Month: May 2013

May Day Jukebox and Open Thread IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426259

May Day Jukebox and Open Thread

Jaybird May 1, 2013

I try to listen to this song every May Day. Unite in the comments or, hey, use...

The Right to Confront IFRL-Mindiv-brandon-erlinger-ford-1338801-unsplash

The Right to Confront

Mark of New Jersey May 1, 2013

Author’s note – I recently promised myself that I would try to get better about formatting would-be...

Fire vs. Tacky Fire IFRL-TLC-Scenery-pedro-lastra-127540-unsplash

Fire vs. Tacky Fire

Jonathan McLeod May 1, 2013

Always keeping up with the hot topics of thirty years ago, Canadian icon/embarrassment Don Cherry made news...

Trouble Making IFRL-Plague-Steampunk

Trouble Making

Kazzy May 1, 2013

The older students in my school are currently doing some writing assessments. One of the prompts 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…
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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…
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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…