RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/February 2024
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February 2024[edit]
![]() ![]() ![]() | 41 | 2024 is a giant test of nerves for democracy. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 37 | While countries around the world have struggled to recover from the economic setbacks brought on by the pandemic, one has emerged particularly strong. With a fast-growing economy, a strong labour market and falling inflation, the US has outpaced its counterparts in Europe and elsewhere. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 27 | We have entered an era of war crime social media influencers. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 23 | Hillsdale College sincerely wants to know what you think about the idea of abolishing the US electoral college system for electing the President. Have your say here! |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 57 | "I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation" |
![]() ![]() ![]() | -34 | ‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse. Eliezer Yudkowsky is at the forefront of techno-pessimists (doomers). Luddites generally have different concerns about ethics and labor. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 42 | Tennessee law forbids abortion in nearly all circumstances, but provides little care for children after birth. ProPublica followed one family as they struggled to provide for their newborn child that Tennessee forced them to carry to term. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 28 | Quantitative analysis shows that shows major newspapers skewed their coverage toward Israeli narratives in the first six weeks of the assault on Gaza. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 22 | Mayo Clinic promotes Reiki, one of those "energy healing" things. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | -33 | ‘Ukraine fatigue’ is unpardonable. Western countries have the resources but now must display the will to ensure Russia does not prevail. No western soldiers are at risk. The sums to be agreed this year amount to less than 0.25 per cent of the combined GDP of the EU, UK and US, while Baltic countries have spent as much as 2 per cent of their GDP helping Ukraine. The argument that this is unaffordable is ridiculous. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 57 | Book bans and political meddling in the educational system are causing an escalating literacy crisis in America. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 41 | Amid the lingering trauma of Trump’s executions, a new project brings families to federal death row. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 | Rapper and Jewel Runner![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 18 | King Charles, who now has cancer, has previously advocated drinking fruit juice and sticking coffee up one's anus to treat cancer. Another Steve Jobs case perhaps? We'll see if he's come to his senses, but at the moment his doctors haven't specified what kind of care he's receiving. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | -38 | The Republicans refusal to supply arms is sabotaging Kyiv’s war effort. Some of the Republican reluctance to pass new aid for Ukraine is driven by genuine scepticism about the war. But most of the foot-dragging is simply about Trump’s refusal to give Biden anything that looks like a “win” ahead of the presidential election. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 34 | Separatist feminism![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 57 | That recent anti-trans Pamela Paul NYT article is full of pseudoscience. |