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“Trump Supporters Distrust Science. We Need Ways to Reach Them”

The elites, including those in science, seem to think that their loss of legitimacy can be solved by messaging. Good luck with that.

What Will Happen If the Right Wins Absolutely?

Right wing factions are determined to implement extreme agendas. Where are they heading?

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on December 18, 2025 by Yves Smith.

What to Eat Now, More Than Ever

Marion Nestle has been the essential guide to our “food system” (one trillion dollars a year) in the United States for a long time. Her work is relevant in other such as the United Kingdom that lack a robust food culture, for the most part because it was killed by the food system, not because […]

This entry was posted in Environment, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation on December 17, 2025 by KLG.

Doctors, Strikes and the Failures of Wes Streeting and Labour

It appears Wes Streeting has channeled his inner Trump and is trying to bully NHS doctors when he does not hold good cards.

Obamacare Enhanced Subsidies/Health “Care” Fixes, Expressed as Pentagon Units

Time for some perspective on enhanced Obamacare subsidies costs and stakes.

How the Pandemic Accelerated the Geopolitical Breakdown

Did COVID-19 deepen the crises of capitalism and inject a sense of panic into the world’s power struggles?

In an Ohio Suburb, Sprawl Is Being Transformed Into Walkable Neighborhoods

Yale Climate Connections argues that rethinking American suburbs could help people drive less, lowering emissions.

This entry was posted in Environment, Global warming, Market inefficiencies, Social policy on December 14, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

Coffee Break: Science Update, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come from the thymus, which is mammals basically disappears early in life in a process called involution. Understanding how the thymus might regenerate has […]

This entry was posted in Coffee Break, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values on December 12, 2025 by KLG.

Moral Means Testing: Utah’s Isolated Homeless “Campus” to Require Education of the Soul Under Trump-Led Push To Divert Attention from Economic Causes of Crisis

Utah aims to produce a model for Trump plan—an isolated “Accountability Campus” where commits will be reformed. Other states and localities are not far behind.

Revulsion, La Grande Bouffe, and the Spectacle of Grotesque Elite Self and System Destruction

Why our elites, starting with the top ranks in the Trump Administration, are disgusting.

The Housing Crisis Is Forcing Americans to Choose Between Affordability and Safety

The magic of the market: a system where your income determines your exposure to climate disasters.

Investigation Reveals How Amazon Is Fleecing Public Schools With ‘Algorithm-Driven Pricing’

$74 for 36 markers.

This entry was posted in Banana republic, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values on December 7, 2025 by Conor Gallagher.

With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet

Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, UK on December 6, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: American Science Shattered

American Science, Shattered. So says is the title of Part 1 of a ten part series in STAT News. Since STAT articles are usually paywalled, I will summarize them here as they appear. Unlike most accounts of the current state of science in the United States, the authors of this article have found scientists who […]