Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
The Joker to Guy Fawkes: Why Protesters Around the World are Wearing the Same Masks
Discussion of role of masks in global protest, as Hong Kong’s mask ban is ruled unconstitutional by High Court.
FAA Pushes Back on Boeing Pressure to Recertify 737 Max by Year End; Agency Also Considering Major Revamp of Certification Process
Remarkably, the new FAA chief Steve Dickson is standing up to Boeing and planning widespread reforms at the agency.
America’s Arms Sales Addiction
The sorry history of how US arms sales have made the world less safe, and aren’t all that good for America either.
Blockbuster WSJ Investigation: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results
WSJ publishes results documenting how Google tweaks its search algorithms and adjusts your search results, to privilege large over small, and muddled middle perspectives.
Left Twitter Responds With Viral #TooFarLeft Hashtag After Obama Counsels Democrats to Tamp Down Progressive Ambitions
Sampling of tweets responding to counsel to Democrats to sideline left-leaning twitter feeds.
Do We Actually Grow from Adversity?
Americans in particular like to reframe hardship as an opportunity to grow….but how valid is that notion?
Non-Financial Private Debt Overhang: Post War German Debt Reforms as a Model for a Modern Debt Jubilee?
Private debt levels are even higher than in 2008 but super low interest rates make that look less worrisome than it arguably should be. T. Sabri Öncü ponders how to go about large scale debt relief.
Hope To See You at Our Birmingham Meetup This Thursday, November 21
Please swing by our Birmingham meetup this Thursday!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Chicken exports, Buttigieg SC debacle, Patrick oppo, Sanders, Trump, Warren, impeachment, the debates, music preferences and voting, retail sales, manufacturing, industrial production, inventories, Elon Musk, monarch butterflies, inflation and income inequality, optimism
New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts
The rail industry has been able to hide behind the skirts of Big Oil in climate denialism.
