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It's been a while since I last discussed something personal in this column. The reason is not that I changed my mind with respect to being open and freely share my ideas, experiences, and personal life things here- I have long argued that if a blog is ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 14 2018 - 6:37am

Predictions! For 2019 In Science and Technology.

P redicting the future is an inherently risky business.  However, based on available data there are a few things we can say will or likely will happen in 2019. Ranging from astronomy to physics and technology here are my three predictions.  These are base ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Dec 18 2018 - 12:28pm

Bali Travel Report

As useless as this post may be, I wish to write here a few impressions from my trip to the island of Bali, Indonesia. Why, this is my blog, not a newsletter. So it makes perfect sense to use it as a receptacle of my free-wandering thoughts and experiences, ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 28 2018 - 4:01am

GameStop Transgender Meltdown: Self ID Is Visual ID. UPDATE The Transwomans Interview

U pdate: Comments from the gentleman who took the video and a different trans lady with an interesting take on the whole incident. Video showing a self-identified transgender woman having a moment after being misgendered has gone viral and this raises som ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 8 2019 - 12:35am

Kevin Hart, Must Apologize. There Are Gay Jokes, Then There Is Hate Speech. A Scientist Opinion

O n Kevin Hart, Eddie Murphy could show him what an apology for past anit-gay jokes looks like.  Eddie Murphy managed to do this  in nineteen-hundred and ninety-six.  Kevin Hart never ever did apologize at all. ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 5 2019 - 11:10pm

Organic Consumers Association Sponsors Anti-Vaccine Meeting With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

In 2011 I wrote a book with Dr. Alex Berezow of RealClearScience in which we noted the common cause among the anti-vaccine, anti-energy, and anti-GMO communities. They shared common beliefs about distrust of science and I made a challenge; I said if I drew ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 12 2019 - 9:20am

New Office

As the regulars here already know, I am an employee of the INFN. This is the "Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare", which translates as "National institute for nuclear physics", a slight misnomer of historical origin, as the institute ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 27 2019 - 12:50pm

'Apollo 11' Documentary- Review

If you are in a hurry, I will save you some time. Do not walk, fly at 20,000 MPH to your nearest theater or Fandango or however you get IMAX tickets and see "Apollo 11." I want to be the first to congratulate Todd Douglas Miller on his 2020 Acade ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 1 2019 - 11:23am

Farmers Flee From Organic Consumers Association, Who Then Slash Funding To Their US Right To Know Subsidiary

The Laura and John Arnold Foundation was created by a hedge fund magnate to devote some of their Wall Street wealth to education reform, public pension reform, criminal justice reform, dietary policy, and improving reproducibility in science.  Those are al ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 14 2019 - 5:11pm

Home And Heroes: My Speech For The North Penn-Liberty High School Class Of 2018

On Saturday, June 2nd, 2018, I gave the commencement speech for the North Penn-Liberty class of 2018, 35 years after I graduated. While much has changed, the basic challenges young people will face have not. A number of attendees asked me for a copy and I ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 27 2019 - 11:58am