Quote: “Bullshit is language, statistical figures, data graphics, and other forms of presentation intended to persuade by impressing and overwhelming a reader or listener, with a blatant disregard for truth and logical coherence.” Dana sez, “Calling bullshit” is aka “teaching critical thinking,” which imo we should start teaching from kindergarten on. (h/t Sue and Stewart) Quote:…
Quote: “The companies outline futures in which regular people can zip between neighboring cities in a matter of minutes, sailing above traffic and reordering the economy as they go.”Dana sez, Calling George Jetson… (h/t Wired Weekly) Dana sez, love There I Ruined It. And no, he didn’t. (h/t Kottke) Quote: “[T]he Trump administration is putting…
Quote: “Balcony solar is taking state legislatures by storm. In more than half of U.S. states, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would boost adoption of DIY solar systems.” (Fix the News) Fun. Try not to repeat yourself. Heh. (h/t Kottke) I’m dug into the second season now. Increasingly weird but good. Quote for the current…
Quote: “Auto experts say old-line companies risk becoming obsolete if they don’t learn how to make appealing, profitable electric vehicles, which most executives expect to eventually replace cars that run on gasoline despite the Trump’s administration efforts to promote fossil fuels. Improvements in electric vehicle technology mean that, within a few years, they will be…
Quote: “One of the most refreshing parts of prison friendships was how men would form bonds with guys they never would have even encountered in normal life. I remember walking by a former drug dealer, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a former mobster and a former preacher all sitting around a table together in…
Quote: “NPF President and CEO Jeff Reinbold kicked off a new series on America at Night with McGraw Milhaven. Jeff’s interview was the first of a new recurring segment hosted by McGraw and dedicated to national parks. Listen to Jeff’s interview here, catch up with Friends of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park here, and don’t forget to tune…
A Little Freeze Library in Petoskey, Michigan. (h/t Laughing Squid) “You’ve heard of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault – did you know Chile has one too?In the Atacama Desert, one of the world’s driest regions, the Initihuasi Seed Bank is freezing thousands of native plant species to safeguard them against climate change, extinction and disaster.…
Yeah, I know, I’ve shared this before, but I just saw it again on a “Best Super Bowl tv ads” list (which list included none of this year’s) and this was on it and I was limp in the hands of fate. Enjoy! I always do. (I love how the wife looks at the husband…
Love this story. (h/t my feed, mirabile dictu–something good showed up there for a change!) Man, it just goes on forever, with miraculously no deaths. (And the writer in me cannot resist a shoutout to John D. MacDonald’s Cry Hard, Cry Fast) What really happened at Davos. Quote: “First, the Europeans were finally pushed to…
An example:“16. Before the October 19, 2025 heist in which the French crown jewels were stolen, the Louvre’s video security password was LOUVRE.”With links. More fun and interesting stuff here. (h/t Kottke, maybe?) Quote: “We need to knock off the paramilitary crap when it comes to law enforcement—not only for aesthetic reasons but for political…
