Dr. Joe Krulder

Sir William Petty, wrote “Political Arithmetic” during the 1670s, published in 1690. New? His insistence that empirical data must be the foundation for policy-making. Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics goes against three and a half centuries of this practice #Skystorians

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife to the English Diplomat to the Ottoman Court, witnessed smallpox inoculations at Istanbul in 1717, a city she claimed was healthier and larger than London. Montagu was so taken by the procedure that she had her children inoculated. 🗃️#18c

🗃️ Most may not know that Indiana led the resurgence of the KKK in the 1910s 1920s and 1930s. Indiana! Not the South. So, the continuity here should not surprise

I made a collegiate career of scaffolding reading skills. Prior to AI, many students arrived unable to “interpret,” unsure of their own abilities and voice. AI fills that void, that search for the instant “right” answer, though, inhibits deep thought and their humanity #sigh #AI

Seems appropriate … considering the times

In a Scott’s Valley coffee shop and struck by these racks. I mean, nice . . . but . . . who would pick up a book or a magazine when the mighty mobile phones are at hand? Literally. #DepthsOfOurCulture

The USA’s support of authoritarian dictators has a long and storied history since before the Spanish American War. It just seems “different” this time.

Nothing like ignoring a major cause to the Great Depression and the 1988 global financial debacle 👀 - www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

Thinking : all these unqualified nimrods put into posts - and the only justification that I can think of is that they do not need to be qualified since the same people who back Trump are the same folks who force-feed AI upon us all. They’ll just follow whatever the machine says to. God save us all.

The species, Homo sapiens, is like any other in that it will find its environmental niche, grow, but then grow some more. Eventually, that habitat will be taxed beyond repair and can no longer support the niche and the whole thing collapses. How Malthusian!

Nick Bilton responds to the “60 Minutes” staff after a tense Monday morning meeting - - “… enjoy the bagels.” How to kill journalism in 3 words? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/b...

But are they voters?