Super cool!

55 cents out of every dollar the federal gov't spent in Aug was borrowed... ...we're in trouble.

Humans have been improving crops for 1000’s of years. Corn is just one of the foods that is unrecognizable from its wild ancestors, thanks to these genetic improvements. Growing more food per acre is leaving more land for nature.

Russia today (and the useful idiots on the Right, who admire it): "Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine there have been regular reports of Russians reporting neighbours, colleagues and acquaintances to the police over alleged anti-war statements."bbc.com/news/articles/…

Seems like a good result to me. politico.com/news/2024/09/1…

1924 average unskilled hourly wage: $0.25 $0.25 in 1924 = $4.63 in 2024 (see BLS Calculator) 2024 average unskilled hourly wage: $19 Therefore, the average unskilled worker is 4 times better off ($19 / $4.63 = 4.1). Money is worth less, but we have more money.

The scale of the reward available to a green crony capitalist is remarkable. unherd.com/2024/09/the-ba…

Climate click-bait over truth UN Secretary-General is climate campaigning again in the Pacific: "climate chaos," "unimaginable scale", "worldwide catastrophe" Last time, he ruined a perfectly good suit for a Time photo shoot to claim Tuvalu is sinking... x.com/BjornLomborg/s…

If nobody speaks up for liberalism, illiberalism will dominate the cultural discourse and the political reality even if the voices speaking claim to be for liberalism and freedom ... check your premises ... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

.European Commission: How about trying capitalism instead? telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/1…

Yes, you read this correctly. The low-lying Tuvalu in the Pacific is actually growing in size. So much for the apocalypse we were promised.

Economists’ Damning Verdict on Both Presidential Candidates’ Pricing Policies, by Ryan Bourne open.substack.com/pub/ryanbourne…

Free internet in the sky is here. Progress is gradual, which is why we often underrate it. Kids, believe it or not, there was a time when there was no internet on board at all.

Marian L Tupy Also a story here about agencies getting out of the way of innovation and supporting an innovative idea thus allowing entrepreneurs in an industry to think about more than the status quo

.Bernie Sanders: Weird how it always ends in the same way, isn't it? msn.com/en-gb/news/oth…

On Waymo safety... slowboring.com/p/housing-and-…

youtube.com/watch?v=pK5KN1…

When interviewing slimy and evasive politicians (i.e., most of them), it is essential to listen to the answers and be ready with follow-up questions. So far, in this election season, no U.S. journalist has come close to passing the Jeremy Paxman test: youtube.com/watch?v=pyqnu6…