Thursday, November 6, 2025

Fundraiser 2020: When the Going Gets Tough

Kicking off our 2020 fundraiser! Please chip in!

Fundraiser 2020: What We Did for You in the Past Year

A review of our accomplishments this year and what we intend to do in the year ahead.

Links 9/23/2020

Oil Industry’s Shift to Plastics in Question as Report Warns $400 Billion in Stranded Assets Possible

By Sharon Kelly, an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications.Originally published at DeSmogBlog. Off Africa’s eastern coast, north of Madagascar, lies Aldabra Atoll, a cluster of coral islands that surround a […]

New Justice Confirmed By Election Day?

Republicans now have the votes to confirm a justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor, before the 2020 election. What will Democrats do after?

Signs of an ‘October Vaccine Surprise’ Alarm Career Scientists

Some scientists fear Trump will try to approve an “October surprise” vaccine before it’s fully tested and ready to be distributed. Yikes.

CDC Flip-Flops on Paradigm Shift to SARS-COV-2 Transmission via Aerosols

Why did the CDC guidance on Covid transmission through aerosols get pulled?

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2020

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Reader response to the introduction of this feature was mostly positive, so I’ll keep on with it. A nightingale is possibly more musical than a loon… #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. […]

Wolf Richter: Nikola Hype Collapses, Shares Plunge Further, Founder/CEO Pushed Out. GM Swoons

This whole Nikola phenomenon was only possible in a market gone willfully blind and nuts.

Links 9/22/2020

How Hypocrites in High Places Have Contributed to the Riots in the Streets

Why the riots of this summer resulted from the ever-increasing exploitation of low-income Americans, and how a Job Guarantee would reverse this power imbalance.

We Must Defeat the US Trade Deal

Why signing up to a US trade deal would mean a loss of sovereignity for the UK.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2020

Today’s Water Cooler: Singing loons ~ Swing States watch ~ Biden’s in the money ~ Shy Trump voters ~ Ginsberg wave? ~ New York as “anarchist jurisdiction” ~ Boeing, Boeing… ~ FaceBook face algo ~ American gentry ~ Spinal Tap

Pity the Poor College Frosh: “Definitely Weird”

More than half of all U.S.colleges have either opted for in-person instruction, or a hybrid model blending in-person and on-line.

Links 9/21/2020