Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing.

- The mystery of missing and dead scientists explained. It does make sense.

- About sums it up.

- Jonathan Turley on the moral relativism of the left.

- 13 free AI courses from MIT. (HT Execupundit)

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

-  MIT team solves the riddle of why Roman concrete was so durable

- The CDC hired the same PR firm as Pfizer and Moderna. Sure there was no effort to coordinate the public messaging on vaccines.

- We are living in the crazy years

- Is China's Covid problem getting worse?

Shame on MIT - Shame!

MIT abandons its mission - caves to woke culture and cancel culture. Cowards! 

"I am a professor who just had his prestigious public science lecture at MIT cancelled because of an outrage mob on Twitter. My crime? Arguing for academic evaluations based on academic merit. This is the story of how a cancellation is carried out, why it should worry all of us, and what we can do to stop this dangerous trend."

"I mostly just wanted to do my science and not have anyone yell at me," that's the attitude which is so dangerous to even the hard sciences today. And when the Professor spoke up - getting cancelled was the sad reality. 

Be sure to read the advice at the end on how to best confront and beat cancel culture on campus. 

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- India's nuclear focus shifts from Pakistan to China, Beijing now in range of New Dehli's missiles. You tend to forget that India is also a nuclear power.

- Yale professor says Hydroxychloroquine could save 100,000 lives.

- VDH on why this "Revolution" isn't like the 60's.

- Agree 100% - the chaos of the upcoming 2020 NFL season give the Patriots a big advantage because they have Bill Belichick

- MIT engineers come up with a reusable mask that's as effective as N95 masks

- Not to be outdone - University of Toronto scientists test a mask coating that can deactivate 99% of SARS-COV-2 virus

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- "Too short" Tom Cruise to be replaced in Jack Reacher reboot. Jack Reacher is 6'5" and a beast in the books but I think if Cruise agreed to do a third film Lee Child would cash that check in a heartbeat.

- Giant meteorite creator bigger than Paris found under Greenland's ice sheet. Randall Carlson proven correct!

- Kevin Durant to the Celtics? Actually I believe I had that "hot take" first.

- Cool - how to make 40 different paper airplanes

- Heh Heh

- Iowa Nation Guard soldiers told to return overpaid wages. The soldiers did nothing wrong and if I were a billionaire I would just write a check to cover all of these funds. Isn't there some billionaire from Iowa willing to step up?

- This is the best college prank of all-time

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Scientists find potential Alzheimer's treatment by accident

- Falcon Heavy is impressive

- If Paul Sorvino followed through on this threat and I was on the jury - I would guaranty acquittal

- Excellent advice

- Interesting - scientists at MIT create new method for turning CO2 into fuel

- Heh heh

- How to be 10% happier. 2018 is the year I will try meditation.

Gravitational Waves

Albert Einstein proved correct once again!

The discovery from the MIT point of view. Link includes fantastic video that explains both the discovery and how the LIGO project came to be.

Gravitational waves explained (via a cartoon).

Someone familiar with the players at Cal Tech gives some background on their history of the project.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Little known fact but by tradition at the after Royal Wedding reception whoever catches the new princesses garter becomes the ambassador to Sweden... I think most Patriot fans were braced for Bill Belichick to trade the pick that ended up being Ryan Mallett to a team that needed a QB but ended up being very happy when the Pats actually took the QB for their own. That happiness was compounded with the realization that the move basically came down to trading a pretty much washed up Randy Moss for Ryan Mallett (the Pats used the pick they got from the Vikings to pick Mallett)... Wow - this is a pretty cool move - Bose Founder Gives Majority of Company to MIT... If the Reds Mike Leake was a normal guy I could see doing the diversion program which will get his record wiped clean as 1st time offender. However, given the fact that I'm doubting that he'd be this stupid again and that nobody is going to forget he stole that T-shirts - the program probably isn't worth the time... In my opinion Roy Firestone getting Rod Tidwell to cry in Jerry Maguire still greater than Suzy Kolber getting Mark Ingram to cry at the end of the first day of the NFL Draft... The only question I have regarding the Royal Wedding is whether Richard Petty invoked his right of prima nocta.