [...]
Israeli police entered a French-owned church compound in Jerusalem on Thursday, briefly detaining two gendarmes and prompting French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot to abandon a scheduled visit, an AFP journalist reported.Barrot said the standoff at the Eleona church compound in annexed east Jerusalem was "unacceptable", with the foreign ministry in Paris later saying Israel's ambassador would be summoned over the incident. [...]
Ireland intends to join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice before the end of the year, its foreign minister said on Thursday.Micheal Martin's comments came as the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion agreeing that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza".South Africa in December brought a case before the ICJ, arguing that the war in Gaza breached the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, an accusation Israel has strongly denied. [...]
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated five docks on Thursday at a major new port the country is building on its narrow Gulf coast.Grand Faw Port on Al-Faw Peninsula is intended to provide a new freight link between Asia and Europe via upgraded rail and road infrastructure through Iraq and Turkey.Dubbed the Iraq Development Road, the mega project is expected to cost some $17 billion. [...]
During a visit to Israel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel met with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz to discuss advancing an agreement with Lebanon and the security guarantees Israel is demanding. [...]
During a visit to Israel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel met with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz to discuss advancing an agreement with Lebanon and the security guarantees Israel is demanding. [...]
During a visit to Israel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel met with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz to discuss advancing an agreement with Lebanon and the security guarantees Israel is demanding. [...]
During a visit to Israel, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel met with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz to discuss advancing an agreement with Lebanon and the security guarantees Israel is demanding. [...]
Luke Lango, InvestorPlace We think Donald Trump's latest victory offers both market opportunities and risks. And history can help us navigate our way to hefty gains. [...]
Market Minder, Fisher Investments The results are in. What now for stocks? [...]
John Tamny, RealClearMarkets "Get out of the car! Get the f**k out of my car." That's a paraphrase of the words of the recently passed, and incomparably GREAT Bernie Marcus. Marcus, along [...]
Joel Mathis, The Week Rising prices and high mortgages have boxed millennials out of the market [...]
Jon Decker, RCM Donald Trump indicted the Biden-Harris economy when making his case to voters; and it proved to be a winning message. Now it's time [...]
Maryalene LaPonsie, U.S. News & World Report Donald Trump has been elected to serve another term as president and that could have pros and cons for retirees. [...]
Andrew Duehren, The New York Times No tax on tips? Lower corporate taxes? No tax on Social Security benefits? [...]
Austin Gae, Heritage All Americans are facing rising prices under the Biden-Harris administration, despite its claim that it's "fighting to lower costs," bu [...]
Jessica Levinson, MSNBC Civil service protection is a bedrock principle of how our federal government works, but it's likely that Trump will try to change that. [...]
Howard Richman & Jesse Richman, The American Thinker U.S. stock markets anticipate Trump's upcoming economic boom, but few economists realize that it will be partly due to his tariff plans. [...]
Faisal Islam, BBC News Trump has promised tariffs on all foreign goods. If he follows through, many smaller economies may be forced to respond in kind. [...]
Jeff Hoopes, The Hill The 2024 presidential race is over, and Donald Trump is back in the White House. The [...]
Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek September is that cruelest month for the stock market. It's the only month that has dropped on average since the Roaring Twenties. Come Monday night, when Wall [...]
Donald Lambro, Washington Times Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has to do two things really well at his convention: Lay out in dramatic terms how bad the Obama economy is and [...]
Carla Fried, CNNMoney Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons. The 4.2% payout on the average foreign [...]
Ezra Klein, WonkBlog I see that the Republican convention will feature a debt clock ticking away behind the speakers. It will also, as I understand it, consist entirely of speakers who [...]
R. Ponnuru, Bloomberg While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each otherâ??s plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged [...]
Rick Newman, US News By now, everybody knows what's wrong with the economy: There aren't enough jobs, Europe is stuck in a financial quagmire and Washington is playing chicken with tax and [...]
Doug Schoen, Forbes It's a testament to how bad the American employment market has gotten that the most recent jobs report was met with applause. The Labor Department's July jobs figures [...]
Jason Ma, IBD Corporations are scaling back investment, hiring and inventories ahead of steep year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, the most concrete sign to date that uncertainty over the [...]
It is amazing to me that people used to run, lift, hike, play basketball, what have you, in the same pair of swishy gym shorts. One workout short to rule them all. My dad’s were mustard yellow and I remember them well. The modern suite of workout shorts is much broader. There are various designs, […] The post A Week of Workouts in Vuori Athletic Shorts appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
To celebrate the incredible drinking cultures of Europe, we dove deep into 10 different countries to get to know a little more about what’s in their glasses and how it got there in the first place. Click here to see them all. The Spanish are renowned for their robust drinking culture. They vermut in the […] The post The Drinking Culture of Spain appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Is the best gift the one that keeps on giving — but also allows you control over what you get? I’ve been a fan of Bespoke Post for years, but I only joined their Club membership this past summer. The lifestyle site, which offers everything from an in-house clothing line to cool household goods and outdoor […] The post Review: Bespoke Post’s Club Membership Offers Exceptional Curation appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
It’s just like they say — there’s a moment right before you hit the wall when time seems to slow down. The rear tires let go, and the steering feels light, like you’re floating. Then — bang — the car connects with concrete, hard. You’re still in one piece. But the car? The car is […] The post Crashing My Dream Car: The Day I Totaled My $200,000 Porsche appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Given that it is somehow November already, let this serve as your first panicky indicator that the long months before the holidays have rapidly devolved into a scant few weeks. All of which to say, the time to start shopping for holiday gifts, if you haven’t already, is now. Luckily, subscription box curators and all-around […] The post Want to Get Your Holiday Shopping Done Early? Try Bespoke Post’s Sale. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In partnership with BUGATCHI The holiday season, joyous as it can be, generally proves to be a busy, if not outright stressful time. There are errands to run and presents to buy, hectic trips to plan and family to (reluctantly) see. Throw in the fact that all of this has to happen as temperatures plummet […] The post Three Foolproof Looks to Win the Holidays, Courtesy of BUGATCHI appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
If you haven’t yet watched Peacock’s Teacup, which just aired its season finale last week, and you’re a horror fan who appreciates Stephen King-esque suspense and storytelling, you should heed the advice of the man himself. “Teacup: If you like From or Lost, I think you’ll like this,” the acclaimed author recently tweeted. “It’s strange, […] The post Yvonne Strahovski Talks “Teacup,” “Handmaid’s Tale” and Stepping Behind the Camera appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
To celebrate the incredible drinking cultures of Europe, we dove deep into 10 different countries to get to know a little more about what’s in their glasses and how it got there in the first place. Click here to see them all. Editor’s note: The Czech Republic officially changed its name to Czechia in 2016, […] The post The Drinking Culture of the Czech Republic appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
What we’re drinking: The 2024 edition of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) Where it’s from: Buffalo Trace is America’s oldest continuously operating distillery. Based in Frankfort, KY, the company was founded in 1775. Why we’re drinking these: Released annually, the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection is an assortment of uncut and unfiltered bottles that are […] The post Review: The 2024 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Ranked appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
What do you get for the hostess who throws the best dinner parties? For the homebody who would rather cozy up next to an expensive candle on a Saturday night? The newlyweds who are throwing a housewarming party? Your eclectic friend whose apartment has the coolest interior design pieces? You get them something from Flamingo […] The post You Should Be Gifting Flamingo Estate’s Unique Home Goods This Holiday Season appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Whether we’re thinking about the rise of savory cocktails, powerfully delicious N/A libations or throwback drinks with an unexpected contemporary twist, bar culture has recently gotten a much-needed high-velocity kick in the pants. Now that buzz is infusing the restaurant world. Younger adult diners, in particular, don’t just want better and more thoughtful cocktails, they want […] The post The Startlingly Fun Evolution of High-Low Food and Cocktail Pairings appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
“Oh wow, you’re turning into an old woman! And I’m a Viking!” Two of us sat enraptured at XR Bar at ARTECHOUSE NYC (ATH NYC), an extended reality experience that fuses art with mixology. The drinks were unique and delicious (we’ll get to that later). The surrounding digital artwork was immersive, immensely trippy and ideally […] The post We’ve Seen the Future of Drinking, and It’s Called XR Bar appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
When purchasing luggage, it’s perfectly reasonable to conceive of all the scenarios you might find yourself in with said luggage. How, you might wonder, will it fare in extreme conditions? On safari? An expedition cruise to Antarctica? A cross-country road trip? At 40,000 feet? What about a literal trip to space? Because that is the […] The post This Samsonite Carry-On Literally Went to Space appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
October has become an exciting time in the watch industry. With WatchTime New York and the WindUp Watch Fair taking place in Manhattan and Dubai Watch Week events happening in various locations around the world, brands large and small are increasingly releasing new wares, limited editions and accessories throughout the month. Looking for a colorful, […] The post The 10 Best Watches of the Past Month appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
November can be an ideal month for thought and reflection. Maybe it’s the longer nights; maybe it’s the fact that another year is almost over. If you’re looking to do some deep thinking, our book recommendations for this month have plenty to offer — covering everything from insightful looks at musicians Dr. John and Taylor […] The post The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This November appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
To celebrate the incredible drinking cultures of Europe, we dove deep into 10 different countries to get to know a little more about what’s in their glasses and how it got there in the first place. Click here to see them all. To truly understand the deep-rooted drinking culture of Iceland, you have to go back to the […] The post The Drinking Culture of Iceland appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Earlier this year, the NCAA finalized an agreement that settled three pending federal antitrust cases and answered a long-running discussion over college sports — namely, whether or not student athletes would be compensated for their work. The agreement, as ESPN reported, allowed colleges and universities in the Power 5 conferences to directly pay athletes, with […] The post What Effect Will Paying College Athletes Have on the Fans? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Welcome to InsideCart, your sneak peek into what we, the discerning and ultra-picky editors of InsideHook, are adding to our own shopping carts each month. Consider it your monthly insight into all things cutting-edge (or charmingly vintage) from your favorite cohort of taste-making product freaks. Last month: Sensible, stackable storage crates from Sidio, a new […] The post InsideCart: What Our Editors Bought in October appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
It’s a great time to be a fan of menswear. The market for well-made, design-forward clothing has exploded, and with it, tons of incredible apparel and footwear to elevate the common man’s wardrobe into style strata previously unknown. All of this is true, and yet…sometimes, it can be difficult to figure out what to wear. […] The post Don’t Know What to Wear? Banana Republic Is Here to Help. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Even under the best of circumstances, air travel can be tremendously stressful. Long security lines, concerns about missing your flight and anxiety over the flight experience itself can all play a part in making the experience less-than-welcoming. There’s a relatively easy way to alleviate stress for many a traveler, though, and it involves someone with […] The post Airports Worldwide Are Adding Therapy Animals From Dogs to Llamas appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
M. Casey, Military.com For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle. [...]
Elizabeth Yuko, HISTORY The carnage of World War I drove advances in new techniques and tools to collect and store blood and offer safe transfusions. [...]
Joey Crozier, The Conversation By1660, the British government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering intelligence. [...]
Eladio B. Bobadilla, Time In 1994, nativists vilified immigrants—and won. Thirty years later, will that playbook work again? [...]
Colin Schultz, Smithsonian Mag The historical timeline you keep in your head might not be as accurate as you think. [...]
Georgia Haire, Historytoday The First World War revealed the bad state of Britain's teeth. Intervention was required to keep the nation biting fit. [...]
Alex Bowers, Legion Magazine Captain Charles A. East, a bomb disposal officer of the Royal Canadian Engineers, stared at the enemy ordnance through binoculars.All seemed still in the Cedarvale, [...]
Sierra Bouchér, Live Science An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land. [...]
James Ward, Palm Springs Desert Sun No Republican presidential candidate has won California since 1988. It wasn't always like that. [...]
Larry Bleiberg, BBC Nestled in Germany's picturesque Neander Valley where Neanderthals were first discovered, a museum is tapping into our growing fascination with our long-lost relatives. [...]
Bri Pacelli, KGUN 9 Group of 10 longtime Southern Arizona first responders gets together once a week, working to maintain old machines for future generations to admire [...]
Michael M. DeWitt, Jr., Bluffton Today Hurricanes have done more than impact American lives and communities, they have influenced our history and culture, and even our literature and lore. [...]
Michael Scanlon, SSRN This is a near-author's cut of an essay entitled "Odysseus Lost" that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles version, which benefited f [...]
Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the center of [...]
Sean Durns, Washington Examiner "Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power," the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, "and the human race commit suicide, [...]
Jonathan Jarry, McGill University Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age [...]
Reuters History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on [...]
Hannah Osborne, Live Science A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have said. [...]
Christine Chung, New York Times A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and [...]
Agence France-Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove [...]
In 2008, fresh off a decisive victory over Democratic establishment candidate Senator Hillary Clinton in the primary and one over highly-regarded Senator John McCain in the general election, President-elect Obama began to engage in worrisome behavior.His transition team, those who set the tone for his Cabinet and first 100 days, was over-represented with UFO believers. His inner circle included a guy who thoughts girls can't do math. I was only two years into science media by then so I believed that science academics were a cross-section of America - diverse - and that President George W. Bush hated science and [...]
This came up on 2nd November 2024 (give or take a day), a broadcaster objecting to a carbon capture scheme being pushed by the UK Energy Secretary, who along with a considerable number of our politicians is aiming to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions as soon as possible, if not before. This has left many in this country fearing the spectre of freezing in their own homes.While there is a lot of politics involved, I wonder if what she is saying about carbon capture is true, and is the proposal a lot of соbblers?Readers, please give your views on this matter.read [...]
Nowadays we study the Universe using a number of probes and techniques. Over the course of the past 100 years we moved from barely using optical telescopes, that give us access to the flux of visible photons from galaxies, supernovae, and other objects of interest, to exploiting photons of any energy - gamma rays, x rays, ultraviolet and infrared radiation, microwaves; and then also using charged cosmic radiation (including protons and light nuclei, electrons and positrons), neutrinos, and lastly, gravitational waves. read more [...]
Cigarettes are the top lifestyle risk factor for getting cancer, though alcohol and obesity have begun to close the gap as awareness of the risks of cigarettes, coupled with more nicotine smoking cessation and harm reduction tools, have caused cigarette use to decline.Even if you get cancer, quitting smoking improves outcomes. read more [...]
When Senator Elizabeth Warren had her claims of native ancestry debunked by DNA testing, it was a warning shot to everyone who identifies that way - don't take a test. Most native Americans had long said that anyway, they knew how biology worked better Washington DC staffers. After five generations there is a chance there will be no evidence of an ancestor so natives have long told their communities not to participate. If there are only a few hundred in a database, the database is meaningless and natives tribes can continue their 'we agree you are and you agree you [...]
Testicular cancer is the most common solid tumor in young men, with approximately 10,000 diagnoses in the U.S. each year.read more [...]
The 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, who many have called “the godfather of AI”. The award seems apt for the time we are in.read more [...]
If cultural pundits can invent an Anthropocene Epoch then a Digital Epoch makes even more sense. In 2000, only in Japan did you see people on trains four inches from other humans chatting other humans on other trains, most of whom they'd never meet. Now that is everyone in the developed world.read more [...]
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) vegetarian advocacy group has a paper out arguing that common broiler chickens not only learn more than the obvious, like which bowl has food, they get happier learning. Their marketing of the paper suggests they know who their key demographic is; middle-aged wealthy white women. And if you want them, you invoke "The Gilmore Girls", a show about a genius single mother with an equally intelligent daughter and they are best friends and talk really fast and use a lot of Proust references.read more [...]
Earlier this year I mentioned here that I would be writing an article on how the utility function of experiments in fundamental science could be specified, as an enabling step toward the formalization of a co-design optimization problem. Now, as the deadline for submission approaches and the clock keeps ticking, I am returning to this topic and am mulling over the matter, so I thought it would be appropriate to dump here a few thoughts on the matter.Co-designread more [...]
Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy is a prominent physician and long-time evangelist for chemical interventions among trans youth and has been conducting those chemical interventions for nearly two decades.It remains controversial, critics say young people can't provide informed consent for many, many things but Dr. Olson-Kennedy wanted to do a U.S. study similar to one done in Netherlands which found kids given these interventions were happier.(1)read more [...]
Last year, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued a health advisory on the use of social media by adolescents. This was based on mounting scientific evidence that social media has both benefits and risks for teens, and that parents and guardians needed better advice on how to balance the two.read more [...]
It's commonplace for older generations to criticize the young. In my early career, an older fellow told me he wouldn't hire anyone who didn't know how to use a slide rule. Another only a decade older than me said he only wanted to work with people who had built their own crystal radio or some equivalent.read more [...]
In ancient Egypt, the heart was the key to a happy afterlife. It lived on after death, they believed, and in the Duat, the Netherworld, it revealed a truth man's words could not hide.The 42 gathered gods would measure the heart and if it weighed more than the Feather of Truth which adorned the head of Maat, their Goddess of Justice, Order, and Truth, it was consumed by the Goddess Ammit, Devourer of the Dead, who had the body of a crocodile, a lion, and a hippopotamus, and you were gone from existence forever.People had a lot of ways to [...]
In politics, one way to make your belief in alternative energy seem feasible is to make its competitors expensive. President Obama did that when he began to subsidize the domestic solar energy industry at unprecedented levels.(1) He brought in Dr. Stephen Chu, who had advocated $9-a-gallon gasoline, from inside his high-paying job in academia to be in charge of energy policy for Democrats. He was right in his agenda, solar could be feasible if its conventional energy competitors were forced to be 300% more expensive.read more [...]
A new paper finds that caloric restriction increases lifespan. It doesn't in humans. The only documented times it increases lifespan is in mice weaned from birth on a starvation diet. Humans are not going to starve their babies.Obesity certainly shortens lifespan but that doesn't make calories a scientific antimetabole. Yet despite this study being in mice, and therefore only EXPLORATORY, evangelists for longevity claims, the strange cousin of Singularity believers, are touting this as if it's meaningful. read more [...]
Unless you think plants are little people, so you don't understand any science, it is impossible to believe a weedkiller lowers testosterone.Environmental predatorts still sell it to the gullible. Lawsuits are how they make their money. If you do believe in that plants are tiny green people and share a biological pathway and therefore a weedkiller can give you cancer, you don't trust science, you simply want to believe prejudiced epidemiology when it matches your bias against science. read more [...]
The answers to the title questions are, No, Yes, and why not. What I have been doing instead of blogging lately has mostly been AI training as a freelancer for a company called Outlier.AI. I can't say what we work on or who we work for. Name a company or other organization known to have an interest in AI research and Outlier has likely provided services for them. It is interesting and engaging work that pays better than teaching actual human beings. read more [...]
Once upon a time, wealthy white women virtue signaled to other wealthy white women when they spent $500 on snacks at stores they're paid to promote, like "upscale" grocery chain Erewhon, where its overpriced nonsense supposedly leads to a "radiant" lifestyle.That time is still now. This one is especially fun, because two words after assuring us it "has literally sold out everywhere" she tells gullible viewers that you can buy it at the store she's being paid $5 to promote.read more [...]
Aging is not a smooth and gradual process.read more [...]
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