Saturday, July 12, 2025
The Ripple Effects of Shrinking U.S. Science
Severe cuts in science research funding will cause a complex cascade of effects across the United States and the world.
Three Mind-Blowing Indie Film Festivals That Show Actual Good Movies
For reader delectation, some promising indie film venues.
Coffee Break: The Attack on Scientists and Scientific Research Continues, Plus One Great Result on a Vaccine That Prevents Cancer
Part the First. Convergence and Consensus in Science, or and how to interpret scientific results in context. From Holden Thorp, the Editor-in-Chief of Science: Kathleen Hall Jamieson believes that scientists need to talk…about convergent evidence. “Unlike declarations that a consensus exists, a claim that convergent evidence exists honors science’s norms of critique and correction by […]
Complacency, Denialism and the Risk of an Economic Trumpocalypse
Why the downside to Trump economic policies are far greater than the press and pundit class are willing to acknowledge.
Washington Is Once Again Weaponising the IMF to Try to Reclaim Its “Back Yard”
Through its selective lending to struggling economies in Latin America, the IMF is helping Washington, once again, to reassert its strategic influence.
What Are the Health Impacts of Plastic?
Scientists are investigating how plastic additives and microplastics affect our bodies, and are worried about what they’ve learned so far
Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand
An update on the worsening shortfalls at food banks as the impact of Federal cuts takes hold.
US-Ukraine Minerals Deal: Has Trump Agreed to Continue Military Support? Even if Not, Will He Fall for an Endowment Effect Trap?
Will the Ukraine minerals deal become a tar baby for Trump?
Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 2: Contagion & Containment
Mapping the contagion fever chart of how a Trump financial meltdown might unfold.
The Legal Limits of Trump’s Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities Like Philadelphia
Trump is escalating his campaign against sanctuary cities, and potentially even sanctuary churches. How might that play out?
Global South and Multilateral Financial Institutions: Where Does BRICS Stand?
Why BRICS has gotten barely anywhere on launching its own finanicial institutions and why that is unlikely to change soon if ever.
Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 1: Economic & Financial Furies
Why the Trump-induced economic and financial train wrecks will be more severe than most pundits seem to anticipate.
