Link. Yes, he’s crackers. Should have been an early warning. Likely disk injury: “followed by a group of neurosurgeons”. Source of thyroid cancer rumors.
Daily Archives: April 1, 2022
Atwood on Hitchens: “At least he didn’t accuse me of hurting his feelings, nor did I accuse him of hurting mine. Having feelings was not a thing back then. We would not have admitted to owning such marshmallow-like appendages, and if we did have any f
Link. I remember.
“Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has declared that providing Ukraine with tanks and planes would cross a “red line”, turning NATO into a “co-belligerent”.
Link. France is a problem.
Inflation and rising wages for the non-college worker.
Link. Inflation may be a prerequisite for shifting economic gains to non-college workers. It comes from somewhere.
5G Home Internet: “T-Mobile costs $50 per month (if you use autopay, $55 if you don’t) with unlimited data and no contract, fees, or equipment charges.”
Link. Here power is not a problem and 5G can be genuinely useful. Urban for now. I may switch from XFINITY
“5G offers no substantial practical advantages over LTE”
Link. There’s a deeper lesson here about money and the foolishness of crowds. (But the wise ones get little credit and probably took a career hit.)
“We’re relearning the lessons of World War I: The benefits of globalization are always at risk from the threat of war and the whims of dictators.”
Link. Economic integration does not prevent war or support democracy.
Florida: “2000 voter purge cut ten times as many Black voters as White voters from the rolls that year before victory in the presidential election came down to a few hundred votes in Florida for Republican candidate George W. Bush”
Link. Judge Mark E. Walker remembers.