Quelle surprise! Introducing robots into workplaces slows wage growth, particularly among factory labor.
Friday, November 7, 2025
The Status of Europe’s Autonomous Movements
The EU leads in managing autonomous and separatist movements in its states, but non-EU countries can be more vulnerable to outside interference.
Mpox (“Monkeypox”) Round-Up: History, Wastewater, R0, and Is It Airborne? (Yes)
Great news on wastewater, less great news on R0 and airborne transmission.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/19/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: Updated Covid data: First sighting of XDV.1 variant from China; a campaign scenario and the Democrat National Convention; Israel accepts US ceasefire deal, but not Hamas. Nice timing! ~
Washington Post Report on Russia-Ukraine Negotiation to End Energy System Attacks: An Admission of Russian Long-Term Weakness or More Complex Calcuation?
Trying to make sense of a Washington Post story depicting Russia as willing give up its best weapon, its electrical war, for very little.
Tyson Foods Is Being Investigated by the USDA
Investigation follows Tyson Foods’ recent closure of nine meatpacking plants across the country, allegations not only violated an agreement to sell the plants to a competitor but conspired to suppress that competition.
Class Traitors Casey and Calley Means Describe How Big Food and Big Pharma Knowingly Make Americans Unhealthy to Tucker
An important Tucker Carlson interview on how Big Food and Big Pharma are profit from worsening American health outcomes.
The US Strategy in the Black Sea Region Is Falling Apart
Washington’s goal is to exclude Russia and China from energy and infrastructure projects extending from the Caspian to Europe, but the opposite is happening.
In Praise of the Weird
The weird is that which introduces cracks into the edifice of the status quo, liberating possibilities for different futures.
Home Improvement
The North Missoula Community Development Corporation brings permanent affordable housing to Montana
Zombie Wells: A $280 Billion Problem the U.S. Can’t Ignore
Supposedly shuttered but toxic oil wells are yet another large-scale cost of the Western addiction to cheap energy.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; new RCP polling table; Reticulum; and quasi-open thread ~
