Listening to scientists wax euphoric about images from this James Webb telescope, you’d be forgiven for thinking that science has suddenly become all about the evidence of things not seen. Because the disconnect between the nothingness these images show and the being these scientist are raving about smacks of Donald Trump telling his MAGA supporters… Read more.
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Crypto Come, Crypto Go…
A steep sell-off that gained momentum this week starkly illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies. The price of Bitcoin plunged to its lowest point since 2020. Coinbase, the large cryptocurrency exchange, tanked in value. A cryptocurrency that promoted itself as a stable means of exchange collapsed. And more than $300 billion… Read more.
Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Bid to Buy Twitter…
Elon Musk has the whole world at twitter over his bitcoin bid to buy Twitter. It’s a bitcoin bid because his interest in Twitter seems every bit as impulsive and careless as his interest in that cryptocurrency turned out to be. Menacing Bitcoin Recall that, in February last year, Musk tweeted that Tesla had bought… Read more.
Melinda French Gates Telling All about Divorce from Bill
Evidently Melinda French Gates thinks philanthropy is about sharing not just her personal wealth but intimate details about her personal life too. Because only that explains her telling all about her divorce from Bill in a CBS interview with Oprah’s “best friend” Gayle King. When Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates were married in 1994,… Read more.