Reasonable people can differ on immigration policy. How many immigrants should we be letting into the country? What criteria should we use? There's plusses and minuses to every choice. I… Read the rest of the article: The six bridge workers who perished were not "poisoning the blood of our country, they were replenishing it"
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Yoy Luadha While it's sadly true that Trump is never (and probably never will be) held accountable, the same is not true for those around him. He leaves chaos, prison terms and… Read the rest of the article: MyPillow CEO's downfall: A cautionary tale of Trumpian loyalty
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Yoy Luadha I have no idea how widespread this kind of mentality is, but it never ceases to shock me when I come across it. A website called Free Thinking Ministries has… Read the rest of the article: Turning cheeks or bearing arms? Did Jesus really endorse gun ownership?
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Yoy Luadha Following up on my earlier post about the limited shelf life of fame, I want to bring up one of my favorite writers (and I'm guessing many of yours): Harlan… Read the rest of the article: Rediscovering Harlan Ellison: greatest hits collection and Dangerous Visions reissue
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Yoy Luadha Sure, science is math and equations and formulas. But it can also be pounding wood with Stone Age axes. Japanese scientists built their own ground stone tools in an effort… Read the rest of the article: Japanese scientists investigate the mysteries of Stone Age tools
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Yoy Luadha This maddening "think piece" on Politico was published a couple of months ago but I wanted to revisit because the urgency to refute it is even more obvious. Here's the… Read the rest of the article: There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship
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Yoy Luadha Fame is a weird thing. I was talking to some (highly educated) writers in their early 30s when I discovered none of them had ever HEARD of Crosby, Stills &… Read the rest of the article: Lost in time: the fading fame of Andy Kaufman
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Yoy Luadha I used to think vaccines were the most important invention in human history. But I'm starting to believe it's smartphones, which have fundamentally and permanently changed how humans interact for… Read the rest of the article: Jonathan Haidt's book presents stark data on the negative effects of smartphones on youth
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Yoy Luadha The human brain is amazing at certain tasks — say, inventing things like the wheel or Cheez Doodles — but it's always surprising to me how easily our big brains… Read the rest of the article: Liquid Death transcends water by hijacking our lizard brains
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Yoy Luadha The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency seems to spend a fair amount of resources on fact checking — in an era of lies and mega-lies (or is that MAGA-lies), quality… Read the rest of the article: How AFP fact-checked a wild hoax about Biden's 2020 "death"
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Yoy Luadha I'm trying hard to figure out why this is fun, but I guess that's what makes the world go 'round. As the New York Post reported: This takes punch-drunk to… Read the rest of the article: The $30 shot that comes with a slap in the face
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Yoy Luadha Many of us think we know what goes on at a Trump rally — we see snippets on the news or a clip on social media. But I don't think… Read the rest of the article: Trump rallies: demented, dangerous, and off-the-rails
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Yoy Luadha There aren't many movies that are not only "must see" but are "must see in a theater." Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which hits theaters May 24th, is definitely one… Read the rest of the article: Furiosa: The Mad Max prequel that's worth the 9-year wait (trailer)
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Yoy Luadha Of all the awful, idiotic, dangerous and/or cruel ideas that have come down through the right wing noise machine, competition is high for the most damaging. But it seems we… Read the rest of the article: The lies that convinced people to vote for Brexit
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Yoy Luadha Elon Musk is a fascinating character. It's only seven or eight years ago that I thought he was a once-in-a-century visionary. Start a successful car company? It's been nearly 100… Read the rest of the article: SpaceX has a draconian stock options policy
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Yoy Luadha Over the years, I've learned a few valuable lessons from genre films. If you go to an alien planet and say things like "they're harmless," bad things are likely to… Read the rest of the article: Cloning extinct animals: A disaster waiting to happen
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Yoy Luadha Paul Alexander, one of the last polio victims in the world to still use an iron lung, was profiled in The Guardian four years ago. He died this week at… Read the rest of the article: The last iron lung user: A poignant reminder of the importance of vaccines
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Yoy Luadha In 2015, Canada passed the MAID laws — Medical Assistance In Dying — which allow terminally ill patients to request life-ending treatment. This seems like a no-brainer — why anyone… Read the rest of the article: Dying with dignity: Should humans have the same rights as pets?
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Yoy Luadha I'm not a big fan of rumors or speculation about future film or TV projects — until something is actually happening, it's not happening. But this is the kind of… Read the rest of the article: Christopher Nolan rumored to adapt "The Prisoner" TV series in upcoming film project
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Yoy Luadha I'm sure most of you have seen the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister" from 2017. If not, get to it ASAP – it's truly one of the great episodes of… Read the rest of the article: "USS Callister" was the best episode of Black Mirror, and Netflix just announced a sequel episode