Next Draft - Trip Switch
The great deadpan comedian Steven Wright used to joke: "In my house there’s this light switch that doesn’t do anything. Every so often, I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said ‘cut it out.'" Humanity has been turning the dial on climate change for years. The changes have moved from gradual to rapid. But these changes will seem remarkably slow compared to the changes we'll experience if one or more of Earth's great systems doesn't just change, but collapses. And like that Steven Wright joke, the switch that's being flipped in one place will have impacts across the world. And it may be too late to cut it out. NYT (Gift Article): How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points? This brings to mind another Wright quote: "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." 2Size MattersOver the weekend, the rally crowd size-obsessed Donald Trump accused the Harris campaign of using AI and other tactics to make it look like their crowds were bigger than they actually were. At this point, is it really newsworthy that a pathetic, jealous narcissist who lies about everything is lying about something relatively trivial? Unfortunately, yes. Because like so many of his strategies over the past several years, this is is all about laying the groundwork to deny the election results. For his backers to believe he won, they can't be allowed to believe that the Harris/Walz campaign has the momentum. Bottom line: Diminishing Kamala's popularity lays the groundwork to try to steal the election. The claims are easily disprovable and patently ridiculous. But as Philip Bump explains, "the point isn’t to increase Trump’s credibility. It’s to erode everyone else’s. That way, when they accurately report the results in November, Trump can remind his supporters to reject them if necessary." WaPo(Gift Article): ‘AI’ crowds and unskewed polls: Trump prepares to reject another loss. Trump falsely argued that 3.5 million people illegally voted in an election he won. He began laying the groundwork to claim that the 2020 election was stolen months, if not years, in advance. The worse reality gets, the more aggressive these claims will become. 3Plane Mystery"To aviation experts around the world who watched the videos showing the 89-foot plane spinning slowly as it plummeted before crashing almost directly on its belly, the question of what had happened was simple to answer: The plane had stalled ... The question of why VoePass Flight 2283 might have stalled, however, remained a mystery." NYT: What Caused a Plane to Fall From the Sky in Brazil? 4Five Ring CircusI'm already suffering from severe Olympics withdrawal. In an instant, we went from nonstop action and inspiration to being left with nothing left but viral replays of Raygun's breakdancing performance. Paris did a great job. NBC did a great job. Mike Tirico was smooth and flawless. Even viewer-created memes were great. Here are some of the Winners and losers of the 2024 Olympics: Big upsets, failures and joyful moments. (But it barely scratches the surface.) 5Extra, ExtraIt Takes a Villages: "As one of the world’s largest retirement communities, The Villages in central Florida is known for its endless golf courses, having the oldest median age in the United States and its traffic-stopping golf-cart parades usually supporting a Republican candidate during campaign season. What it’s not known for is kids. Yet the area that is home to The Villages has become the fastest-growing metro for young children in the U.S. this decade." Why the fastest-growing place for young kids in the US is in the metro with the oldest residents. 6Bottom of the News"A large tortoise that had escaped from an ostrich ranch was saved from a potentially fatal encounter after it was recovered alongside a busy Arizona highway." OK, it's not the Olympics, but I'd watch this event. Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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Monday, August 5, 2024
The market gets the twisties ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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