Day: May 28, 2013

Mental Hacks for the Modern Worker IFRL-Plague-Karachi

Mental Hacks for the Modern Worker

Mike Dwyer May 28, 2013

As readers know from my previous posts, my career has been a state of flux as of...

Droning Blind: Reactions to Obama’s Global War on Terror Speech IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426222

Droning Blind: Reactions to Obama’s Global War on Terror Speech

Ethan Gach May 28, 2013

If you’ll forgive the lazy pun I’ll return to the regularly scheduled links tomorrow. For now, before...

Jacobinning IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.variations-in-pink-and-grey-chelsea-18u

Jacobinning

Elias Isquith May 28, 2013

I’ve got a new post up at Jacobin that y’all should check out.

On Conservative Strawmen IFRL-NaPP-Space-P06-Technicians-Wanted-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

On Conservative Strawmen

Dennis Sanders May 28, 2013

I’ve never really understood Michael Tomansky’s role at the Daily Beast other than to write screeds about...

Voter Fraud Wheels A’ Spinning IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.llyn-y-cau-cader-idris-70

Voter Fraud Wheels A’ Spinning

Tod Kelly May 28, 2013

I noted last summer how massive attempts to confront “voter fraud” were actually an example of the...

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…