2022-01-30

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Full image of ‘new’ Vermeer with uncovered Cupid released by Dresden museum

Following further investigations, including tests in an archaeometry laboratory, it was discovered that layers of binding agent and a layer of dirt existed between the image of Cupid and the overpainting. The conservators concluded that several decades would have passed between the completion of one layer and the addition of the next and therefore concluded that Vermeer could not have painted over the Cupid himself.
The depopulation timebomb facing the West is about to explode
‘I’m just high on life and beauty’: the woman who can see 100M colours
"Mass-Casualty Traffic Collision" Kills Nine In Las Vegas | ZeroHedge

Greenwald: Pressure Campaign To Remove Joe Rogan From Spotify Reveals Liberal Religion Of Censorship | ZeroHedge
Do we stand at the precipice of radical change?

If unrest in America has peaked, you wouldn’t know it from people’s tweets. World War 3, civil war, and apocalyptic climate change are the standard topics of discussion now. Saying that “democracy is dying” and members of the opposite party “literally want to kill you” is de rigueur when discussing electoral politics. On Signal, friends ask me in hushed tones whether they should stockpile food or move out of the country.

So while I want to reassure you, I only want to reassure you a little bit. America’s great strength is that we freak out about everything, thus bestirring ourselves to early action when other countries might have let problems fester too long. If all goes well, 20 years from now we’ll look back on the 2020s as when society started to become sane again and we started to rebuild after a decade of chaos and rage. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Coups Are Making a Comeback
Intellectual humility and the loyalty of Trump supporters
US targets Russian disinformation in bid to defend Ukraine

(2016) The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications

Our analyses suggests that traditional marriage practices in which men “marry down” in education do not persist for long once women have the educational advantage.
Self-driving-car algorithms may have a racism problem
John McWhorter: It’s Time to End Race-Based Affirmative Action.

Changes in USDA food composition data for 43 garden crops, 1950 to 1999
I Write About America’s Absurd Health Care System. Then I Got Caught Up in It. | naked capitalism

I was live-tweeting my attempt to refill my prescription and started to get the kind of messages that are familiar to anyone in what’s known as the “diabetes online community.” People in Missouri offered me their surplus insulin. Some suggested I go to Walmart for $25 insulin, an older type I have no idea how to safely use.
- When ones ignorance becomes life threatening it may be time to seek education, no?