- April 19, 2025
Come-Gimme! Why Do We Shrug When Apes Cross the Language Barrier?
Yves here. Perhaps one answer to why researchers are underwhelmed by the linguistic accomplishments of apes is that, as fellow primates, we set unduly high
Who Will Pay the Highest Price for Trump’s Postal Service Privatization Push?
Yves here. The US Postal Service has been in Republican crosshairs for a long time but Trump looks as if he will be able to
Data Center Boom Sparks Utility Spending—But How Real Is the Demand?
Yves here. It would be clearly be preferable if data center energy hogs proved to be less greedy in their needs than they now anticipate.
Another Trump Big Lie: “Reciprocal Tariffs”
Yves here. Rajiv Sethi unpacks the bogus branding of and justifications for Trump’s tariffs. Don’t get me started on Liberation Losers’ Day. Sethi mentions the
Coffee Break: Across the Pond and the Online Safety Act
The UK’s Online Safety Act and other things they don’t like to talk about. Evghenia Gutul, the Leader of Gagauzi, Has Been Arrested in Moldova
Coffee Break: Covid Denialism Is Not a Cure; Updates on the War on Cancer and Medicare
It has been a bad week, borderline flu, just like everyone else in the office since the new year (with 7 of 18 having had
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Missile Defense Pretense
I consider the pursuit of comprehensive national defense against nuclear missile attack to be what Paul Krugman calls a “zombie idea,” an idea that refuses
Links 3/22/2025 | naked capitalism
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back Guardian. resilc” “Better on top than inside.’ Bald eagle went viral for protecting his