News, goodness and great sex don't pay for themselves (6-14-23)

01:00 Doing the right thing isn't always cheap and easy
04:00 NYT: A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began., https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/business/media/eric-spofford-new-hampshire-public-radio.html
12:00 How to connect by saying it with feeling, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Vzr7mnQJ0
24:00 News never pays, https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/06/news-never-pays/
26:00 Elliott Blatt shares a poem
28:00 Elliott's been raped by car mechanics
30:00 Fatties vs addicts
39:00 Podcasts that are junk food for the soul
44:00 Parafisting relationships
46:00 Parasocial relationships, https://youtu.be/7og2_48D6FQ?t=77
1:07:00 When has a free state invaded a police state? A dozen times, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjK9U-ZVvGo
1:15:30 New Yorker: Daniel Bard Made an Improbable Comeback. Then He Had to Do It Again, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/19/daniel-bard-made-an-improbable-comeback-then-he-had-to-do-it-again
1:36:15 DTG: Interview with Mick West on UFOs and Conspiracy Psychology, https://www.patreon.com/DecodingTheGurus/

Trump stokes anger and fury, stoking anger and fury? https://www.ft.com/content/0788c2f6-bfdc-43fa-84ca-86c4e98d211c
A Chat with Nathan Cofnas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiywNnqhn8
https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/car_salesmen_different_people_different_prices/
Ganesh on DeSantis, https://www.ft.com/content/f0cf9c81-a9df-44c6-b702-1b13120d5a05
FT: The vibes theory of politics, Our ‘beliefs’ are often just unexamined tribal loyalties, https://www.ft.com/content/0ca72be9-18c8-4b9f-9dbe-27d97b9e63e6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYr_ZIDwtA&ab_channel=StephenJJames
Decoding Dennis Prager, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=148127
John J. Mearsheimer on Ukraine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-rHBRwdql8
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/24/the-ron-desantis-straitjacket-00098556
Is Gossip Good? https://www.lukeford.net/Dennis/indexp271.html
https://www.healthshots.com/mind/happiness-hacks/4-benefits-of-gossiping-that-can-keep-you-stress-free/
https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/gossip-drives-social-bonding-and-helps-people-learn
https://studyfinds.org/gossip-help-people-learn-bond/
https://positivepsychology.com/positive-gossip/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/gossip-is-good/561737/
https://time.com/5680457/why-do-people-gossip/
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/gossiping-is-scientifically-proven-to-be-good-for-us-heres-why
https://www.wired.com/story/reality-tv-saved-me/
https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/interview-with-renee-diresta-online-ecosystems-disinformation-censorship-debates
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/opinion/stem-women-gender-disparity.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/world/europe/andrew-tate-arrest-romania.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/technology/ai-photo-labels-google-apple.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/did-the-abc-throw-stan-grant-under-the-bus-it-s-a-matter-of-opinion-20230521-p5da0b.html
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/nick-fuentes/
https://fakenous.substack.com/p/tucker-carlson-the-hilarious-demagogue-b75
https://fakenous.substack.com/p/right-critique-of-trump