Highlights from the past week
Six Easy Ways To Tell If That Viral Story Is A Hoax: I Fucking Love Science
The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight: Moyers & Company
Physicists Plan To Put A Microbe In Two Places At Once: I Fucking Love Science
Scientists create the first digital ‘tree of life’ for 2.3 million species: The Christian Science Monitor
Disney To Re-Release Theatrical Cuts Of The Original Star Wars Trilogy: Comic Book.com
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Again: Saudi Arabia Elected Chair of UN Human Rights Council Panel: UN Watch
Isn’t this like Electing Hannibal Lecter for Chief Cook & Bottle Washer?
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It never occurred to me that Mark Twain might have been a deist until I saw this.
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DEA chief admits marijuana is less dangerous than heroin, but won’t reschedule: Shadowproof
When we’ve got millions incarcerated and CEO’s making big money on human commodities, this kind of arbitrary and capricious regulation should count as a crime against humanity.
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Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality: Moyers & Company
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Bears fact-checking, but the PSA is the same…polls. Don’t trust ’em. Or CNN.
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Jeb Bush’s Son Hiring Friends And Family As Head Of Texas Land Commission: Mint Press News
3D-Printed Pathway Helps Nerve Growth: I Fucking Love Science
Hillary Clinton: Recessions more frequent under Republicans than Democrats: PolitiFact
Foreign DNA Trapped Inside You May Be Changing Your Behavior: Big Think
Legal Expert Says DOJ Should Have Criminally Prosecuted General Motors: The Real News
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Wichita State University mathematician Beth Clarkson might have uncovered widespread election fraud, and Kansas is trying to silence her.: Digital Discipline
This is one where Tea Party, left and hard left ought to agree entirely if there actually is rigging that locks in establishment GOP wins. If. So if Kansas has nothing to hide, why the pushback?
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Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?: truthout
Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy and Skinny Puppy’s Nivek Ogre to star in horror film: Dangerous Minds
Researchers Link Humans Brains Allowing One To Guess What The Other Is Thinking: I Fucking Love Science
Ars Skeptica 