Fake News Is Free
As my students often remind me, news tends to be behind paywalls, while fake news is free. Global health expert Jonathan D Quick, of Duke University in North Carolina
Thinking about
Parts of Hanford nuclear waste site have not been inspected in 50 years
Yet again, Parts of Hanford nuclear waste site have not been inspected in 50 years The former defense site in Washington state has a troubled past. The latest lapse involves the Energy Department’s failure to analyze the cause of a tunnel collapse. washingtonpost.com Aaron Gregg
GAS BAG DUET
The gas bag pictured below announced he has advanced lung cancer – then the other bloated gas bag gives him a medal – what a travesty! I hope he enjoys his chemotherapy.
Kasparov and Gessen – Experiences in Autocracy
From November 16, 2016, Masha Gessen writes in NYRDaily: Autocracy, Rules for Survival: Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. Rule #2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality. Rule #3: Institutions will not save you. “The national press is likely to be among the first institutional victims of Trumpism. There is no law … [Read more…]
Time Spans
Think of the times; mountains and water; trees and landscape; clouds, snow and rain; day and night; humans.
WANTED: FOR MURDER
CNDC – Sacramento Daily Union January 26, 1861
PILES! PILES!!
I love it – go get them at the lumber mill! Sacramento Daily Union, 26 January 1861 PILES! PILES ! CHAS. WOOD’S SUB-POSITORY; is the only infallible cure for the Piles ever yet discovered: whether they be BLEEDING PILES, EXTERNAL PILES, or DEEP SEATED INTERNAL PILES, the cure is equally certain. They are especially recommended … [Read more…]
Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online
I get a digest of the latest news on news and reporting from the Pew Research Center. One recently caught my interest was from Buzzfeed on the new “Black PR firms” who will, for a fee, generate, structure and support any lie you wish. Scary isn’t a strong enough word, terrifying is more apt. It … [Read more…]
PFAS – Trump administration threatens to give forever chemicals another reprieve
Over at the website for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Kathleen Rest posted this “Profiles in Cowardice: Chemicals, Climate, and a Toxic Disregard by the Trump Administration” which is worth the time to read.