How Los Angeles Can Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses
Ideas about how to reduce fire risk in Los Angeles do not appear to go far enough.
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Evaluating the Risks of Engineered Viruses and Bacteria, aka ‘Mirror Life’
Scientists seem unduly casual about the threats posed by engineered bacteria and viruses that are chemical mirror images of natural ones
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: What to Watch Out for in the Unfolding Palestinian Genocide
Yanis Varoufakis contends that even though Israel’s genocide in Gaza looks unstoppable, that the costs to Israel will keep rising.
Read more...Murder and Social Murder: The Case of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
Outside his family., friends, and close colleagues, not many tears are being shed over the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson.
Read more...The Wars Come Home
Silicon Valley looks to bring tech used in conflicts abroad back to American shores.
Read more...Why Does the West Hate Russia So Much?
“The Spectre of War” by Jonathan Haslam provides some clues — at least for the UK.
Read more...Peer Review: What Does It Really Mean Today?
Why peer review is not what you might think it is, and what can be done to remedy that.
Read more...Class Traitors Casey and Calley Means Describe How Big Food and Big Pharma Knowingly Make Americans Unhealthy to Tucker
An important Tucker Carlson interview on how Big Food and Big Pharma are profit from worsening American health outcomes.
Read more...The Rat Race for Research Funding Delays Scientific Progress
How bad incentives and funders’ love of glitz lead to poor scientific research outcomes and demotivated academics.
Read more...CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns
A discussion of the regulatory and behavioral issues that helped produce the Crowdstrike 404.
Read more...Book Review: Malcolm Harris’ “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World”
The Silicon Valley citadel of capitalism is built on eugenics, bombs, and hatred of the working class, and it’s destroying the world.
Read more...Russian Asset Seizure Scheming: EU and Euro as US War Proxies Would Take Most Risk; USD Assets Only $4.6 Billion
Addressing wide-of-the-mark commentary on the latest too-clever Western idea. of stealing the $300 billion in Russian central bank assets.
Read more...The Curious Joy of Being Wrong – Intellectual Humility Means Being Open to New Information and Willing to Change Your Mind
On the value of cultivating intellectual humility.
Read more...Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance
Why health insurance schemes, both private insurance and society-wide programs, are more costly than and inferor to government funding.
Read more...Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt
A deep dive on developing country debt crisis and how they reveal the workings of international finance.
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