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On US TV, if it jiggles, it gets cancelled alas. I still remember that girls on trampolines show. Yeah, it's totally sexist.

Well, how do you explain the interest in the Khadashians? Many people have zero interest, yet they always manage to remain in the news. It's an attention economy and the Royals get plenty of that. We don't have an equivalent ceremonial post in the US; it's more or less fulfilled by the President, who often is busy battling negative opinion. Maybe that's why some people in the US follow the Royals instead?

Speaking of cable news...

The ugly/scary scenario would be for Texas and other unmasking states to start spiking again, right when the new strains are starting to take off here. He's taking an awful risk just to demonstrate his macho Republican bona fides. Giddy up.

Microscopic wormholes possible in theory Getting closer to a concrete theory that supports the existence of wormholes.

I hear the Russians are trying to push that message.

Well at least as pets we can pick up our own poo.

It's amusing because Trump is very much a RINO. The term is about allegiance to Trump, rather than the individual's Republican credentials. I can't remember how many times Mitt Romney has been labelled a RINO by the Trumpies, but he certainly isn't a Democrat.

September 18-19 is European Heritage Days. It looks us privileged white males get a whole three days. Shall we celebrate?

I hear if you use the wrong pronoun around an Antifa they turn into grammar Nazis.

Even the androids are guilty of mansplaining now.

'Merica.

Well it won't be a banned book.

Yes, Hedy Lamarr is a pretty cool historical figure. Stunning actress, film producer, and co-inventor of a form of frequency-hopping spread spectrum.

Why do women only get a day? Surely they deserve more.

But that is what happens in a moral panic. The main difference this time is it comes from the left; usually we get these from the right.

iCloud allegedly locked out a user over her last name Actor and author Rachel True reportedly added, "When I get a dog I'm naming it Boolean Bobby Drop Tables True".

I'm wondering if the cancel culture phenomenon can be considered a form of moral panic? The definition comes close: