Totally Random Observations
*As has been widely reported, Russian computer geeks under the control of dictator Putin are playing games with all kinds of (mis)information to screw with peoples’ minds and perceptions of the world. According to a deeply troubling analysis of QAnon (“Pastels and Pedophiles,” by Mia Bloom and Sopia Moskalenko) Americans are nine times more likely […]
Labor Day Light Bulbs
*For a long time, I have noticed that in small towns or mid-sized cities, the two biggest buildings belonged to a college and a hospital. But only recently did a bright observation occur to me, namely that the two institutions had several characteristics in common: the service they provide is terribly overpriced, the outcomes they […]