Day: May 20, 2013

Hegel on the Playground IFRL-TLC-Scenery-filip-gielda-471559-unsplash

Hegel on the Playground

Conor P. Williams May 20, 2013

It is hard having children out-of-step with your friends. Ten months ago, you were down to hit...

A call for prayers and good wishes to OKC IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-ponte-delle-torri-spoleto-308

A call for prayers and good wishes to OKC

Tod Kelly May 20, 2013

By now probably everyone knows about the devastation that wracked Oklahoma City and its suburbs, especially the...

Driving Blind: Cthulhu, Piracy in Real Time and the Enlightenment IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426237

Driving Blind: Cthulhu, Piracy in Real Time and the Enlightenment

Ethan Gach May 20, 2013

Ted Heller feels like he’s betraying someone, or something, every time he picks up his new e-reader....

No Church in the Wild IFRL-NaPP-Retro-rawpixel-id-429735-down

No Church in the Wild

Christopher Carr May 20, 2013

From BlaiseP’s recent obituary of Kenneth Waltz: Da Vinci once said “Although nature commences with reason and...

Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity IFRL-NaPP-Space-P01-Explorers-Wanted-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

Go Ahead, Vote Your Identity

Elias Isquith May 20, 2013

Give Jessica Valenti credit; she’s not afraid to be ahead of the curve. At least that’s one...

David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…