After some thought, I’ve decided that we should refer to this apparent lapse by journalists as “Oceangate-gate-gate”

After decades of journalists attaching the suffix “gate” to anything even remotely scandalous, I was disappointed that I never heard anyone embrace the full stupidity of this practice by referring to this story as “Oceangate-gate”

I know. Nothing stresses me out more than weighing mice

It is sad that on any topic concerning South America, I am suspicious of anything that the US says.

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Bravo!

The expert quoted has had quite a life:

After earning a BA in English literature from UCLA, Austad left academia for a number of years during which among other things, he drove a taxi cab in New York City, worked as a newspaper reporter, and trained lions for television and movies.

He sounds pretty cool.

I admit I looked him up only because his view challenged what I’ve been seeing in reporting on studies done in this area. I’ve seen what seems like a trend in studying and comparing changes in lifespan and healthspan in male and female subjects (in both human and mouse). I suspect I am suffering from some recency bias, but it really does seem to me like studies in this area are better at teasing out sex differences than in non-longevity lines of research.

Anyway, thought I’d mention the expert’s colorful past

Videos shared by researchers show how the elephants respond to call recordings addressed to them. In one, an elephant named Margaret appears to almost immediately perk up to a rumble recording addressed to her.

It’s amazing to me that elephants use, among I would assume others, the name Margaret.

No kidding! Consequently, I have decided to redouble my efforts to avoid quicksand

Thank you! I"ve added their RSS feed to my news feed reader

Edit: Semafor RSS for anyone else who might be interested

The remains were discovered during an archaeological survey prior to the construction of new residential buildings in the city.

Did we learn nothing from Poltergeist?

And while I broadly agree with your point, it is far too easy for law enforcement to tack on additional charges like resisting arrest. And, yes, in most states resisting arrest is also a misdemeanor, but incidents can be raised to felony resisting arrest if they involve assault on an officer. Unfortunately, it is easy for any innocent physical contact with police to be interpreted as assault, if an officer decides to portray it that way. The truth matters, but so does ACAB

We need a hero - a hero with a garden hose. While Trump always looks foolish, making him look the right kind of foolish might just shake a few of his cult away from him

Metaphors, how do they work?

I gasped when I read Apple 1

Well done

Gen-X is a much smaller group than either Boomers or Millennials. It is treated differently mostly because of this. I don’t think we’re going to start treating Gen-X as the bully, because it just doesn’t have the numbers to be an effective bully

No, I’m not surprised at all that Trump is a disappointing candidate

Hydro is easy, except when it isn’t

Nah, it’s good planning. While you stand there turning the handle, you have an excellent view of the town and all that’s going on. On the Republican side, you have to work with your back to all that’s going on, with little to look at but the fence

I’ll still prefer trees

God, yes. Trees provide shade, transpirative cooling, homes for animals (birds, mammals, insects), and a particular natural beauty that tanks of algae do not.