Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics: MAGA eviscerates the Tech Bros on immigration; Mangione family investments in health care (not pretty); New Covid charts ~

Links 12/27/2024

Will Trump Take On the Housing Cartels?

The DOJ case against RealPage for orchestrating a rental housing price-fixing cartel will tell us a lot about the economic direction of Trump 2.0.

Ukraine’s Reckless Drone Attacks Are Responsible for the Azerbaijan Airlines Tragedy

A look at the information so far and finger-pointing about the Azerbaijan plane crash.

Links 12/26/2024

Trump and Political Realignment: Twirling Toward Freedom?

Is Trump’s hostile takeover of the Republican party part of a political realignment, or just jousting among plutocrats?

What Would a Net-Zero 2050 Actually Look Like?

Some Net Zero hopium. Reader evaluations encouraged.

Democracy Dies in the EU: Romania Edition

Is the cancelling of the Romanian election a harbinger of what’s to come in Western “democracies”?

For Science That Comes With Risks, a Key Question: Who Decides?

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

With Help From NAFTA 2.0, US Strikes Brutal Blow Against Mexican Food Sovereignty, Health and Global Biodiversity

“Both the USMCA and this ruling issued by the trade dispute panel are designed primarily to protect the interests of transnational corporations.”

Israelis Invade Syria: Who Will Stop Israel?

Israel is in the midst of a land grab in Syria. Ex Ansar Allah, the disapproving world majority merely finger-wags.

CDC’s Research Program on Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) Minimizes Airborne Transmission

In CDC’s approach to Hospital Acquired Infections, strategies to prevent the spread of pathogens through the air are ignored or downplayed.

Climate Change Is Making Plants Less Nutritious − That Could Already Be Hurting Animals That Are Grazers

More hidden than rising seas or heatwaves, long-term changes in the nutritional value of plants could be even more disruptive.

The US Embrace of Incarceration for the Homeless Is a Win-Win for the Plutocrats

Ignoring the true causes of the homeless crisis while expanding the carceral state helps discipline labor.