Links for you. Science:
The Great Giant Flea Hunt
A Lost World Is Resurrected at Brown
How I Became a Museum’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent
U.S. Agency Aims to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Space sex gecko experiment is safe – for now
Other:
Zionism and Its Discontents
This is what happens when you elect a Republican. Don’t elect a Republican.
Many Silver Line riders have no way to safely reach their offices
Let ‘em go
The Imaginary Hadrian’s Wall: Archaeology and the Matter of Britain
1999: The Last Great Year in Movies
What Happened To The Israeli Generation That Believed Peace Would Come?
Governor Christie Embraces Theft
Two Theories of Poverty
WITH BOSTON ON THE SHORT LIST FOR THE 2024 SUMMER GAMES, WE TOUR ATLANTA’S BROKEN OLYMPIC PROMISES
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David Atkins lies down with dogs, and now he complains of fleas. He doesn’t mention his buddies on dailykos.com who are gleefully plotting to teach the hated Democrats a lesson by throwing the elections to the Republicans, teaching them to fear “The Left” – by which they mean their little gang and their pretend radical fellow travelers who know that THEY are not going to suffer in the GOP deluge. Have your cake or eat it, Davey, you can’t do both.
Bruenig on structural poverty is very good. Except that he leaves out race and minority status, which are correlated with poverty, and are structural features. Also, even if only 3% of people remain constantly in poverty over a three year period, how many go into and out of poverty over a longer period of time, depending on unemployment?