31 October 2026
The Weekly Slice № 009
Welcome to The Weekly Slice, from baloney.ai, The Truth Deli!
This week’s counter is stocked with claims about public office, citizenship, loneliness, and the climate—some neatly trimmed, others carrying rather more mystery than meat.
Still hungry? The week’s reading is Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.[1]
This week’s baloney
Food for thought
Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · introductory
Five editors chose this as the week's reading after the panel cited it on claims #1137 and #1135. It is a committee synthesis from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Consensus is slow by design. On a fast-moving question the most recent evidence can postdate the report, and a consensus position is a synthesis of evidence at a moment, not a permanent ruling. Committee membership is public and worth reading: who was in the room shapes which questions the report treats as settled.
Worth knowing about the source. Consensus is slow by design. On a fast-moving question the most recent evidence can postdate the report, and a consensus position is a synthesis of evidence at a moment, not a permanent ruling. Committee membership is public and worth reading: who was in the room shapes which questions the report treats as settled.
Read it at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine →
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