On August 8th 2020, Melissa Berger and I embarked on another of our trips into the wilderness of the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. This video is Day 1 of that 7-day trip, taking us from Elkhart Park Trailhead 14-1/2 miles to...
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On Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 our party of 5 departed Trail Lakes Trailhead outside of Dubois, WY for 8-days in the wilderness. We hiked 80 miles, visited many of the crown jewels of the “Winds”, and explored some of its most inaccessible places. Only 4 of the 8 days were spent on-trail, with the balance spent freelancing and route-finding through incredibly rugged and isolated stretches of wilderness where we went days without seeing another human being. We crossed four significant passes, reached 12,200 ft. above sea level twice, transited Knifepoint glacier at 11.500 ft., and crossed more streams, creeks, rivers, snow-fields, rock-fields and marshes than we can count. On our final day we witnessed the total solar eclipse from within the area of totality.
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Starting in 2001 I lived in Wyoming for 3 years. Since then we have travelled back and forth...
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Keith Lamparter and Melissa Berger backpack into the Wind River Range of Wyoming for a 7-day, 40-mile hike into the wilderness crossing the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains twice, traversing two wilderness areas, Bridger and Popo-Agie, and visited two significant glaciers at Washakie and Camels Hump/Lizard Head.
Read MoreIt is not hyperbole to say that the future of our constitutional democracy may turn on the case of the alleged Venezuelan gangsters sent to El Salvador and the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the lawful U.S. resident swept up in that action. [...]
From a prosecutor with a big mortgage problem to a media gadfly crushing on an accused killer, these hypocrites are especially ridiculous. [...]
When the White House invoked the [...]
Trump's coal industry revival boosts energy security and halts harmful regulations, ensuring reliable power for America's growing needs. [...]
Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a 'free speech crisis'. It's time for a shared strategy [...]
One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. [...]
There is both joy and dismay after the supreme court judgment. Compassion and leadership are really needed now, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff [...]
A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. The quote attributed to Joseph Stalin has become the modus operandi for attacks on President Trump. [...]
This is a vision of American life in which everything is controlled by a single ruler. This is the absolute nightmare of our founders. [...]
I can tell you this, we're doing a fantastic job of getting criminals out of this country who Biden allowed into the country. Hundreds of thousands of criminals, murderers and drug dealers. And I was elected because of the fact, I would say maybe that was the number one factor, a lot of reasons, the economy, a lot of things. [...]
Trump's open defiance of the law leaves no room for Republican redemption [...]
Sen. Van Hollen slammed for El Salvador trip aiding deported MS-13 suspect while ignoring Maryland mom's murder by illegal immigrant. [...]
Democratic strategist James Carville says progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez only want to run against Democrats rather than Republicans. [...]
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan start the show with President Trump escalating his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying his termination "could not come fast enough." [...]
The United States and Iran are set to resume high-stakes talks Saturday on Tehran's nuclear programme, a week after an initial round of discussions that both sides described as "constructive".Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will hold the Oman-mediated talks in Rome.They come one week after the two sides held what Iran called indirect talks in Muscat. Those were the first talks at such a high level between the foes since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear accord in 2018. [...]
The United States will roughly halve the number of troops it has deployed in Syria to less than 1,000 in the coming months, the Pentagon said Friday.Washington has had troops in Syria for years as part of international efforts against the Islamic State (IS) group, which rose out of the chaos of the country's civil war to seize swaths of territory there and in neighboring Iraq over a decade ago.The brutal jihadists have since suffered major defeats in both countries, but still remain a threat. [...]
The deaths of three Tunisian sixth-formers in a school wall collapse in the small inland town of Mezzouna has fuelled anger over underinvestment and neglect in the nation's hinterland.Since Monday's accident, angry residents have blocked roads leading to the town's National Guard post with burning tyres, as young men clashed repeatedly with security forces."We're asking for the most basic things: healthcare and education," said Najet Messaadi. "Instead, they sent us 112 police cars. What are we? Terrorists?" [...]
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed two people in the south on Friday, with Israel announcing attacks in the same areas targeting Hezbollah militants.Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.An Israeli attack on "a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road resulted in one dead", a Lebanese health ministry statement said on the fourth straight day of Israeli attacks in the south. [...]
Gaza's civil defence rescue agency said Friday that Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people, including 10 from the same family, after Hamas signalled its rejection of Israel's latest ceasefire proposal.The Palestinian militants' chief negotiator dismissed what he called Israel's "partial agreements" and called for a "comprehensive deal" to halt the 18-month-long war.Khalil al-Hayya also urged international pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of Gaza that began on March 2. [...]
Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in place since March 2.The appeal from the militants comes after the United Nations warned of worsening conditions and shortages of medicine and other essentials."The international community is required to intervene immediately and exert the necessary pressure to end the unjust blockade imposed on our people in the Gaza Strip," Hamas's chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said in a statement. [...]
Iran staged military parades on Friday to mark its annual Army Day celebrations, showcasing a wide array of its latest domestically built drones, missiles, tanks, and other hardware.The events coincided with the eve of the second round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, which will be held in Rome on Saturday.Domestically developed drones, including the jet-powered Karrar, Arash, and Mohajer models, were shown in the parade in Tehran, state television reported.In addition to the capital, military parades were also staged in other major cities. [...]
The new US ambassador to Israel prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, delivering a handwritten message from President Donald Trump calling for peace in Israel.Mike Huckabee, a former Republican governor, has long been an outspoken supporter of Israel, backing calls to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank before such talk became increasingly mainstream.He presented his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, as Israel's 18-month war against Hamas Palestinian militants continues in the Gaza Strip. [...]
By seizing large swathes of the Gaza Strip, Israel is redrawing the map of the Palestinian territory, one of the most densely populated places on Earth, making it increasingly "unlivable".On Wednesday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military has transformed vast areas representing 30 percent of Gaza into buffer zones and displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.Agnes Levallois, lecturer at the Foundation for Strategic Research, said that leaving the buffer zones cleared and empty could be an end in itself. [...]
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group.Thursday's strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, the US military said.Images broadcast by a Huthi-run television channel showed large blazes lighting up the night sky following the latest in an intensified barrage of attacks under US President Donald Trump. [...]
It had been nearly two years since AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of machine guns.Sudan's once-peaceful capital awoke to the sound of bombs and gunfire on April 15, 2023 as war broke out between its two most powerful generals -- army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). [...]
Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension."I've been here for four hours and I haven't so much as touched my pension," said the 77-year-old, who did not wish to give his full name."The cash dispensers are under-stocked and the queues are long," he continued.Since the overthrow of president Bashar al-Assad last December, Syria has been struggling to emerge from the wake of nearly 14 years of civil war, and its banking sector is no exception. [...]
US tariffs on semiconductors and efforts to onshore production potentially threaten industries in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE alongside investments and joint ventures with US companies. [...]
US tariffs on semiconductors and efforts to onshore production potentially threaten industries in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE alongside investments and joint ventures with US companies. [...]
US tariffs on semiconductors and efforts to onshore production potentially threaten industries in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE alongside investments and joint ventures with US companies. [...]
US tariffs on semiconductors and efforts to onshore production potentially threaten industries in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE alongside investments and joint ventures with US companies. [...]
Hamas on Thursday signalled its rejection of Israel's latest truce proposal and called for a "comprehensive" deal to end the 18-month-long war.The Palestinian militants' chief negotiator spoke out after civil defence rescuers in Gaza said new Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in camps for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its offensive in the Palestinian territory.The Israeli military said it was looking into reports of the strikes. [...]
Ahead of the Saturday meeting, Iran's foreign minister met with the Russian president in Moscow as Tehran sought consultation on how to push back against American pressure to fully dismantle its nuclear program. [...]
Ahead of the Saturday meeting, Iran's foreign minister met with the Russian president in Moscow as Tehran sought consultation on how to push back against American pressure to fully dismantle its nuclear program. [...]
Ahead of the Saturday meeting, Iran's foreign minister met with the Russian president in Moscow as Tehran sought consultation on how to push back against American pressure to fully dismantle its nuclear program. [...]
Steve Forbes, Arthur Laffer & Steve Moore, NYP From President Kennedy to President Reagan, the most successful periods of economic expansion in American history followed significant reductions [...]
Robert Wu, New York Times Trump thinks he holds all the cards in this high-stakes game, but he's wrong. [...]
Gordon Chang, Fox News When the dust settles on President Donald Trump's tariffs, there will be 340.1 million Americans much better off. Across the board, the Chinese will suffer. [...]
John Tamny, RCM When Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, the deal wasn't seen as obvious or a slam dunk… for Facebook. Which is a statement of the obvious, one [...]
Market Minder, Fisher Investments Fund managers illustrate sentiment's swing. [...]
Bruce Thompson, RealClear One of the main goals of the Trump administration is to increase investment in America. The President believes that attracting foreign investment and increasing [...]
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner China's aggressive export strategy hit the U.S. glass industry hard, especially the workers at the Pyrex glass plant in Charleroi. [...]
Jason Oxman, RealClear President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are [...]
Clifford Thies, AIER Economists don't claim that tariffs caused the Great Depression, but tariffs make bad times worse. [...]
Alex Gilbert, RCM An imminent executive order on deep sea mining could open a new resource frontier. It's a signal to markets that the United States is [...]
Ryan Teague Beckwith, MSNBC The president is making baseless claims of widespread fraud, possibly as a pretext for his real goal. [...]
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 [...]
If you’ve spent any time around medication – whether in a pharmacy or a hospital – you’re probably aware that some medications need to be kept at very low temperatures. (This was an issue when the COVID-19 vaccines were first being distributed, for instance.) For doctors and relief workers taking medication to remote areas, this […] The post Teen Scientists Win Earth Prize for Electricity-Free Refrigerator appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
There’s a lot to attract visitors to Turks and Caicos — from visually striking beaches to opulent resorts and more. Given the islands’ reputation as a go-to destination, the news of another hospitality company making inroads there isn’t necessarily surprising. Hilton’s first foray into this British overseas territory sounds interesting, though — especially because the […] The post Hilton’s First Property in Turks and Caicos Readies 2028 Opening appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Sachin Latti never set out to become an endurance athlete. But after struggling with depression during the early days of the pandemic — a stretch marked by personal turmoil and professional burnout — the Canadian veteran and former law enforcement officer turned to running as a lifeline. In the process, he discovered something deeper. “Service […] The post What It Takes to Run Across Canada in 75 Days appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Horns honking, music blaring, drones buzzing above, TikTok videos on high volume, people shouting — the world is loud. While it’s nice to imagine being able to tune out the chaos of daily life, that’s nearly impossible when you’re in the thick of it. By breakfast, many of us have already consumed multiple news sources […] The post “Quiet Travel” Is the Latest Vacation Trend for Serenity Seekers appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Ever since Watches & Wonders wrapped up a few weeks ago, I have found myself deep in the throes of an obsession with high-end wrist candy. I’ve been here before, and I’ve owned a few nice watches at various points in my life. But a man sometimes has to choose his battles carefully when it comes to […] The post From Our EIC: 5 Outstanding Watches Under $2,000 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Ram’s lineup of trucks will be a lot larger 18 months from now. That, at least, is the key takeaway from a recent post on LinkedIn by the brand’s CEO, Tim Kuniskis. In December, Kuniskis — who had announced his retirement from Stellantis earlier in 2024 — returned to head up Ram following the departure […] The post Ram CEO Announces Ambitious 18-Month Plan appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
We’ve all been there. You set up for the day’s work full of optimism and determination. Things start out well. You’re firing off emails like nobody’s business. You couldn’t stop having good ideas if you tried. After a blockbuster morning, you celebrate with your favorite lunch. And then…well, everything tends to get a bit sluggish. Those […] The post How to Power Through the Afternoon Slump appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Wearing a plastic polar bear mask and a white bath robe, I danced the YMCA with the first female prime minister of Greenland. Yet, as exchanges go, it was far less awkward than most between Americans and Greenlanders these days. Greenland is an autonomous country that is actively on the path to independence — a […] The post A Gracious Guide for Americans Visiting Greenland appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Want to know what the future holds? You need to meet the people building it. In our series Who’s Next, we profile rising stars of culture, tech, style, wellness and beyond. Deep within every one of us lies a hot take. “Ghosting is fine,” “Abolish wifi on airplanes,” or “We should throw all chiropractors in […] The post Reviving the Lost Art of Conversation, One Subway Take at a Time appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Vienna. Five of Europe’s most renowned tourist destinations, ranked in order as the five most populous cities in the E.U. The sixth? Hamburg. If that’s not what you were expecting, rest assured, not much of Hamburg is — making it a compelling destination for those seeking to step a bit beyond […] The post How to Spend a Perfect Weekend in Hamburg, Germany appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Each week, our inbox runneth over with news of gear, apparel and tech releases from around the world. In this feature, we’ll parse through the best of it. Today: A collab between Graza and Duckhead umbrellas drops, the best rugby shirt ever goes live and squid gin lands on our radar. We've put in the […] The post Products of the Week: Duck Umbrellas, Rugby Shirts and Squid Gin appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
The auto show is far from dead. On Friday, the New York Auto Show opens to the public for a 10-day extravaganza of exhibits, test drives, panels and even commemorative coins to mark its 125th anniversary. After the pandemic ushered in many grave reports about the future of car shows, this milestone was looking like […] The post Controversial Redesigns, Compelling EVs and One Great Concept Debut at the New York Auto Show appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
People like yourself might not have all day to online shop…which is why we’re committed to doing it for you every week. No need to thank us or anything. From discounts on kitchen knives to a BOGO deal on sunnies, these are the best deals we’ve found on the internet this week. The Best Deals […] The post From Knives to Sunglasses: The Best Deals on the Internet This Week appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
As someone who writes about food and loves to try new things, I’m always on the hunt for the next great restaurant. I have my regular spots, of course, but more often than not I’m going somewhere new. That said, there’s one restaurant I have been to time and again since it opened because I […] The post This Is the Best Thing That’s Ever Happened to the Steakhouse appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
I exclusively watch shitty action movies when I fly. What about you? This is a question I’ve been posing to my friends for a while now, instigated by my decision to watch 65, a film where Adam Driver fights dinosaurs. A total dumpster fire of a movie, and yet…one that I thoroughly enjoyed from 35,000 […] The post There’s No Such Thing as a “Bad” Action Movie When You’re at 35,000 Feet appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
As far as boutique running brands go, Tracksmith remains king of the hill — championed for their heritage-inspired aesthetic, innovative fabrics and streamlined designs, the Boston-based athletic brand’s collection of sleek apparel and gear appeals to the Olympian and amateur runner alike, including a number of us here at InsideHook. Unfortunately, Tracksmith’s cult following also […] The post For One Day Only, the Best Running Tights on the Market Are on Sale appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Everlane is the retailer we head to for substantial, stylish basics. In need of a simple white tee that can handle many wears and spin cycles? Or a smart-looking jacket you can throw over anything? How about a technical chino or an organic cotton overshirt? Everlane has you covered. We also tend to seek out […] The post It Doesn’t Get Better Than This Unreal Everlane Sale appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Mother’s Day can be tricky, and every year rolls around with people wanting to make it memorable. Well, we have just the thing. What better gift to give than a custom portrait or painting of a memorable moment you share with your mom? Paint Your Life is a service that employs professional artists to create […] The post How to Make This Mother’s Day Unforgettable appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
The easiest way to add some character to your space? Upgrade your bedding. Now’s an opportune time to separate yourself from the spooky navy blue sheet pack. We’re entering spring and summer, which means warmer hues, fun patterns and different textures that create an entirely different (and more welcoming) vibe in your space. If you’ve […] The post Everything at Brooklinen Is 25% Off appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
With dozens, if not hundreds of new collections appearing every single week from our favorite brands, we’ve done the hard work and rounded up the need-to-know style, watch and grooming drops that you simply can’t afford to miss. No need to thank us or anything. This week: Reese Cooper outdoor-ifies the UGG mini, COS smells […] The post All the Style Drops You Should Care About This Week appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Donald Bryson, RealClearHistory On April 17, 1945, as the war in the Pacific neared its crescendo, a tall nineteen-year-old farm boy from a small town outside Lexington, Tennesee, stood on [...]
Waters and Ellwanger, RealClearHistory When the White House invoked the "Immortal Chaplains" to illustrate the history between the United States and Greenland, it touched on a theme emerging in [...]
Ed Meagher, The War Horse I wondered whether the lighter bags held small soldiers or only body parts. I kept no count of the work. I still don't know how many we carried. [...]
Robert J. Allison, RealClearHistory A scrap of paper in the Massachusetts State Archives tells a great story. Dated August 1775, it is an invoice for £11, one shilling (about $2,000 today) [...]
Jack Fowler, Philanthropy Daily The Battles of Lexington and Concord, remembered rightly on their semiquincentennial, Were Where Gunpowder and Civil Society Sparked History's Greatest [...]
Calvin Warner, American Heritage Thirty years later, an Oklahoma native reflects on one of the deadliest domestic terrorist attacks in American history. [...]
Parissa DJangi, NatGeo It's been 30 years since Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, an attack that reawakened the nation to the dangers of domestic terrorism. [...]
Bastiaan Willems, Historytoday For the German military command, the citizens of East Prussia were not a concern; they were a weapon to be deployed in the Battle of Königsberg. [...]
Kevin Seabrooke, Warfare History Network For about half an hour artillery and rockets fired from UH-1B helicopters from the Aerial Rocket Artillery battalion had pounded an area in Vietnam's [...]
Andrew Curry & Emin Özmen, NatGeo They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a [...]
Andrew Fowler, Philanthropy Daily It was a Good Friday that shocked America. One hundred and sixty years ago, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by actor [...]
Rachel Treisman, NPR When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home. [...]
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 [...]
The cochlear implant has helped many regain hearing functionality and a new study shows a potential roadmap for those whose cochlear nerve is too damaged; the auditory brainstem implant.Not the current auditory brainstem implant, rigid structure does not allow for good tissue contact, which means a majority of the electrodes must be switched off due to unwanted side effects such as dizziness or facial twitching, a soft, thin-film version with electrodes embedded in silicone, making a pliable array less than a millimeter thick.Superior conformity means patients will no longer get vague sounds and little speech intelligibility - and fewer side effects.read [...]
K2-18b, detected in 2015, orbits a star 124 light years away. Though it is over 800% as large as Earth, its space in the habitable zone of its star, like where we are, means the possibiliy that liquid water could exist on its surface.The science community calls it The Goldilocks Zone. Like the character in the children's story who wanted porridge neither too hot nor too cold, a Goldilocks planet that might have life we could recognize would need to be in a similar narrow band.read more [...]
Under the Equality Act of 2010, 'woman' refers to individuals based on their biological sex at birth, according to a unanimous ruling at the UK Supreme Court.The case has been a David vs. Goliath story. Three Scottish women up against the Scottish government, which had made policy stating that a gender recognition certificate could go anywhere that those deemed biologically female at birth could go. What got it to the Supreme Court was a 2018 law mandating gender balance on public sector boards. Women noted that gender included the trans community and that created a 'shackled man' competition.read more [...]
What? Another boring chess game?Buzz off, this is my blog, and if I feel like posting a chess game, that's what is going to happen. But if you like the game, stay here - this is a nice game.Again played after hiours today, and again on a 5' online blitz server (chess.com). What amazes me is that these days I seem to have a sort of touch for nice attacks and brilliant combinations. Let me show you why I am saying this.The starting position arose after the following opening sequence:tommasodorigo - UTOPII841, chess.com April 16 2025read more [...]
Due to anti-vaccine hype from 1998 to 2021 which then flipped to the other major US political party, there is recurring rending of garments about science literacy. Add in a 9% difference between the left and right in acceptance of evolution and beliefs that fructose in honey is health food while fructose in corn syrup is poison, PFAS, and that GMOs cause lower grades in school, it's easy to see that US adult science literacy is only about 30%.read more [...]
Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europeans claimed they were successfully moving away from modern agriculture and conventional energy thanks to the organic™ manufacturing process and solar power. What they left out was that the "organic" food they were buying was from Russia, where either Russia invented magic or they simply swapped fields to being called organic, or it was a lie.(1) The biggest hypocrisy of European culture is pretending that buying food through a European company that buys it from Russia is not giving money to Russia. They use the same trick to continue to be reliant on Russian [...]
In a bizarre experiment, scholars declared that survivors of one of California's annual wildfires instead suffered PTSD due to climate change.It was a small group, 27 who had been near a fire in 2018, 21 who had seen smoke, and 27 in the control group. Participants had EEG brain scans taken while they engaged in behavior which could provide monetary rewards. The scholars also subjectively scored their Win-Stay behavior, basically how often they sought the highest long-term rewards.read more [...]
After a very intense day at work, I sought some relaxation in online blitz chess today. And the game gave me the kick I was hoping I'd get. After a quick Alapin Sicilian opening, we reached the following position (diagram 1):As you can see, black is threatening a checkmate with Qxg2++. However, the last move was a serious error, as it neglected the intrinsic power of my open files and diagonals against the black king. Can you find the sequence with which I quickly destroyed my opponent's position?1. Qc2! read more [...]
Recently there are appeared a paper showing how Physics - Iron–Helium Compounds Form Under Pressure. which suggests that there might be helium from the original nebula from which the Sun and solar system formed still locked up in the Earth’s core. This association of helium with iron might be connected with this item from Minnesota: UPDATE | High helium concentration buried deep in Iron Range - YouTube which opens the prospect of the USA being less dependent on other countries for its supply of helium, which is most often encountered in toy balloons but is essential in its liquid form for many [...]
Among the 900 compounds that France's International Agency for Research on Cancer "suggests" are linked to cancer, nearly all have relied on studies in mice.Scientists know mice are not little people but epidemiologists use animal models, very often at high doses, up to 10,000X realistic levels, to make their claims that everything causes cancer. Such abuse of animal models is why states like California, which abdicated science to IARC, has over 80,000 products with warnings about carcinogens yet no more or fewer cases of cancer.read more [...]
The highest-mass subnuclear particle ever observed used to the the top quark. Measured for the first time by the CDF experiment in 1994, and subsequently confirmed by CDF and D0 in 1995, the top quark is the heaviest elementary particle we know of, and it is a wonderful physical system per se, which has been studied with momentum in the past thirty years at the Tevatron and at the LHC colliders. The top quarkread more [...]
President Donald Trump is about to sign an executive order restarting coal leasing on federal lands while classifying coal as a critical mineral. Social media critics, and academics being quoted in media, are declaring the end of the world due to American pollution. Are they correct?read more [...]
When the Proposition 65 referendum, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was being debated, concerns about abuse and high cost were dismissed by the lawyers behind it with the assurance that lawyers wouldn't decide what products would be deemed carcinogens, the state would abdicate that to France's International Agency for Research on Cancer.read more [...]
Duckweed split into different species 59 million years ago, when the climate was more extreme than even the most aggressive climate simulation produced now.A new study, genome sequences for five duckweed species, reveals how duckweed can essentially farm itself, and because it can double in mass after two days what that might mean for the future of food science.read more [...]
A French team conducted experiments using sparrow chicks and write in Environmental Research that their tests led to slower growth, with females impacted most. They targeted the common fungicide tebuconazole, popular on food crops because it can stop everything from necrotic ring spot to blights, mildews, and smuts. They compare it to the popular weedkiller glyphosate, which they claim has caused a decline in birds in Europe, despite scientists showing the top reason for bird population changes in various areas has been land use changes and not the use of pesticides lacking an Organic™ label.read more [...]
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town, from jewel-like wall paintings of myths and legends like Helen of Troy, to the majestic amphitheater and sumptuously stuccoed baths.But step outside the gates for a moment, and you’re in a very different – yet no less important – world.read more [...]
According to observations made by NASA using the James Webb Space Telescope, there is a three point eight percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the Moon on December 22nd 2032. This means there is still a 96 percent chance that it will not hit the Moon. Space is big so it is very easy for objects to not hit each other. Well, really, it is easy for objects to stay far enough apart that their gravitational fields won't make a collision inevitable. So this isn't a prediction that the asteroid will hit the Moon, and it is likely [...]
In a world where misinformation, voluntary or accidental, reigns supreme; in a world where lies become truth if they are broadcast for long enough; in a world where we have unlimited access to superintelligent machines, but we prefer to remain ignorant; in this world we are unfortunately living today, that is, the approach taken by scientists to accumulate knowledge - peer review - is something we should hold dear and preserve with care. And yet...read more [...]
For decades, natural history books have taught that when a catastrophic asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs and gave mammals – until then mostly small, tree-dwelling creatures – a chance to flourish on the ground. It’s the classic “mammals rise after dinosaurs fall” narrative.read more [...]
