In fact, a bit of the old led top October blogging by readership in the top two spots.
In No. 1, an old Shrub Bush era story, about the, er THE Dallas Morning News, aka the Snooze, pivoting right on its suggestions for Shrub's second-term Cabinet. I have no idea why this started trending; there's no comments on it, so no latent Chinese botting or something.
No. 2? Let's quote the title for the link. "Yes, the bible is anti-gay, contra deniers." And, I know exactly why this one is trending. I posted it to the AcademicBiblical sub-Reddit last week related to a discussion there and it took off. And, yes on "bible" as lowercase. House editorial style rules and this secularist lowercases it.
No. 3? Not old, but a September post still catching eyeballs about coronavirus "vaccine losers." Specifically, it dives into the relative ineffectiveness of mRNA boosters while discussing part of the issues on why we don't have non-mRNA boosters.
No. 4? Again, the title: "What's next for Tulsi Gabbard?" I speculated that with the Mises Caucus now in control, it would not be totally surprising to see her do a 2024 Libertarian presidential run. That said, since I wrote that, she's now endorsing nutter Rethuglicans like Arizona election denialist Kari Lake.
No. 5? Fresh from the second half of last month. My take on the Congressional Progressive Caucus' graven cave-in to Warmonger Joe and the Democratic establishment on Ukraine. Way to make Tulsi look halfway right.
No. 6? Fresh from last week and trending again as some people attack Pro Publica's credibility on it, ignoring that it was co-written with Vanity Fair, which has done its own previous work on the subject. "The subject" would be the lab-leak hypothesis on COVID. The story, and my blogging about it, is the minority report from a Senate committee, whose ranking member, Richard Burr, is generally NOT a wingnut. But, some of the pushback to the piece, and claims of its inaccuracy in spots, certainly appear to be tribalist in motivation.
No. 7? Back to something almost as old as the bible as anti-gay piece. This is one I wrote long ago about Michael Shermer and Barbara Ehrenreich being pseudoskeptics in some ways. Maybe her relatively recent death got it popping up in searches. Or maybe he dropped his trousers again and I haven't heard about it yet.
No. 8? A second COVID-related piece, wondering if we are at least starting to transition from pandemic to endemic. (I give a cautious "yes" answer, while throwing a bit of shade at the likes of Walker Bragman.)
No. 9? File this under "calling out environmental neoliberals." Nuclear power is not, and more importantly, cannot be allowed to be, part of the "answer" on climate change.
No. 10? Contra Perry Bacon cashing Team Blue checks at the Bezos Post, it, the election, is partly based on inflation. Yea, gas prices themselves dropped shortly after I blogged about them rising, because Warmonger Joe released more reserve oil. But, there's little he can do about thin diesel supply spiking prices there.
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