The Saturday Link for 8/2/25

Okay, I missed the Friday Link.  Guilty as charged. 

This year has been a freaking nightmare.  I think yesterday morning, when the truth came out about the jobs numbers in May and June, that they were falsely inflated to make Trump's economic policy look better than it was, I broke down. When the revisions for May and June came out with July's paltry numbers, someone didn't get the 'Lie for Trump' memo, and the truth came out. The whole firing of the numbers person has FAR more to do with trying to cover up the Trump Administration's initial lies when the job numbers came out, versus correcting any wrongs they insist they were never part of.

I'd had it. That was before Trump decided to start moving nuclear subs around to avoid the Epstein Files/bad job number talk.  I took the day and gladly did not look back.

This has been a really tough week for a lot of people.  I've had to become a counselor to a number of stressed-out friends over the last year and requests for me to tell people 'it's going to be all good in the future' skyrocket this week.  I had already taken a break from the WTTD threads, but I feel the need to get back to work.

Trump wants us to be depressed and submissive.  That's the only way he works. I took a day, and now here we go.

The first video is fascinating.  Hank Green's science-heavy discussions on certain topics are great, and I highly recommend following his channel. This week he talks about the evolutionary changes fish had to make to get on dry land, and it really is remarkable. Of the many evolutions that happened, he has one which he is positive was the most important. 

Another thing he does is explain how these evolutions happened, where usually some type of cell in a fish's body reinvented itself in a bizarre way to allow for a new adaptation.  See for yourself. 

Also, funny but with science, True Facts comes at us with the story of how crickets became the loud ones in the animal kingdom! 

Finally, some hope for you. In dark times, good people rise.  Texas State Rep. James Talarico came out swinging.  

As weakling Democrats cower and throw transgender people under the bus, insisting we should allow their rights to be diminished because 70% think they participate in sports is wrong, Talarico gives the response that should be the first thing out of our mouths when the HATE RIGHT attacks.  

You have to click on the link for this one. It's quick and it's worth it. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/i-FvSqPsMkA?si=VN-OrHdGYzJR3uGE

Have a great rest of the weekend!