Blogger and Jeopardy contestant.
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
on Next Throughput: An Electronic Resistance to UnreasonThTh6: this really sounds like they just made some edits to a few genes (14?) in modern wolves, ignoring whate… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Keep what hidden? And did they try? Have you ever seen a report like this before for any sort of event? You've…
on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarWhat makes AI good at microcode is less that it's good at microcode and more that processors are now so powerf… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Maybe this is the reason sound editors are refusing to do a 2.1 mix, because they know that "can actually hear… on What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade WarWhy doesn't it exist in the United States? Was that a decision by the people who worked there to stop working…
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Yeah, it makes sense that the government would try to keep this hidden, given all of the people looking for ev… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Relatedly, man, conspiracy theorizers are so keen on finding evidence of a conspiracy that they'll latch onto… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I read the report. It would be difficult to conclude from it that COVID existed pre-December from it, given th…
How Should Democrats Handle Student Loan Payments
Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on The Young Turks “Indisputable” with Dr. Rashad Richey
Thursday Throughput: The Boys Are All Right Fertility Edition
Linky Friday: ‘Cause Ain’t No Such Things As Halfway Crooks Edition
The Politics of Survival: Putting Yourself in a Box
The Lost Art of Book Learning
On Writing of Wrongs
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
Here’s hoping the Double Jeopardy question is about Philip Rieff.Report