Polish President Andrzej Duda Doesn’t Want War With Russia, But He Doesn’t Want To Tell Polish Voters
President Duda was pranked! Hilarity and uncomfortable revelations follow.
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‘Good Vibes Only’: Why Toxic Positivity Is Slowly Killing Us
Humans are meant to feel and embrace a full range of emotions.
Read more...Researchers Ask: Does Enforcing Civility Stifle Online Debate in Social Media?
As toxic as political discourse has become, it seems almost quaint that a little over a decade ago, many social scientists were hopeful that by allowing political leaders and citizens to talk directly to one another, nascent social media platforms would improve a relationship tarnished by distrust.
Read more...Hillary Clinton’s Lunch with the Financial Times
Pulling on my yellow waders for Hillary Clinton…
Read more...Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?
Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.
Read more...The US War in Europe Isn’t Hot Enough – Dropping the Climate Bomb on Russia
Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts
Read more...New KKR Stunt in Neverending Kentucky Retirement Systems Litigation: Demanding Removal of Judge Philip Shepherd
KR is at it again! And of course, not in a good way.
Read more...#ProfessorsofTikTok: Influencer Culture Is Everywhere — Even in Academia
Accounts furnished by aspiring YouTubers and Instagram influencers resonated deeply with my experiences as a then-junior academic.
Read more...An FTI Consulting Presentation Pulls Back the Veil on Fossil Fuel PR and Shale Greenwashing
FTI Consulting 2015 slides tout “discrediting” science, “debunking” documentaries, and hype its fracking industry project Energy In Depth
Read more...News Flash: CalPERS Invents Time Machine! Not News: CalPERS Again Lies in Suit Over Illegal Secret Board Meeting and Smears Former Board Member Margaret Brown as Diversion
CalPERS digs its hole even deeper in its effort to keep parts of a board transcript secret. What dirt does it contain?
Read more...Don’t Plant Trees, Grow Forests!
Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.
Read more...CalPERS Laughingstock: Marcie Frost, Who Previously Pursued Non-Existent Dual Bachelors/Masters Degree, Designates Herself Law School Grad and Bar Member; Investment Committee Chair Theresa Taylor Admits Not Knowing What SPACs Are
CalPERS’ leadership has such an advanced case of Dunning Kruger effect that they can’t recognize when they are making fools of themselves.
Read more...Mayberry v. KKR: Kentucky Attorney General Shows True Colors, Looks Over-Eager to Settle Pathbreaking Pension Case Rather Than Inconvenience Private Equity Kingpins Blackstone and KKR
Yet more underhanded-looking dealing, this time by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in the landmark pension case Mayberry v. KKR.
Read more...How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments
Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.
Read more...“Everything’s Fine”: The Comfortable, the Afflicted, the Beakwetters, the Gaslit
Rant, annotated.
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