Links for you. Science:
We Used to Think Everybody Heard a Voice Inside Their Heads – But We Were Wrong
More Newborns are Being Diagnosed With Syphilis as Adult Cases Continue Dramatic Rise
Bird flu detected in beef tissue for first time, USDA says, but beef is safe to eat
Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle
My son is profoundly autistic. Please don’t say he’s merely ‘neurodiverse.’ Advocates are fighting to eliminate terminology that accurately describes my son and thousands of people like him — who can’t speak up for themselves.
We Still Aren’t Testing Enough Farmers for Bird Flu
Other:
Greg Sargent on fascism-denialism (excellent, must-read)
Trumping the Centers for Disease Control: A Case Comparison of the CDC’s Response to COVID-19, H1N1, and Ebola
OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups. After lying low for years in the aftermath of January 6, exclusive reporting shows, militia extremist groups and profiles have been quietly reorganizing and ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook.
America’s 813 Billionaires Must Have Been Extremely Happy With The Biden Administration Yesterday
Librarians Fight Back
America needs to talk about how Trump’s deportation plan is really dictatorship. Team Trump isn’t kidding about deporting millions if the ex-POTUS returns in 2025. It would destroy America, morally and economically.
The white supremacy strategy at the core of Trump’s plans for a second term
Trump’s Shocking Scheme: A Permanent Get Out of Jail Free Card. As Trump’s legal troubles pile up around him, he’s come up with a plan to make himself immune forever.
The Denmark secret: how it became the world’s most trusting country – and why that matters
Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass. Ever heard of the “mudsill theory”? Well, it goes back to the slaveholding South. And it explains a lot.
Washington Post bombshell: Washington Post buried Alito flag story for three years
Trump told donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests, deport demonstrators
RFK Jr. Says He Refused to Wear a Mask Because He’d Rather Die of Covid Than Be ‘Living Like a Slave’ (lolfaaarrrrtttt)
The Texas School District That Provided the Blueprint for an Attack on Public Education
A New Economics Takes Hold
When Health Care Crowdfunding Fails
‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?
‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village (need to coordinate with the 30-50 feral hogs)
A Little Bit Of Hopium
Bill Walton dies at 71: ‘Truly one of a kind’ Basketball Hall of Famer succumbs to cancer
Trump Commemorates Memorial Day With Unhinged Rant Targeting ‘Human Scum’
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy
Biden has been bad for Palestinians. Trump would be worse.
There are two ways to look at Haley’s capitulation.
When the crowd leaves Trump’s hush-money trial, the judge spends his day in a very different kind of court
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Re: that first link… People with a permanent inner monologue read too damn slow.
I’m perfectly willing to trade reduced performance at auditory recall for improved visual or abstract recall and greatly improved reading speed, things they weren’t measuring for but are likely to find if they look.
My general opinion of humans (and their freely overshared opinions) as a pack of assholes likely contributes to this perspective, but I stand by it on its own merits as well.