Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own
Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.
Why Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
Workers are getting uppity. What is surprising is that it took so long.
More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth Was Born
On the Great Vampire Epidemic and other elements of vampire backstory.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2021
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Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires
Under a changing climate, we will have to learn to coexist with wildfires in the U.S. West.
Community Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.
Clinics are owed tens of millions of dollars, at minimum, for shots they’ve given since the vaccines received emergency authorization.
Bayer Loses Plot As Mexican Government Enforces Ban on GMO Imports
Bayer branded the Mexico’s behaviour as “unscientific”, a popular term of insult these days.
Central Asia’s Neoliberal Tragedy
How the post-USSR neoliberal land grab played out in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Needless to say, not pretty.
10,000 John Deere Workers Reject Contract, Strike 14 Plants
A round-up on the John Deere strike: The contract dispute, and the correlation of forces between labor and management.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2021
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What Is Family Estrangement? A Relationship Expert Describes the Problem and Research Agenda
A family expert politely argues that unhappy families may not be unhappy in their own way….
