Roundup
So much news … (1) Pay now or pay later, but somebody pays. And I’m surprised that the WaPo is reporting on this: Rooftop solar is a disaster: 1. In California, rooftop solar has shifted electricity costs so that poor … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Science
Columbus: Jewish?
It was a long long time ago – perhaps fifty years ago – when I first heard the claim that Christopher Columbus was Jewish. In the intervening years I’ve also read that it’s not so. But that’s why it was … Continue reading →
John Kerry: the elites and free speech
John Kerry’s not alone in putting down free speech, of course. He’s speaking for the elitist left the world over, who want to block free speech in the name of wanting to block “dangerous disinformation.” The former Secretary of State … Continue reading →
So, what about cellphones on airplanes?
Here are some questions from commenter “Brian Turner” about the effect the pager and walkie-talkie explosions will have on flight security: While I admire Israel’s audacity, it raises two questions: 1. When will TSA ban laptops, tablets and mobile phones … Continue reading →
Terrorists and technology: the exploding pagers point out a fact about modern-day terrorists
… which is that for the most part terrorists rely on the creations of Western technology. 9/11 was an excellent example of that. In a jijitsu-like move, the terrorists turned a modern Western invention – jet planes – against one … Continue reading →
Striking an Olympic blow against women
By now you’e probably read about the Olympic women’s boxing match in which a genetic male’s blows were so hard that the female opponent gave up after 46 seconds, in dramatic fashion: Italy’s Angela Carini quit 46 seconds into her … Continue reading →
Black hole wakes up
How? Why? Here’s what I’m talking about: Suddenly, in late 2019, the previously unremarkable galaxy SDSS1335+0728 started shining brighter than ever before. To understand why, astronomers used data from several space and ground-based observatories, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very … Continue reading →
RFK Jr. and vaccines: searching
I noticed a discussion in the comments about whether RFK Jr. was against vaccines more generally, or just the newer technologies (the latter of which I assume refers to mRNA vaccines like COVID). I’m highlighting my answer in this separate … Continue reading →
Amazon cities
No, I’m not talking about those ubiquitous Amazon delivery trucks dominating the city roads. I’m talking about this discovery: Researchers have detected a cluster of lost 2,500-year-old cities at the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon rainforest. This amazing … Continue reading →
Why, it’s Schrödinger’s cat in the flesh
First, for those who are not familiar with Schrödinger’s cat: In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive … Continue reading →
This was inevitable: defamatory race hoaxer meets voice AI
I’m surprised this took as long as it did – which was not very long, actually. The black perp, who had been athletic director at the school, combined race hoaxing with workplace revenge in order to frame his white principal: … Continue reading →
My partial eclipse photos
Hot off the press. I borrowed someone’s special glasses and looked for a moment when there was just a small crescent of sun. Pretty impessive. But mostly I used a colander. That was fun, too. So here’s my self-portrait with … Continue reading →