“So it came as no surprise when Griffin, after selling a portion of his Chicago penthouse for a dramatic 44% loss last month, was quick to take a shot at Pritzker, blaming “failed political leadership in Illinois” for rising crime […]
“More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for […]
From the Houston Chronicle: “Twenty-three years after Enron declared bankruptcy, the infamous Houston-based energy company appears to be making a return. A group representing itself as Enron, which became the center of a corporate scandal Dec. 2, 2001, following revelations […]
“My argument is simple: people who say they want to see a return of American manufacturing don’t actually vote with their dollar. Let me show you…” This is funny/sad/funny. ~ learn more
Very impressive work! “Chess is boring… you spend literally half the time waiting for your opponent! There’s no way your internet addled brains could sustain such stimulation deficit, which is why I made this extremely over engineered electronic chess board […]
“Call me any time, any day or night, I will give you a price on whatever portfolio you want,” Don Wilson told a senior CME executive multiple times ahead of the crisis.” ~ learn more
“The double Nobel Prize winner is most famous for her discovery of radioactivity, as well as the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She is less well known for encouraging a generation of women who worked in her lab and went […]
I haven’t shared any blockchain-related links in a while, and that’s partly because I haven’t found any interesting ones in a while. Meanwhile, the price action on Bitcoin etc. imply lots of recent interest. Consider this a cry for help […]
I really struggle with the assumption here that because something is a ‘conspiracy theory’ it necessarily is wrong and needs debunking. Maybe someone ought to make a chatbot that helps people who think there are no conspiracies question their convictions. […]
“Some mammal species have an ability known as embryonic diapause, in which the development of an embryo can be paused for weeks or even months, keeping the blastocyst from implanting in the uterus. This means the animal can wait out […]