Saturday, June 28, 2025
Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
Virtual You is (supposedly) coming! Should you embrace it or run the other way?
The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries
An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.
Masks ***ARE*** a Fashion Item! In Asia.
A look at Hong Kong-based MaskLab.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
US Troops Are in Peru to Counter Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America, Reports Peruvian News Outlet
Peruvian troops’ “training alongside US forces will help to improve their capabilities and strengthen the operational performance of [Peruvian] Special Forces, boosting their interoperability with NATO systems and doctrine.”
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.
Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent
Why some less-bad-than-expected abortion news is not as good as it seems.
Court Hears Expert Testimony About How Montana ‘Doubled Down on Fossil Fuels’ and Became ‘Outright Hostile’ to the Environment
Montana has never denied a permit for a fossil fuel project, despite its constitution’s guarantee of the right to a clean and healthful environment.
Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other
Readouts from a meeting between Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Qin Gang indicate the US and China are barely communicating.
Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct
Credit Suisse, or more accurately, buyer UBS, some execs/board members, and KPMG are targets in a monster RICO suit.
Profit Inflation Is Real
More evidence that companies hiking prices because they can is a significant driver of our current inflation.
Are the Canadian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters?
“Only you can prevent wildfires” is neoliberal nonsense.
