One of the nuttier recent political notions is that addiction to opioid pain relievers and related drugs can be blamed on Medicaid, and more specifically the Medicaid expansion introduced by the Affordable Care Act. It seems somewhat plausible, I supposed, … Continue reading
From Jimmy Kimmel Live, Yehya reviews (in under three minutes) Blade Runner 2049, opening soon: Link: https://youtu.be/_YVDTCbi4UE by … Continue reading
The clip below is six minutes of highlights from a “Bully simulator” video game as played by Fafa and Mario. Fafa is a groundhog puppet, Mario is a red puppet, and they are the lead characters on the Globe and … Continue reading
The funniest thing about this is the reaction of band leader Jon Batiste. (This may not be entirely safe for work, depending on where you work.) Link: https://youtu.be/hJiZg6kP4FA (An aside: While this is a comically bizarre story, there’s also likely … Continue reading
It wasn’t just pets that needed help during Hurricane Harvey. An injured hawk took refuge in a Houston taxi as Hurricane Harvey approached, apparently having been scared by a cat as well as the approaching storm. The hawk showed no … Continue reading
One of the ways in which we’re getting better is the growing realization that pets are important to people, and authorities should not force people to abandon their pets in a natural disaster, even if the authorities themselves don’t care … Continue reading
The past few decades have seen some clever new ideas in telescope design, such as adaptive optics for ground-based telescopes that allow mirrors to be physically distorted in real time to correct for atmospheric turbulence and achieve sharpness that would … Continue reading
Some minds might be boggled by the notion of fun-loving Germans, but check out the video below. Passengers traveling the 30-kilometer (20-mile) rail segment between the eastern German towns of Jena and Naumburg saw strange things happening outside their widows. … Continue reading
When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he routinely gives an alternative description based on how they look in the picture, as in “Deputy Attorney General and man staring at you from the produce section Rod … Continue reading
Over the past few nights Jimmy Kimmel has had a lot of intelligent, well-informed, and sometimes funny things to say about the Cassidy-Graham healthcare bill, and the bill’s defenders have struck back with name-calling and falsehoods. Senator “John Kennedy” (R-Bizarro … Continue reading