Day: December 31, 2009

Happy New Year IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-29988706217_853692c668_o

Happy New Year

Will December 31, 2009

I hope everyone is enjoying a safe and happy holiday. At the risk of lapsing into blog-cliché,...

Against Techno-Utopianism IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-Urashima

Against Techno-Utopianism

Will December 31, 2009

A necessary dose of reality from Evgeny Morozov on Twitter, technology, and authoritarianism.

Air Libya

Air Libya

Will December 31, 2009

Here’s an incredibly funny travelogue from Graeme Wood.

Airline Security Redux IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-versailles.the-feast-in-the-house-of-simon-the-pharisee-5

Airline Security Redux

Mark of New Jersey December 31, 2009

I’ve got a half-finished post on this in the queue that is going to have to wait...

Carl Schwent on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListAmong historical figures who loved cats, I'll add Andy Warhol and his famous 25 cats all named Sam.
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025If sane people refuse to talk to Trump then everything he hears will be from inside his bubble. Whit…
Dark Matter in reply to DavidTC on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexHowever, as neither of those proposals are on the table, I don’t know why we’re talking about them.…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexPlease supply links to a few of these groups calling for sports to be mixed by eliminating women's s…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Governor Whitmer decided to commit political suicide yesterday: https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-t…
KenB in reply to Jaybird on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListThat first cat was the only one we got where the intention to get a cat was the first step of the pr…
David TC in reply to InMD on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexA lot of this comes down to whether or not one believes that womens’ equality depends in some part o…
David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexThen they’ll lose in most sports. That's completely irrelevant to the point being made here. Your cl…
LeeEsq in reply to Burt Likko on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Possibly. I think running away from Clinton hurt Gore more than it helped in the 2000 election.
Slade the Leveller in reply to Michael Cain on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListWhen I owned a house on the NW side of Chicago, there was a feral cat colony nearby. They must have…