Speaking of Neanderthals, I am reasonably sure I am descended from them. A little:The first Neanderthal genome sequence was published in 2010, and strongly indicated interbreeding between Neanderthal… (View Post)

The Washington Post has doubts about "Equity" in college admissions:One target of the social justice movement of the last decade was standardized testing. Because average scores on tests su… (View Post)

Two comments on food stamps/SNAP benefits in the US. There was an earlier, and overlapping, effort to get food to the poor. The federal government gave food to the poor, particularly cheese, and stil… (View Post)

Much data on the Loser here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/map-shows-states-where-trump-s-approval-rating-has-crashed-most/ar-AA24qgA7?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=fa870dbabe884f9be47aee94135… (View Post)

Many thanks to GB Manchester, for their help with the MT. St. Helens webcams: https://www.mshinstitute.org/volcano-cam (View Post)