I never thought I would live in a country where being an academic is potentially a target on your back

[RandomNumbers]

1. There is a war on intelligence in this country.

Predating the Kirk murder, obviously.

It has only occurred to me recently that it what it is, but it has clearly been going on for a long while.

Case in point, current administration: Worm-brain is worried about vaccines, and fluoride in water ... when was the last time we had a focused national effort to FINALLY clean up lead in pipes, classrooms, and other places? Of course we aren't doing the latter, because lead in pipes is GREAT for the kind of subjugated population the reich-wing wants. But the effects of lead exposure GREATLY outweigh the effects of an occasional slight over-exposure to fluoridation (in the case of a water supply not being properly monitored).

They want us stupid, or at least behaving as if we are stupid.