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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

How Liberals Fund Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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Not an April Fools, sadly. I've written a lot about how "environmentalists" are making the world a much worse place ( just one...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Bad Medicine, Better Medicine?

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The source of a modern miracle.  News update: Good riddance to the bad Paul Ehrlich, a terrible influence in the world . (Not to be confus...
Friday, March 13, 2026

The Horror of GMOs

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OMFG!   Now do you understand, "scientists"???* Copy cat v2.   *In case it isn't clear, that's sarcasm. Selective breeding...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

An actually worthwhile listicle

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Copy Cat 1. Not too long, not too indulgent, and all useful: 26 (Hopefully) Useful Thoughts For 2026 A Listicle About Self-Control, Understa...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Life in the Universe

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The great Fraser Cain, creator of Universe Today  and animal advocate, believes we are alone in the universe. His reasoning: If life had evo...
Friday, March 6, 2026

TV! (short)

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  Paul McCartney - Sometimes One of the most beautiful songs you've never heard You've probably heard of Pluribus (or Plur1bus) on A...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

This brought me to tears

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"What're you lookin' at? Never seen devastating cuteness before?" PSA: If you have a Bank of American credit or debit card...
Monday, March 2, 2026

From the Ecomodernist: Utopia & Apocalypse after Revelatory Environmentalism

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This Saguaro is pretty doomed. Full piece here , but Taylor really needed an editor, so below are excerpts. If you want a historical contex...
Friday, February 27, 2026

AI, Jobs, Synchronized Sleeping

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Too much good stuff here (including the graph above), with the first (of many) headline, "The centuries-long shift to better jobs con...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Fun with Tech (and Cats)

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Kitten Cody (found in a Burger King parking lot, has joined Dusty.... This YouTube video on the creation of modern computer chips is beyond...
Monday, February 23, 2026

“Don’t replace the unknown with the unknowable.”

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Cody and Dusty, via Nano Banana   “Don’t replace the unknown with the unknowable.” Losing  p. 90 All through history, humans have faced unkn...
Friday, February 20, 2026

The Past Was Way Worse (plus personal indulgence)

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Not that long ago, the most common age of death (mode) in many countries was zero . The past was truly terrible .  "In the bad old days...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

“We progressives annoyed the average American into fascism”

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It is surprisingly hard to find this data going back to 1970.   “ Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increase...
Monday, February 16, 2026

2025 #1: Idiot or Fanatic?

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The most popular 2025 post:  You know where to find that quote. (Below is basically a rehash of this post .) Several people I know badmouth...
Friday, February 13, 2026

This whole thing is worth reading

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This Gila Monster has made more correct predictions than Ehrlich. And done less damage to humanity, too. Forecasting Follies 2025 And I'...
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