Thursday, September 11, 2025

Why Climate Science Shouldn’t Forget to Factor in Brain Health

Scientists need to learn more about climate change’s negative impact on the nervous system in order to mitigate it.

Russia Sitrep of Sorts

Yet again reading the Russia/Ukraine tea leaves.

Links 12/23/2022

Israeli Government Takes Leaf Out Of EU Commission’s Playbook, Claims It Can’t Find Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Agreement

Israel was the lab for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, as newly reelected President Benjamin Netanyahu admitted in a recent interview with Jordan Peterson. Yet the health ministry now claims to have mislaid or, even worse, never signed the vaccine agreement. 

Wind, Snow, Brutal Cold: Arctic Front Barrels Eastward from Plains

Life-threatening cold, with wind chills and white-out conditions, will sweep through many areas.

Reviewing Healthcare Costs as Driven by Pharma, Hospitals, and Doctors

Decomposing the rise in US healthcare costs. Of course, it’s not much due to more or better care, but higher charges.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/22/2022

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A Crisis Is Looming For The U.S. Energy Grid

The US plans to further stress its grid with electricity vehicle demands, with no plans for upgrades.

Links 12/22/2022

FTX/Alameda’s Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang Sign Plea Deals for Seven Felonies in Hopes of Reduced Sentences; New SEC Filing Adds Charges Based on Deeming FTT a Security

More shoes drop in the FTX saga as Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang cooperate with officials and we get an idea of the tales they are telling.

Big Pharma’s Obscene Profits, Not Striking Nurses, Are Killing the NHS

US patients are not the only victims of Big Pharma price gouging.

Twitter and the State, Part 2

Highlights from the latest Twitter Files releases.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/21/2022

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Over the Holidays, Try Talking to Your Relatives Like an Anthropologist

How to talk to your relatives to learn more about their history and the society they once inhabited.

Links 12/21/2022