The Gurus Are Back
An updated chart from @JBoorman
Worst Hospital Radio Ever
Fittingly, @IvanBrackenbury's Hospital Radio had us in stitches… pic.twitter.com/fiWjxV9YI6 — Channel 4 (@Channel4) 13 August 2018
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The Delusion Is Strong In this One
Australia is a fascinating place not least for some of its quaint (read staggeringly unrealistic) attitudes to things. I live in an area where English cottage gardens are often the preferred mode of vegetative display. And each year these gardens that are wonderfully manicured during spring are burnt to a crisp during our ferocious summers.…
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Recent New Scientist Cover
Clearly the author has not spent much time outside lately…..
Is the Key to Beating the Market Written in the Stars?
If you thought traditional finance had very little credibility try astrology…… It’s 11 a.m. at the Princeton Club in Midtown Manhattan. A number of financial professionals have gathered here for the “AFund June 2018 Natural Resources Investment Symposium.” Our first speaker is HSBC’s chief precious metals analyst, the aptly named James Steel, who promotes gold…
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Detoxing is Bullshit
Scientifically speaking, “detoxing” isn’t a thing. Your body doesn’t retain so-called toxins ingested via food or drugs or plastic dishes, or breathed in through air. You don’t sweat them out at yoga, get rid of them via special massage, or purge them through colonics. As writer Dara Mohammadi put it in a scorching takedown of the dominant wellness watchword…
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