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Mask Bans Slowly Spread [cough, cough] in States and Localities

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. In the companion post to this piece (“Eight Reasons Mask Bans Are Beyond Stupid“) I dealt with the talking points

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The Problem with Pronatalism: Pushing Baby Booms to Boost Economic Growth Amounts to a Ponzi Scheme

Yves here. We’ve posted from time to time on alarmed media stories about how birthrates are declining around the world and at a faster rate

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2:00PM Water Cooler 8/9/2024 | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Readers have been so happy with the mockingbirds I’m going to keep doing them. Now

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Eight Reasons Mask Bans Are Beyond Stupid

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Thanks to Federalism, what I intended to be a single post became a bit sprawling, because mask ban legislation is

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2:00PM Water Cooler 8/7/2024 | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Readers have been so happy with the mockingbirds I’m going to keep doing them. Now

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2:00PM Water Cooler 8/6/2024 | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Readers have been so happy with the mockingbirds I’m going to keep doing them. Now

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Insects: Apocalypse Soon? | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Since we seem to be in an apocalyptic mode just now, here are some headlines from last week: Fireflies are

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Links 8/4/2024 | naked capitalism

Pot filled with gold coins buried by soldier 2400-year-ago discovered Interesting Engineering. “As we rode out to Fennario…” Mercury could have an 11-mile underground layer

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Links 8/3/2024 | naked capitalism

A couple had an owl be the ringbearer at their wedding — It flew away New York Post What plant philosophy says about plant agency

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2:00PM Water Cooler 8/2/2024 | naked capitalism

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Blue Mockingbird, Presa Los Zompanties, Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico. Ten minutes of mockingbird! * * *