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Remember this guy? Turns out he’s got competition from this guy. Tip from American Digest. Update: And here’s a Texan who spent 10 years getting the US Constitution amended; that’s cool the hard way. Update: Let’s not forget this old fart who broke the sound barrier gimmicking the controls of his Bell X-1 with a piece of broomstick. Continue reading The Cool Just Keeps on Comin’
So as we dig deeper, it appears that everything we were told about prevention and treatment for COVID-19 was just so much self-aggrandizing bullshit. Amazing, the things you find out reading Substack, where folks aren’t censored or cancelled. Continue reading COVIDocy Revealed
Big Gov Big Biz Big Medicine Big Tech The Counter-Revolution Continue reading Cyberfascism Bulletin, Columbus Day Edition
Whether the State seizes Industry, or Industry seizes the State, the result is the same: fascism. –The Random Texan Big Gov Big Tech Big Ed The Counter-Revolution Continue reading Cyberfascism Bulletin, To and Fro Edition
Whether the State seizes Industry, or Industry seizes the State, the result is the same: fascism. –The Random Texan Big Media Our Chinese Big Brother The Counter-Revolution Continue reading Cyberfascism Bulletin, Dies y Seis Edition
Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state –Benito Mussolini Whether the State seizes Industry, or Industry seizes the State, the result is the same: fascism. –The Random Texan Big Gov Big Money Big Media Big Media meets Big Brother Big Ed Big Energy The Counter-Revolution Continue reading Cyberfacism Bulletin, See you in September Edition
Karen Swallow Prior has some interesting thoughts in The Real Problem with 4-Letter Words. She has one interesting warning Research has also shown that swearing can actually lessen physical pain, which is why it can be so easily triggered involuntarily by sudden pain or fear. Yet overusing taboo words diminishes that effect. In other words, the more we swear, the less “effective” it is. Well, F! me. Tip from the ever resourceful K J Lopez at National Review. Continue reading An Etiology of Cursing
Local geology doesn’t yield such a sight, so Frank went back a few weeks later and crawled inside. It was a single shaft, about 15 feet long; at its end, while on his back, he found what looked like claw marks all over the ceiling. Unable to identify any natural geological explanation for the cave’s existence, he eventually concluded that it was a “paleoburrow,” dug, he believes, by an extinct species of giant ground sloth. Continue reading Science Continues to be Unsettled
Over 50 public parks in Tokyo have cleverly-designed amenities that can be quickly converted into kitchens, shelters, and toilet facilities in the event of a widespread disaster. Continue reading Disaster Prevention Parks
It’s possible to educate Bayesian statisticians from infancy. Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, of JASP fame, shows us how with his new book, Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers. Continue reading The Anti-Frequentist Baby
Enter the Braille Institute’s contribution, the Atkinson Hyperlegible computer font, especially designed for those of us with blurry vision. Follow the link to download your free copy, ready to install on a Mac or Windows PC. I gave it a spin yesterday with Microsoft Word, and it works like a charm, much more readable than Word’s default Arial or Calabri fonts. Continue reading Take a look at Atkinson Hyperlegible
The Home for Wayward Statisticians 