A constitutional convention is remaking Chile to break with the model forged by murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet
Saturday, February 7, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
Reddit, r/antiwork, the FOX Interview, What Was Said (and What Might Have Been Said)
FOX News sharpens the contradictions within Reddit’s r/antiwork
Covid Situation Continuing to Develop Not Necessarily to the Officialdom’s Advantage
The new Covid news isn’t better than the old Covid news, and some is actually disconcerting.
The American Hyper-Focus on Individualism Makes Us Poorer, Sicker, and Sadder
Our wealth, health and happiness problems are not individual personal troubles that can be resolved by exhorting people to think or act differently.
Russia/Ukraine: The Donkey Turd Bomb and US Empire in Europe – How It Began, How It Is Ending
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sets forth what Russia might do next with respect to Ukraine.
The Romance of Shipping Container Lashing
The material realities of the ocean and the workers lashing down the containers.
I Write About America’s Absurd Health Care System. Then I Got Caught Up in It.
I had 17 days’ worth of insulin left.
Bad as QE Was, Unwinding It Rapidly Could Be Worse
Getting out of super low interest rates and unwinding QE is proving to be easier said than done.
Book Review: The Science Behind Aesop’s Menagerie
In “Aesop’s Animals,” zoologist Jo Wimpenny provides a guided tour of animal behavior drawn from the classic fables.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
McKinsey: Net-Zero By 2050 Needs $9.2 Trillion Annual Investment
McKinsey gives a not surprisingly big estimate for the cost of energy transition. But it’s unlikely to have considered radical conservation.
