• The Democrats’ Cult of Pragmatism (New Republic) The pragmatists claim that they can “get things done”.  They don’t.
• A Warning: The Medieval Reenactment “Society for Creative Anachronism” (SCA) is a SEX CULT (Barnhardt) It appears that I have been going to the WRONG SCA events.
• Age-Specific Mortality During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Unravelling the Mystery of High Young Adult Mortality (PLoS One) “We report a peak of mortality at the exact age of 28 during the pandemic and argue that this increased mortality resulted from an early life exposure to influenza during the previous Russian flu pandemic of 1889–90.”
• Irish planners reject Trump golf resort’s plan to build wall (The Guardian) The Schadenfreud is delicious.
• Did RuPaul just announce he has a fracking empire on his ranch? (The Guardian) Yes, RuPaul’s ranch is primarily a fracking site.

Have some SNL parody commercials: