About a fourth of all Medicare spending pays for medical interventions during the last year of life. A seemingly obvious conclusion is that we could save a lot of money if we cut back on medical interventions for the very … Continue reading
This is about a week old (from January 28), which in today’s Robocop news cycle (to borrow a term from the folks at Red State Update) seems like months, but I think it’s pretty seriously funny, so if in case … Continue reading
On Twitter, Aaron Sojurner points out that while U.S. job growth has been steady since the end of the Great Recession, Donald Trump’s interpretation of jobs data underwent a drastic change when he wanted to start taking credit. That’s not … Continue reading
According to a news item in the January 18 issue of Science, organizers of a scientific conference to take place in Hong Kong next June discovered evidence of apparent plagiarism in a dozen submitted papers. In only two cases did the … Continue reading
Last June 16 a mysterious very bright spot appeared in a small, otherwise not very remarkable galaxy 200 light years (60 megaparsecs) distant from us. In a matter of days it had become about 10 times brighter than the brightest … Continue reading
Not their absolute best but reasonably amusing: And yes, I’m back and feeling better, hoping to resume posting regularly. by … Continue reading
From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Updated 2019 February 1 to correct the incoherent title (originally reading, “‘Campaign ad’ for Ted Cruz amusingly includes real sound bites of each talking about the other”). by … Continue reading
Fortunately this is just a joke, courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel: Link: https://youtu.be/5rtwK6vYRy8 by … Continue reading
Here are a couple of videos from a visual effects artist at the YouTube channel Corridor (formerly Corridor Digital), which features a series of frequently excellent short films. This comes from their secondary channel Corridor Crew, with behind-the-scenes making-of stuff … Continue reading
Naughty movie actor and former Trump acquaintance Storm Daniels appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live October 2. Kimmel’s previous guest, actor Sarah Paulson, asked to stick around for the Stormy segment and appears to have had a good time. Link: https://youtu.be/5Ji8i7Wy4mo … Continue reading