Do you agree with that the idea that campuses have a lot of censorship is greatly exaggerated?
Sunday, February 8, 2026
NIH “12 Symptoms” Long Covid Study: Another Scientific Communications Debacle, or Worse?
It would be really nice if the NIH were not as dysfunctional as CDC. But I have my doubts….
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong
The three of us have studied forest fungi for our whole careers, and even we were surprised by some of the more extraordinary claims surfacing in the media about the wood-wide web. Thinking
Wall Street Journal Aids Vulture Investors Threatening Second Mortgage Borrowers With Foreclosure….on (Nearly Always) Legally Unenforceable Debt
Mortgage predation is baaack! And the Wall Street Journal aids and abets it by choosing not to undertand the issues.
Insurers Signal Fallout From Sanctions On Russia
UK maritime insurers are daring to speak up about the way they have become Russian sanctions collateral damage.
Is There a Covid Wastewater Spike in New York City?
Spoiler alert: yes. Though it’s not easy!
As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
In what’s known as the Medicaid unwinding, states are combing through rolls and deciding who stays and who goes. People who are no longer eligible or don’t complete paperwork in time will be dropped.
The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual
Yanis Varoufakis argues that techno-capitalism has fragmented the individual by coopting attention, undermining liberty.
NYC Sheriff Miranda Hawked ‘Gimmick’ COVID Protection Just Before Mayor Adams Hired Him
Anthony Miranda touted the ‘virus buster’ with a convicted racketeer and a Queens business leader embroiled in an Elon Musk-imposter spectacle
A Musical Interlude of Many Instruments
Now for somthing completely different…on the musical front.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2023
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