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How to completely Screw up the USAF Anniversary

September 24, 2025 by Dave

On Sept 18, Politico’s Dave Brown has dropped what just has to be the most epic twitter thread of the year (so far). My postings on Medium usually have a paywall (to help cover costs), but for this one, no paywall. That’s principally because the content is Dave Brown doing all the heavy lifting, and … Read more

Categories Critical Thinking, Entertainment, Humor, society 2 Comments

Will Smith Slugs Chris Rock in fit of rage live at Oscars

March 28, 2022 by Dave
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Well yes, it was Oscars night, but with a few surprises. Trigger Warning – I’m about to criticize Will Smith. If you are a devoted fan of his, then it is perhaps best if you stop reading now. Not doing that means that what comes next might anger you to such a degree that you … Read more

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Deeply Stupid Anti-vaccine protest – What happens when data gathering goes wrong?

August 13, 2021 by Dave
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Those who take an anti-science stance are often regarded as deeply stupid. Sometimes they will do stuff that truly does confirm that view.

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Creating reality from fiction – Agloe

April 30, 2021 by Dave
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The creation of a fictitious town named Agloe as a copyright trap by map makers ended up having an unintended consequence.

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Werewolves and #Wolfwalkers in Ireland

December 31, 2020 by Dave
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This is my review of the new #Wolfwalkers animation created by the Irish based “Cartoon Saloon” about werewolves. On IMDb it scores 8.2

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Planet of the Humans – A reheated mess of lazy, old myths

April 28, 2024May 4, 2020 by Dave
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The latest film by Michael Moore has been a very big surprise. “Planet of the Humans”, is seriously misleading, deeply flawed, and factually wrong.

Categories Climate Change, Critical Thinking, education, Entertainment, Fake News, science, society 1 Comment
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