In an Ohio Suburb, Sprawl Is Being Transformed Into Walkable Neighborhoods
Yale Climate Connections argues that rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions.
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Coffee Break: Science Update, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come from the thymus, which is mammals basically disappears early in life in a process called involution. Understanding how the thymus might regenerate has […]
Read more...Moral Means Testing: Utah’s Isolated Homeless “Campus” to Require Education of the Soul Under Trump-Led Push To Divert Attention from Economic Causes of Crisis
Utah aims to produce a model for Trump plan—an isolated “Accountability Campus” where commits will be reformed. Other states and localities are not far behind.
Read more...Revulsion, La Grande Bouffe, and the Spectacle of Grotesque Elite Self and System Destruction
Why our elites, starting with the top ranks in the Trump Administration, are disgusting.
Read more...The Housing Crisis Is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety
The magic of the market: a system where your income determines your exposure to climate disasters.
Read more...Investigation Reveals How Amazon Is Fleecing Public Schools With ‘Algorithm-Driven Pricing’
$74 for 36 markers.
Read more...With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
Read more...Coffee Break: American Science Shattered
American Science, Shattered. So says is the title of Part 1 of a ten part series in STAT News. Since STAT articles are usually paywalled, I will summarize them here as they appear. Unlike most accounts of the current state of science in the United States, the authors of this article have found scientists who […]
Read more...Is Male Infertility Contributing to Falling Birth Rates?
RFK, Jr. is exercised about falling birth rates and depicts falling sperm count as a major contributor. How sound is this view?
Read more...The Meaning of Freedom in These United States
Nicholas Buccola is a historian of the United States who will still be read 30-40-50 years from now. I regret that I will not be here to see where he takes us. In 2019 he published The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America. This […]
Read more...MAGA Antitrust Is Officially Dead: DOJ Sanctions Price Fixing With Slap on the Wrist Settlement Against Rental Housing Collusion Kingpin RealPage
Private-equity-owned RealPage can still lead national rental housing cartel as it moves to access renters’ financial data and embraces AI decision-making. The company is also suing New York state for violating its speech by attempting to stop its illegal behavior.
Read more...Why Do We Still Have Poverty?
Richard Murphy explains how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty — using fear and insecurity to keep wages low, rents high, and wealth flowing up to the richest.
Read more...Protestor Confrontation with ICE in New York City Appears to Have Stymied Raid; Is There Any Hope for ICE Opposition?
As ICE protests continue, are they succeeding in throwing sand in the gears of the deportation machine?
Read more...US “R” Us or Tax Sovereignty?
Countries can either capitulate to President Trump’s tax bullying or come together to fight for the sovereign right to tax multinationals fairly.
Read more...Coffee Break: Science and Belief, Working AI, ADHD Update, and Research Support
Part the First: When Science Becomes a Matter of Belief Things Go Sideways. The current Secretary of Health and Human Services is getting his way. This is not a surprise. The President hired him to “go wild on health” and he is doing just that. Some have complained that as Secretary of HHS that RFKJr […]
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