Re profiles: @TSE and I will discuss. And we will then issue an edict. Or maybe more than one. It may be that there are some rules about moderator infallibility that we slip in there. (View Post)

I've never found the "too inebriated to consent" look a particularly attractive one in a sexual partner. I prefer my partner to be at least vaguely engaged. (Just a simple "hurry … (View Post)

Musk is an amazing man. But being amazing in one field does not automatically make you amazing in all. Indeed, there is a tendency for people who've been successful in one field to assume that t… (View Post)

I'm not normally a big Krugman fan, but this is spot on: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/the-fraudulence-of-waste-fraud-and?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2a9ngu "… (View Post)

Anything which reduces the ability of disease carriers to infect others will have an impact on the viral reproductive rate in the population as a whole. In a setting like a hospital, where there are … (View Post)