Are seemingly increasing operational failures a sign of a bigger pathology?
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
The UK’s Post-Brexit Review of ‘Retained EU Law’ Risks Undermining Democracy
Brexit requires the Government to disentangle domestic law from EU law. The preferred plan is to hand more power to unaccountable ministers
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Sweet Smell of Success: Tales From the Garbage Heap Lost and Found
Yes, sometimes you really can get things back that mistakenly went out in the garbage. Some pointers on when that might be possible.
Almost Half of Spain Is Now Vaccine Passport-Free (At Least for Domestic Uses)
Catalonia becomes the third region in two weeks to drop the digital vaccine certificate. Four regions, including the Community of Madrid, never implemented it for domestic use.
CalPERS Continues to Grossly Misrepresent Facts and Law to Avoid Disclosing Full Transcript of Improper Board Meeting After CIO Ben Meng Quit; Will Judge Markman Buy It?
True to form, CalPERS general counsel Matt Jacobs is playing fast and loose with the law and facts. Will Judge Markman let him get away with it?
Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile. Now It Will Die There
A constitutional convention is remaking Chile to break with the model forged by murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet
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.
