Link. It is insane that men register and women don’t. Registering women will ensure draft never happens.
Author Archives: jgordon
Roma genetics: “The slip from genetics to eugenics is one that can happen quite easily”
Link. It is hard to study humans without falling into the traps of our history. In medicine today we have the estimated GFR problem.
“Congressional Budget Office published an official cost estimate on Thursday afternoon that found the package would increase the federal budget deficit by $160 billion over 10 years.”
Link. Damn, that’s a lot smaller than I expected. A pittance basically.
“China required some travelers from overseas, including diplomats, to submit to anal Covid swab tests”
Link. China has GOP assholery down.
WI: “Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, said that G.O.P. state lawmakers should unilaterally assert control of federal elections,”
Link. He probably sincerely believes Democrats can only win by cheating. He is very stupid and left reality long ago.
Giant Sloths dug huge South American tunnels.
Link. Then we ate them.
BBB act fixes many Obamacare issues.
Link. What should have happened years ago — but for the GOP.
Not worth fighting MN’s despicable GOP on behalf of those who seek their own death.
Link. The drowning idiots refuse the life rope.
Amazon to stop accepting Visa’s UK-issued credit cards over high fees.
Link. POWER! AMEX and Apple VISA also have high fees. So have they given Amazon a special deal or are they next?
Gifts for People You Hate 2021: Naomi Kritzer.
Link. Many gifts from past years are likely available as well. If, for example, you hate lot of people.
The Concept of the Ruliad—Stephen Wolfram.
Link. “we are bounded observers, embedded within the ruliad.” Reminds me of The Mathematical Universe (Tegmark)
Published by iHeartMedia: “[mRNA vaccine] It’s an egg that hatches into a synthetic parasite and grows inside your body”
Link. There’s money to be made exploiting simple minds.
Uyghur genocide and corporate sponsorship of the Olympic games.
Link. Sponsor ads should reference genocide.
“high-tech flat-screen televisions with some of the latest fancy features are often surprisingly affordable. Part of the reason those prices are so low is due to the rampant selling of user data by TV makers like Vizio.”
Link. Give up.
“Dealers buy $600 worth of parts, put them together, then sell guns for as much as $1,400. Customers are happy to pay a premium for an untraceable weapon, he said.”
Link. Gun control works better than I thought.
Twin Cities Bicycle Touring Map
Link. Local cyclist personal project. Google map based.
“as industrial conglomerates are breaking up, a new breed of conglomerate has emerged: Big Tech companies like Amazon and Alphabet have embraced the strategy of multiple business lines”
Link. I disliked being a worker in a conglomerate. Conglomerates get managed by finance. But private equity is worse.
M1 Mac: managing external startup and doing system repair.
Link. “their boot process always starts from the internal SSD”
Monterey: “If you’ve never opened that app’s Help book before, when you try to open it, it appears empty.”
Link. Some version of Windows had the best Help/User Guide format. I miss good documentation.
Eddie Gallagher and the corruption of the Navy SEALs
Link. He was, and is, a monster.
The bike snob’s guide to cycling tribes (2010 Weiss).
Link. A classic I did not remember. So good.
UK mountain bike slang.
Link. Almost identical to US! Two we do not use and we define huck differently in MN (or maybe I’m confused).
Infrastructure bill has a lot for bike and ped.
Link. Electing Dems matters everywhere.
Twitter Blue: “I don’t want to deal with micro-payments for articles, newsletters, and other content worth our attention”
Link. STRONG disagree. I want to buy a $25 ticket that I can spend on 1 click micropayments. When it is spent I buy another.
“Price became for the world a heartbreaking symbol of hatred’s sheer waste. But the shooter? He simply faded into anonymity, becoming the evil that men do.”
Link. WW I’s end.
CO: “all adults in his state to receive a vaccine booster dose, going further than current federal guidelines.”
Link. Bold, but I like it.
“there’s never a good reason to tax foreign steel. If you want to support U.S. steelmakers, use subsidies instead. Otherwise you’ll just hurt American manufacturing out of pure economic illiteracy.”
Link. FWIW
“A crime boss with a jones for the days of Soviet glory is a dangerous combination.”
Link. Nichols has a gift for the pithy phrase.
10 Image File Formats That Didn’t Make It
Link. This is great for old geeks.
iPhones to Detect Car Crashes, Auto-Dial 911.
Link. 911 operators will LOVE this. So if I crash my mountain bike will it call 911 when I hit the dirt?
“we don’t know how to calculate the zero-point energy of space from these quantum field theory methods”
Link.
Plantar Fasciitis: aggressive PT.
Link. Unorthodox, but personally I’d give it a try. Similar to how I’ve managed some similar issues.
Ukraine explained: from Manafort to Trump to Biden.
Link. Manafort is a remarkable story.
“This is what we call crowd turbulence. You don’t want to be where two waves cross, because the pressures come from opposite directions, and that’s really dangerous.”
Link. Useful tips.
Apple Business Essentials: Device management, storage.
Link. The price in article seems too low. I wonder about this as a service for vulnerable adult iPhones.
Bandit trails and gravel from Utepils.
Link. MSP Strava Utepils bike singletrack gravel
Dr. Edward Vanek, DO, 63, Atwater, CA, Orthopedic Surgeon. Anti-vaxx, dead from COVID.
Link. Sad. Go Tucker. Go Murdoch.
A repository of stories of anti-vaxxers who died or came close to dying of COVID.
Link. Send the link to Rogan.
“The wife of Nyce tells the newspaper he tested positive on Nov. 2 and died Saturday at a hospital in Manteca.”
Link. Nyce was a cop who refused vaccination and was put on leave. Thank you Joe Rogan.
Profile of Trump’s hooligans.
Link. Weak minded people are easy mob fodder.
Your chronic pain is really all in your head.
Link. In the glia perhaps. Very misleading headline, this does NOT “solve” chronic pain. It more tells us things not to do. (Current mainstay approach is exercise, psych meds and some centrally acting agents.)
Muller’s Ratchet. xkcd May 2021
Link. Explaining gene edits by net image analogy.
Lots of “openings”, but employers very picky.
Link. Employers prefer to wait, even at the cost of current earnings. This could explain unhappiness in face of supposed growth. “Nearly half of employers say they quickly reject candidates who haven’t worked in more than six months.”
The Metaverse and (near-)infinite economic growth.
Link. “the trend is your friend til the bend at the end.” 1976 was when history changed.
Disk Utility much improved in Monterey.
Link. “enable you to maintain snapshots and to copy items from them”
Romania: “many local clerics and some influential bishops denounced vaccines as the Devil’s work”
Link. Not selected for smarts.
Telegram is new home of the whacko right.
Link. Surprised Trump doesn’t use it.
Peloton finding less ad targeting success, blames Apple.
Link. Makes me feel good about the iPhone! The real reason is people returning to the gym. (Hope all are well vaccinated.)
“I deeply regret not making the decision to get vaccinated,” he told one of his doctors.
Link. “the hospital staff treated him with compassion and kindness at every stage.” and “He’s urging those who are skeptical about the vaccine, as he was, to speak directly to their doctors.”
Inevitable “human trafficking” blunder traumatizes mixed race family.
Link. When my daughter was young and traveling with me this would have hurt her a lot. We always carried adoption documents and family photos. The “spot trafficking” campaign is hysterical stupidity.