Tag: Peter Leyden

Lagniappe Sunday

“Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds” And just how cool is that! (h/t Fix the News) “It seems to be mostly boilerplate copy and paste,” reader Gil Dickie told me. “Quite frankly I couldn’t get through the whole epistle without falling into a brief coma.” One person sent me…

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Lagiappe Sunday

Quote: “Preschool attendance in Morocco has surged from 23% in 2018 to 73% in 2024 after a nationwide early-education reform.” Dana sez, I was lucky enough to visit Morocco in 2013 and I thought then that it was a place just beginning to go boom. You go, Kalal! Vietnam is reducing poverty through education, too.…

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Lagniappe Sunday

Absolutely the only stuck-on-the-tarmac plane I want to be on. Snorgtees for the win. Above just a few of my favorites, with the writer in me falling for “Attemped Murder” with unconditional love. Click through here to choose your own. (Some edits: “Peace, Quiet, and Coffee–But not as good as Luke’s.” “In fact I am…

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Random Saturday

I can’t remember when I first became aware of Peter Leyden. It might have been that article in Wired all the way back in 1997. But here’s a video he made last November that is as he puts it “far from the gloom and doom of what the media are saying.” (That’s a relief.) Here’s…

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