The Qanon conspiracy is so absurd and stupid, that I did not pay much attention to it. After all, only an idiot would spare a thought for…. What? There are millions of idiots taking this shit seriously? Are you kidding me?!
The Atlantic has posted a link-farm of their best articles on race and policing.
The US is in the process of reviewing its statuary. [pharyngula]
You may recall when a disturbed Trump fan sent a bunch of fake bombs to various media people and Trump critics. [stderr]
Does this look like we’re done with the outbreak?
The folks at 99% Invisible podcast must be scrambling, and their scrambles are totally worth it.
I’ve worked for too many corporatist shitbags to have any instinct but “RUN!” when I hear the sound of corpocrat. That’s why mayor Pete made my flesh crawl – he deployed the same technique, which deflects responsibility, takes credit, and obscures the speaker’s agenda. It makes them (they think) sound smart, which means they think you’re a dumb sucker who’s going to fall for substanceless style.
Bloomberg’s got a “young hipness” problem – namely that he is neither young nor hip.
You may want to skip this one if you loathe American politics.
The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is scary and, having been in the path of a near-lethal coronavirus, one of the worst parts is wondering, “how much worse can this get?” and suspecting that the answer is “a whole lot.”