Mixed reports on how they have degraded in quality and sometimes misrepresented how thorough their tests are, but still a time saver for finding higher quality options for things you want long service life from like home appliances.
Book reviews that bring in very substantive content from other relevant books are probably the type of post I find the most consistently valuable.
"0.12% of the population (the most persistent offenders) accounted for 20% of violent crime convictions" https://inquisitivebird.xyz/p/when-few-do-great-harm
There are the predictable lobbies for increasing the price taxpayers pay for prisoners, but not much advocacy for decreasing it.
Thanks I had wondered about this
Pragmatic note: many of the benefits of polyester (eg activewear wicking) can be had with bamboo sourced rayon. I buy David Archy brand on Amazon.
successfully bought out
*got paid to remove them as a social threat
For people who want weirder takes I would recommend Egan's unstable orbits in the space of lies.
Waistcoat and rolled up sleeves works in many more settings and still looks amazing.