* “California regulator rejects desalination plant despite historic drought.” This is the scarcity agenda.
* Low expectations and demands keep families together.
* America’s neglect of nuclear energy has weakened our global influence.
* “The Rotten Core of Our Political System: In their new account of the 2020 election, two reporters reveal just how broken American democracy has become.”
* “Let’s state this plainly: Pennsylvania Republicans just nominated a full-blown insurrectionist who intends to use the power of the office to ensure that, as long as he is governor, no Democratic presidential candidate wins his state again.” That would seem to me to be bad, and peaceful transfers of power are good.
* “The twilight of identity politics? Progressive groupthink is falling to pieces.” Maybe, but seems optimistic to me.
* “Why Do We Swallow What Big Oil and the Green Movement Tell Us?” If someone claims to be interested in “the environment” or “climate” or similar, and isn’t agitating for nuclear power, that person doesn’t know much in this domain.
* “Framework’s new laptop means the promise of modular gadgets might be coming true.” I don’t own one, but it looks really impressive (the screen aspect ratio is wonderful!).
* How did the journal Nature become so prestigious? And why are we such suckers for bullshit “prestige?”
* Details about the FDA’s folly in creating the baby formula shortage.
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