Our experience has been quite similar to Virginia Postrel’s, and we feel very fortunate. I can’t imagine how terrible it must be to be cramped in an apartment with too many people, or what a nightmare this has been for parents with children. I haven’t seen divorce statistics for the year, but I’m sure they must be record level.
The Car Caravan Protest
For me, the most notable thing about this story is the picture of my niece. She’s been a Trump supporter from the beginning.
Space Solar Power
AFRL is planning to launch a demonstrator in a few years.
[Update a while later]
More from CleanTechnica.
The Space Show
David Livingston is having his year-end fundraiser, if you can help out.
RIP, Mary Ann
Dawn Wells was taken by Covid.
When it came to Gilligan’s Island, and WKRP, I was a Mary Ann and Bailey Quarters fan. I guess that Tina Louise is the only surviving cast member.
It’s not obvious that if she hadn’t died from Covid she wouldn’t have succumbed to flu. She apparently had been having heath issues.
The New Dietary Guidelines
They’re still terrible.
They’re still pushing grains, low-fat dairy and protein, and seed oils. And they still think that counting calories isn’t junk science. There is no science whatsoever to justify this.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Despite its logical appeal, it may not be real.
Interesting.
Joe Biden’s Climate Idiocy
Mike Shellenberger fact checks it.
Happy New Year From Boston Dynamics
This is terrifying, or should be.
Origins Of Life
A new theory that could have useful medical implications.