Don’t Talk To The Press? | Vol. 4 / No. 13.3
Please don’t. | Photo: Andrey, CC BY 2.0 In which I spend a moment pointing out that muzzling scientists has been tried before.
Don’t get your hopes up
Whatever You Do, Don’t “Detox Diet” | Vol. 4 / No. 10.3
In which I take a minute to explain that your body detoxifies itself, and if it needed your help you’d be pretty far beyond help.
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Fighting Fake News | Vol. 4 / No. 3.4
By now it’s obvious to everybody but Zuckerberg that Facebook’s failure to fight so-called “news” that was outright fabricated by clickbait merchants may have had a significant impact on the presidential election. And while The Zuck hasn’t got any plans to actually do anything about it, calling the whole idea “pretty crazy,” Buzzfeed is reporting that inside the company there’s some dissent on that front.
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Raising Cthulhu And Ending The World: A How-To For Beginners | Vol. 4 / No. 2.3
In a post that has nothing at all to do with current events, here’s some basic instructions for how to wake the Great Old One Cthulhu from his abyssal slumber and end humanity like the horrible ignorant pestilence it is.
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Even “Clean” Coal Isn’t Really | Vol. 3 / No. 50.3
Regardless of what you may think about the state of politics in the United States of America these days (I for one think of it as a raging dumpster fire we try to put out for four long years until some people inevitably destroy all the nearby fire extinguishers and hydrants before relighting the darn thing again) one thing that was said at the debate Sunday night made me feel as though I needed to write a post. That’s because he-who-shall-remain-nameless mentioned “clean coal.”
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The EmDrive and Peer Review | Vol. 3 / No. 45.2
The International Business Times is breathlessly reporting this week* that a paper about Robert Shawyer’s “EmDrive” (the box that supposedly produces thrust by bouncing microwaves around inside it) has passed the peer review stage in […]
A Fifth Fundamental Force? | Vol. 3 / No. 42.2
Image: Jakob Breivik Grimstveit, CC BY-SA 2.0 Phys.org is reporting, as of yesterday, that physicists have confirmed the “possible discovery of fifth force of nature.” That’s some pretty big talk, but let’s back up for a […]
Jill Stein and the US Greens Have a Woo Problem | Vol. 3 / No. 37.3
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY 2.0 Now that Bernie Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton, the “Bernie or Bust” crowd is searching for someone to support that they like. Unfortunately, those not focusing their efforts on […]
Fair Use Isn’t A Win For The Little Guy | Vol. 3 / No. 30.4
But only if you can afford to be sued | Image: Timothy Vollmer, CC BY 2.0 *** Last week, Google won the latest battle in an ongoing war against Oracle, who’ve been demanding $9 billion […]
On Robots and the Minimum Wage | Vol. 3 / No. 29.4
Don’t blame the robo-arms, Ed, you’re just cheap | Photo: Ryan Somma, CC BY 2.0 *** According to a recent article at Ars Technica, Ed Rensi, former CEO of McDonalds Corporation, thinks a $15 minimum […]