The politics of beagles

In 1954, Time magazine published a short article about the University of Utah using beagles in research to determine the dangers of radioactive material over a lifetime.

At a kennel dubbed “Beagleville,” 450 dogs had been injected with graduated amounts of radioactive material, including plutonium and radium. “These elements accumulate in the bones and bombard tender cells with damaging alpha…

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Prediction Markets Are Eroding Our Civic Soul

The odds are 100 percent that the further infiltration of prediction markets into the public square and political decisions is going to make our lives worse. Recently announced partnerships—Polymarket with Substack and X, and Kalshi with CNN and the Associated Press—have created the conditions to incubate the worst existing trends in society: reality mediated by markets, screens, and…

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