That Berkeley Bridge

Posted on Tuesday 1 November 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

OK, so maybe I’ll keep posting something every day, just cut back on all the politically oriented links. Maybe just a photo. Maybe a quotation, a passage like the one from Bertrand Russell the other day. And nice photos. More photos.

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One More Round of Links, with no Comments

Posted on Monday 31 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s just compile them with minimal comment. Some are worth returning to. Here’s everything I haven’t already posted since the 1st of October.

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Easing Away from Daily Posts

Posted on Sunday 30 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve managed to post something on this blog almost every day (I think I missed two, perhaps three days) since September 14, 2021, so for about thirteen and a half months. I think for reasons I’ll step back from that and post here less frequently, but more substantially.

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Dialogues: Democracy’s Enemies; Yuval Noah Harari

Posted on Saturday 29 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items today are responses to earlier articles or reviews, about the enemies of democracy, and about Yuval Noah Harari. And then my responses to them.

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Bertrand Russell on World History

Posted on Friday 28 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Palette cleanser.

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No Worries, Only Social Control

Posted on Friday 28 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Conservatives worry a lot. About the wrong things.

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No Plans, Only “Devil Terms”

Posted on Thursday 27 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Today’s batch of news and essays about the current political situation in the US.

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SF and Literary Topics

Posted on Wednesday 26 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Cormac McCarthy, Philip K. Dick, Top Horror Stories, SF for Beginners, the Storytelling Bias, latest NYTBR SF/F reviews, Mathematical fiction

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Change, Delusions, Reality

Posted on Tuesday 25 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

New York Times, Michael H. Keller and David D. Kirkpatrick, 23 Oct 2022 (on front page for 24 Oct 2022): Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated., subtitled “The white majority is fading, the economy is changing and there’s a pervasive sense of loss in districts where Republicans fought the outcome of the 2020 election.”

Long piece, continuing on three full interior pages, with charts and many photos. It begins by profiling Fort Bend County, in Texas. The gist is this:
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Climate Change, Pathogens, and Following the Money

Posted on Monday 24 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve brought up the connection between climate change (to the extent of the warming and melting of permafrost) and an increased rate of new pathogens, before. Here are some new studies about that connection.

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