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rage against the metric system: the partisan outrage machine’s performative stupidity
# oddities

rage against the metric system: the partisan outrage machine’s performative stupidity

Having apparently ran out of enemies for a night, Fox News decided to battle a new foe during its primetime lineup: the tyranny of the ubiquitous metric system.

when scientists have to fight political hacks
# politics

when scientists have to fight political hacks

Congressman Lamar Smith desperately wants another Climategate and he's happy to abuse his power to manufacture one.