Yet again, the right-wing appropriation of Nietzsche
“The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.” –F. Nietzsche
Surprising Reason the Right Doesn’t Trust the News – POLITICO
The top editor at the New York Times, A.M. Rosenthal, hit Agnewesque notes in a 1969 internal memo from which Pressman quotes: I get the impression, reading the Times,
Nuclear Pasta: Strongest Material in Universe Discovered in Neutron Star Crust
The strongest material in the universe has been discovered: nuclear pasta from neutron stars. The material is so intense it could never exist on Earth—if somehow a tiny amount were
We need to understand that disaster is slow
Defining a disaster as an “event” has a history extending to the 1960s, when federal funds were spent to model the social impact of a nuclear attack. To do this,
This Changes Everything | Vanity Fair
Hollywood’s most powerful women appear in the Geena Davis-produced documentary This Changes Everything, which draws a direct line between the president and the industry’s sea change. — Read on http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/this-changes-everything-toronto-film-festival-documentary-weinstein-trump-me-too
Toxic masculinity endures on
Serving up bloody violence as a $10 pay-per-view on YouTube and charging as much as $200 for floor seats in the arena, this was an affirmation of the enduring bankability
Militarized policing not so popular
Study also finds that images of cops in military gear diminish support for increasing funding to police agencies. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/08/22/militarized-policing-doesnt-reduce-crime-and-disproportionately-hits-black-communities/ The high militarization treatment also caused support for
