Posts by El Somnambulo

Births And Deaths By The Numbers: A statistician's treasure trove.  The good news?  White births can't keep up with white deaths: It’s a winter phenomenon because births tend to surge…

You Didn't Think The Supreme Court Would Stop That Texas Gerrymander, Did You? The Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily allowed Texas to use its newly redrawn, Republican-friendly congressional voting…

AYFKM?  Delaware River And Bay Propping Up ICE Airlines?  Once again, Brianna Hill has written a story that makes me angry: Public money is quietly funding a half-million-dollar annual marketing…

Absolute Corruption: Kyle Lutnick, the 29-year-old scion of his family’s real estate business, traveled in July to Amarillo, Texas, to walk a dusty tract of land with the head of…

NCC Council Debates Dueling Data Center Proposals.  Featuring 'Kilpatrick's Revenge': The New Castle County Council now faces competing proposals to regulate the emerging data center industry. On Monday, Councilwoman Janet…

Ya Wanna Be The Senate Democratic Leader?  You say things like this every day: Sen. Chris Murphy: “He wouldn’t be acting this way if he wasn’t so deeply worried about…

Big Tech Wants Your Brain.  Meaning, yes, Elon Musk wants your brain: Advances in optogenetics, a scientific technique that uses light to stimulate or suppress individual, genetically modified neurons, could…