The Conservaliberaltarian Case For Abidin’ With Biden
I say this not from that tiny liberal flare in my heart, or the libertarian streak down my back-I say it from my conservative mind & spirit
Author: Michael Siegel
You Do Not, In Any Way Shape or Form, Have to Hand It to Jeffrey Toobin
How a little fame, an ability to tell people what they want to hear, and a glib tongue will buy you the privilege of career survival
The Great Barrington Declaration
The Barrington approach won’t bring back lost jobs. It won’t restore failed businesses. It probably won’t even achieve herd immunity.
Space Junk
The Space Age has brought us miracles. Losing those abilities would be devastating. And losing a future of lunar bases, asteroid exploration and deep space missions would be a tragic cap on human ambition.
Thursday Throughput: Bigger Better Earths Edition
We are in the early days of an exciting phase of astrophysics: an age of exploration of planets outside our solar system. The science has been moving fast. It’s going to start moving even faster.
Writing the Lead on the Way to the Ballpark: Debate Edition
Pictured is the Versailles rail accident in 1842, perhaps a preview of the coming debate when the candidates will be almost as old as the painting
Thursday Throughput: Solar Cycle Edition
The Sun has just entered a new solar cycle…In other words, the clock continues to tick. And it’s about time we did something about it.
Mini-Throughput: Life on Venus Edition
This week the internets exploded with reports of a possible detection of life on Venus. Well … kinda.
Tenshot: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The final four episodes — which rival anything this side of The Empire Strikes Back — puts an exclamation point on one thing: this is not a series about Anakin Skywalker. The real protagonist of the series is Ahsoka Tano, his padawan.
Thursday Throughput: Big Black Hole Edition
This isn’t just a matter of a winnah and new champeen though. We’re learning how massive black holes are built.
Cause of Death
We have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the suffering of our fellow human if we think they did something to deserve it
Thursday Throughput: Polio Eradication Edition
Remember, a vaccine doesn’t have to give “sterilizing immunity”, in which you can’t catch the virus ever again. If it simply builds our resistance to the virus so that COVID-19 infections are mild, that will be enough.
Thursday Throughput: Galactic Cannibalism Edition
Sagittarius is not being “obliterated”. It’s finishing the process of joining our big happy Galaxy a little faster than we thought.
Biden Picks Kamala Harris
A VP pick is usually about is solidifying the base, balancing the ticket, & generating intra-party enthusiasm. Harris will do that just fine
Always at the Abyss
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened in Chicago last night
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Only Politics Stays U.S. Postal Service From Their Appointed Rounds
Cutting US Postal Service hours and services for cities that are overwhelmed by mail only makes sense if your purpose is partisan.
Thursday Throughput: The Hope of a COVID-19 Vaccine
There are 200 teams around the world contributing to the one of the biggest and most dramatic scientific efforts in human history: a COVID-19 vaccine
Vacation Throughput: Comet NEOWISE
It may be decades before we see another one like NEOWISE. Or it may be next year. Who will I be when the next one comes? Or where?
Thursday Throughput: Comparing Catastrophes
I can see why it is being made. Both climate change and COVID-19 are science-heavy global problems. But the comparison doesn’t work…
The Layered Genius of Miyazaki, Part II
The bonds between Miyazaki’s characters are the sinews binding his movies together, bringing all this wondrous art, imagery, and themes into one coherent whole.
