Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Fliers Beware: Poor Mask Discipline Endemic Even Among Airline, Airport Staff
Airlines and airports are cutting their workers way too much slack in mask wearing. They are a hazard to each other and to passengers.
The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It
The European Union has not reached a “Hamiltonian moment.” Its plans are too little, too late, hamstrung by institutional barriers to economic recovery.
Lockdown Aftermath: Changes I Will Continue Going Forward
Ways in which the lockdown has changed my life, and led me to embrace practices I will continue, How about you?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2020
COVID19 in the Midwest ~ Biden’s empathy ~ Biden Veepstakes: Condi Rice ~ Trump to shake up campaign, hit the trail ~ Charles Booker ~ Georgia voting debacle ~ Employment, wholesale, debt ~ Stranded capital in fossil fuels ~ COVID asymptomatic transmission ~ Protests ~ Seattle Autonomous Zone
New York Makes Use of Chokeholds a Felony Charge
New York makes use of chokehold a felony charge, nearly 6 years after Eric Garner died. Perhaps cops may think twice going forward.
Pushed by National Uprising, Democratic Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Overhaul Policing
Democrats introduce comprehensive policing reform legislation , but without Republican support, the best possible scenario is some repetition of the stimulus mess.
Scientists Around the World are Already Fighting the Next Pandemic
Scientists fight the next pandemic, driven by antibiotic resistance, where the technofix fairy won’t help, and the simplest solutions are the most sustainable.
Dominic Cummings Is Either Ignorant and Lazy or a Psycho, and Doesn’t Know His William Gibson
Tory genius and BoJo advisor Dominic Cummings should read the books he quotes.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2020
The states were COVID19 transmission is increasing ~ Biden and the youth ~ Tragedy of Sanders ~ Trump agonistes ~ Charles Booker in Kentucky ~ Democrats and credentials ~ NBER calls recession ~ Mr. Market in his happy place ~ Permaculture ~ Quarantine fatigue ~ Warhol’s cats
The Day Is Dawning On a Four-Day Work Week
The four-day work week could be another wild idea that makes it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
Private Equity Gets New Pockets to Pick: Your 401(k), in Funds Repeatedly Cited by the SEC for Abuses
While the US was busy with coronavirus and George Floyd protests, private equity stormed the retail investor barricade.
Revealed: Nearly 400,000 British Companies Evade Anti-Money Laundering Checks
David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
