Topic: Neanderthal

PBS commentator Jonathan Capehart defended President Biden's use of the term Neanderthal to describe the lifting of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi. Capehart argued that the focus should remain on the science of the pandemic rather than the president's language, dismissing conservative criticism as hypocritical following the previous administration's rhetoric.

A review of old notes mentions Michael Upslow and the future of malicious code, referencing Dutch publisher Elsevier and PC Magazine editor Neil Rubenking. The topic shifts to a scientific claim that Neanderthals were redheads. This leads to an observation about social discrimination against "gingers" in the United Kingdom, potentially linked to historical tensions with the Irish and Scots.