Here’s an article in Global Citizen that begins: Record heat. Record rain. Record fires. Recording-breaking environmental news is starting to sound like a broken record. As Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), summed it up: …
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Huxley on American Politics
From Aldous Huxley: “The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, …
Robert F. Kennedy on Embracing the Future
Here’s Bobby Kennedy’s assertion on our society’s resistance to change. He certainly nailed something important, but I would argue that what we’re looking at now, several decades after his death, has a far uglier and meaner look on its face. …
More on Inductive EV Charging
In a recent post I commented that proponents of inductive charging face a huge challenge: the world is steadily replacing gas- and diesel-powered cars and trucks with EVs that are physically plugged in when not in use. Here’s a meme …
Learning About Life from the Stoics
Over the years, I know I’ve recommended The Daily Stoic to readers a few times, and I hope you’ll clink on the link above to request their free daily email. At left is one of the gems that Marcus Aurelius …
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Trump Says Presidents Need Immunity from Criminal Prosecution
So the laws of the land apply to every one of us–except for the single most powerful? And that sounds like the underpinnings of a democracy? He really is putting this country through hell.
Why Is Trump Still Living in the United States?
A reader points out: (Trump) will most likely leave the country to avoid prison. One would certainly think. Outside of a person facing execution, it’s hard to imagine a greater flight risk.
Forgetting about the Insurrection
In the last year, the percentage of Republicans who want to see a full accounting for the events of January 6, 2021 has fallen from 27% to 13%. The vast majority of the GOP simply wants to “let this go.” …
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Violations of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics
Here’s a guy selling a perpetual motion machine (see photo at left) that I’ve seen frequently on social media. For the life of me, I can’t understand why this fraudster isn’t in prison.
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Inductive EV Charging
It was Nikola Tesla who first noticed that a current flowing in a wire would induce a current to flow in a nearby conductor. 130 years later, this is the way we charge our electric toothbrushes. But will this transfer …
