* anyone who was taking Dilbert writer Scott Adams even half seriously on his "Trump as Master Persuader" meme should perhaps read his latest post in which he endorses Hilary Clinton for the obvious reason [/sarc] that she's now sounding persuasive and may well trigger a race war in which he [Adams] would be a target for assassination.
I wouldn't be surprised if he later reveals that anyone who believed him is a victim of his own persuasive powers. The guy's just a tad nutty, and an attention seeker.
* The Boston Globe has set up a very good looking site called STAT - Reporting from the Frontiers of Health and Medicine. (I don't think it's a great name though - Googling it comes up with lots of alternatives.) And it's from there that you find an article that raises a good point relevant to recent transplant news: How do you ask grieving parents to donate their son's penis.
* The Conversation looks at the question of whether East Coast lows that caused much flooding and wave damage the last few days are expected to become less or more frequent under global warming. The answer: modelling suggests they may become fewer, but those that do come could be stronger. I don't think that's an encouraging answer. Here's a screen shot from The Guardian yesterday of the before and after situation at that Sydney beach:
Update: I think Slate is probably taking the right mocking tone in its Trump Apocalypse Watch, and this entry about his ridiculous comments on judges is good.It's annoying, but I have to keep re-assuring my kids that Trump is not going to become President.
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