An interesting read comparing the rhetoric of the “reasonable” right to the rhetoric of the pre-Civil War South.
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Link: Electric Boats Could Be Floating Batteries for Island Microgrids
Electric Boats Could Be Floating Batteries for Island Microgrids
Researchers in Australia have developed a control algorithm that allows electric boats equipped with solar panels to sell power to a microgrid
Sooner or later, the shark gets jumped
Link: Column: CEOs say they care about customers and workers. Propaganda experts are unimpressed
Link: Column: CEOs say they care about customers and workers. Propaganda experts are unimpressed.
Link: Editorial: Trump’s new plan to incarcerate migrant families isn’t just cruel, it’s unjustifiable
Link: Editorial: Trump’s new plan to incarcerate migrant families isn’t just cruel, it’s unjustifiable
Link: New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks
Link: New plastic pollution formed by fire looks like rocks
Party that claims to act in Jesus’ name wants to lock families in jail together because stealing kids from their parents turned out to be bad publicity.
Party that claims to act in Jesus’ name wants to lock families in jail together because stealing kids from their parents turned out to be bad publicity.
Party that claims a monopoly on morality wants to lock up kids because their parents wanted a better life for them
Party that claims a monopoly on morality wants to lock up kids because their parents wanted a better life for them
Party of family values wants to lock kids in jail without limits.
Party of family values wants to lock kids in jail without limits.
Man who regularly throws his former allies under the (metaphorical) bus complains about lack of “loyalty” from others.
Man who regularly throws his former allies under the (metaphorical) bus complains about lack of “loyalty” from others.
There’s a joke in Halo & Sprocket where they look at a reconstructed dinosaur head and Halo complains that they got the shape wrong because they didn’t account for cartilage. This dinosaur fossil was found with its skin and armored plates preserved!
There’s a joke in Halo & Sprocket where they look at a reconstructed dinosaur head and Halo complains that they got the shape wrong because they didn’t account for cartilage.
This dinosaur fossil was found with its skin and armored plates preserved!
Virologists have reconstructed the genome of an HIV sample preserved since 1966…
Virologists have reconstructed the genome of an HIV sample preserved since 1966, long before the virus was discovered. Comparing it to modern strains has helped fill in the history of the virus, which appears to have jumped to humans around 1900-1920.
I’m guessing these California wine growers being hurt by Trump’s trade war aren’t going to get the same government handout that midwest farmers are to make up for the damage. Link: The latest casualty of Trump’s trade war with China? California wine
I’m guessing these California wine growers being hurt by Trump’s trade war aren’t going to get the same government handout that midwest farmers are to make up for the damage.
Link: The latest casualty of Trump’s trade war with China? California wine
Gee, you think?
Gee, you think?
Group of top CEOs says maximizing shareholder profits no longer can be the primary goal of corporations
The Cure for Poisonous Cider
Interesting story of a vanished disease called Devonshire colic, caused by drinking poisonous cider and relieved (in part) by soaking in the hot springs at Bath…
When the Cure for Poisonous Cider Was Hours of Bathtime
…because it turned out that the colic was actually lead poisoning from the cider-making equipment in Devon, and spending all day in water, like living in microgravity, causes bones to shed some of their mineral content.
Man wearing TV on head caught on camera leaving old TVs on Virginia front porches
Link: Court upholds ruling that children held at border have adequate food, bedding, sanitation
Link: Court upholds ruling that children held at border have adequate food, bedding, sanitation
A truck drove into ICE protesters…
A truck drove into ICE protesters outside a private prison. They say a guard was at the wheel.
Let’s not forget that a couple of years ago, several states passed or tried to pass laws explicitly making it legal for drivers to “accidentally” run into protesters.
Sometimes I’ve wanted one of these… 😂 @TheOnion: New Claritin Flamethrower Incinerates Whatever Causing Allergies
Sometimes I’ve wanted one of these… 😂 @TheOnion: New Claritin Flamethrower Incinerates Whatever Causing Allergies