00:15 Sunday 31 October 2021

To the January-6th Activists:
What if you're wrong? What if you're Just - Plain - Wrong?
What if you're not part of the majority? What if there are more people who are not Trump supporters? What if Biden won because he got more votes?*
What if your news sources are wrong? What if they're mistaken? What if they're ( Read more... )

Tue Nov 27 03:13:05 EST 2018

The Mars InSight Lander landed successfully on Mars yesterday after a trip of 300 miles to Mars.

No, it's a lot farther to Mars - more like 300 million miles. (Um, space is like, really, really big.)

Also heard tonight:

"... Britain's intelligence agency 'M-16'...." - no, it's "MI-6". Oops.

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Tue Oct 23 23:05:04 EDT 2018

A news tidbit on NPR mentioned "the biggest security breach in history." How do they know? We don't hear about lots of breaches. Or we don't hear until months (or years) later.

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Wed May 23 11:36:22 EDT 2018After fumbled first date, New Port Richey man puts apology signs all over town
NEW PORT RICHEY (FOX 13) - After their first date went horribly wrong, a Pasco County man made an attempt to salvage the situation by putting up apology signs all over town.
Is there some reason a "news" item can't give the city and state? I ( Read more... )

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Fri Apr 13 20:00 2018

Music in mind and mouth: How beatboxing is helping kids with speech problems

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Thu Mar 22 02:12:03 EDT 2018Is this the time to leave Facebook?
No, the time was 10 years ago.

Many years ago, some FB Friend asked me to join a game/app. (Farmville?) I read the access/consent info, and saw that it granted the app access to my friends' information, and thought that was peculiar; why should I be able to grant access to other people ( Read more... )

Wed Jan 17 19:30:00 EST 2018

From the (CBC) AIH Transcript for January 17, 2017Republican Senator Jeff Flake speaking earlier today in the U.S. Senate ( Read more... )

Mon Oct 30 14:17:43 EDT 2017

What are these white supremacists/nationalists going to say when it's irrefutable that their cause is being supported by Russian hackers and manipulators? When their assertions of "fake news" by the American media are fed by our favorite geopolitical and military adversary? When they can't deny that they have been the ( Read more... )

Tue Oct 10 01:56:59 EDT 2017

I'm listening to a story on the radio about Trump wanting to cut support and education efforts to reduce teen pregnancy. Ignoring whether this is a good idea or good policy, I heard this statement:For Hispanic girls, one in three will get pregnant before they turn 20.
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