The southwestern deserts are SO HOT.  The Mojave is the hottest & driest place in North America (including Central America).  Tent cities will kill people.  Let me repeat that: Tent cities WILL kill people.  Anyone living there and building there should know this, so I have to assume they don’t care that they’re…

It’s not anyone’s “fault” that the 311 calls were placed. Two newspapers used the phone call data to make scientific conclusions that aren’t valid.

FFS, read.

Some of my favorite science projects were the ones when we had to design (and not necessarily execute) a research experiment. They got us thinking about what types of information are possible/available and which ones are useful.  Sometimes I feel like most Americans never bothered going to class or doing their…

There are a million ways to spend and/or invest money. Why does AT&T need to be it?  I say the same to people whining about Weinstein. Sure, he made some good movies. But there are a million other talented people waiting in the wings. I’m fine if he loses his job. I’ve got plenty of other places to set my attention.…

...but if his interviews are to be believed, then he played the game once, on a dare, in one specific situation just to do it to... Donald Trump.

It’s long past time for some diversity on our currency, but after we get a solid round of that, I wish for the next round of designs to exclude people altogether. Every candidate will be found to be controversial somehow. Many of the founders were slaveholders, most historical figures were racists, and recent figures…

This isn’t in question.  He has said that the earliest humans coexisted with tyrannosaurs.  He is an extremely stupid person.  

That’s not cynicism. That’s reality. They could’ve done this under Obama, and dozens of them said it was the wrong move for the country.  These people are bigots who know how to sell a story to get donations and votes.  They are not allies.

They leave Washington to avoid voting so they don’t have to defend their votes. That’s a thing.

Democrats in the House were able to enthusiastically vote for it precisely because they know it will fail.  When Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, they (including Pelosi) said that the law would be wrong for the country.  Fuck all them and their theater.

Or maybe 5-year olds shouldn’t have celebrity idols.  Does she know what a stegosaurus is?  Does she collect seashells or rocks?  Does she make up choreography for traditional songs that never get played on the radio?  I guess what I’m saying is, I sort of hope I’m dead before your granddaughter and her friends are…

By trying to make this issue sound simple, you’re making yourself sound simple.

You could also take this back an additional 50+ years. The formation of Israel began in the 1800s, as other empires were disintegrating and Jews migrated to Palestine. She’s conveniently focusing on one small window of history - immediately after the Holocaust - to say that people were kind to Jews. She’s ignoring…

You think that teaching STEM means reducing reading, analysis, and critical thinking?  I can’t imagine what your own courseload was like that makes you think that.  STEM is not the “chief” reason for these problems.  You’re living in your own world outside reality.

“I accept full responsibility.”

This man is not exhibiting complex emotions about sex.  (And while rape is technically a form of “sex,” I do find it creepy how you keep reframing it that way.)  Read this guy’s biography and campaign information.  He’s a brainwashed zealot.  He’s deliberately checking all the boxes he thinks he needs to get noticed…

The headline and article read, to me, like the result of Mad Libs.  What world do we live in?

He attended Harvard. That, alone, is the explanation I’ve been given countless times. Harvard took him, therefore he’s smart, therefore he’s good at debate, therefore everyone should defer to him. (...This from the same people who say college is for liberal elitists.)

Oh, look, a vulgar person who also happens to be an idiot. Whodathunk! Yes, Palmdale is extremely Republican. They are majority Republican, repeatedly electing Republicans, and replacing unethical Republicans with more Republicans. All of Antelope Valley is Republican. Republican voters electing Republicans. How do I…