SCRAPINGS OF THE DAY

In this interview, Stacy Abrams talks of what is at stake in the race for Governor of Georgia.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/georgia-governor-race-abrams-kemp?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=spotlight-nl&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_spotlight_092922_1&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6730124c17c1048004ec8&cndid=31950619&hasha=f928381c17165d018c0bf4c042428f4f&hashb=2a43bdc929dc1ce4a25d4bf8543452933c28257e&hashc=ebe61e290ff5f6dab2702263b67c4c485180ab2deb59e026490fcd63c88404f5&esrc=FYL_SEG_APR18&sourcecode=thematic_spotlight&utm_term=Thematic_Spotlight

It doesn’t have to be true. It doesn’t even have to make sense. Just repeat, repeat, repeat …

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/29/2125981/-Why-Do-So-Many-Americans-Believe-the-Lies-Pushed-by-the-GOP

A comment in a phone call has not worked out well for this guy.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/29/2126021/–I-hate-a-black-f-king-Democrat-white-North-Carolina-sheriff-says-before-firing-Black-staff

Some are just following orders. Others are giving orders they don’t have to carry out.

What Is the Effect of Hierarchy on Moral Behavior?

Those who call themselves “incels” haven’t been much in the news for a while. Now they’re studied.

https://www.psypost.org/2022/09/incels-exhibit-reduced-psychological-well-being-and-a-greater-tendency-for-interpersonal-victimhood-study-finds-63979

Whether or not you buy Bitcoin, it still costs you by way of the environment.

Bitcoin Is As Costly to Environment As Beef Production

Climate change even attacks history.

https://www.wired.com/story/drought-destroying-ancient-ruins/?bxid=5bd6730124c17c1048004ec8&bxid=5bd6730124c17c1048004ec8&cndid=31950619&cndid=31950619&esrc=FYL_SEG_APR18&esrc=FYL_SEG_APR18&hasha=f928381c17165d018c0bf4c042428f4f&hasha=f928381c17165d018c0bf4c042428f4f&hashb=2a43bdc929dc1ce4a25d4bf8543452933c28257e&hashb=2a43bdc929dc1ce4a25d4bf8543452933c28257e&hashc=ebe61e290ff5f6dab2702263b67c4c485180ab2deb59e026490fcd63c88404f5&hashc=ebe61e290ff5f6dab2702263b67c4c485180ab2deb59e026490fcd63c88404f5&sourcecode=thematic_spotlight&sourcecode=thematic_spotlight&utm_brand=spotlight-nl&utm_brand=spotlight-nl&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=thematic_spotlight_092922_1&utm_mailing=thematic_spotlight_092922_1&utm_medium=email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_source=nl&utm_term=Thematic_Spotlight&utm_term=Thematic_Spotlight