Day: August 23, 2013

Somnology! IFRL-Mindiv-Comics-Magno-2

Somnology!

Jaybird August 23, 2013

Back on track with books Eight and Nine. Any volunteers?

Kitties!

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Kitties!

Glyph August 23, 2013

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS!

The Child-Free Generation’s Hard Bargain With Capitalism IFRL-Plague-Zwinger

The Child-Free Generation’s Hard Bargain With Capitalism

David Sessions August 23, 2013

Flip through a few American newspapers and magazines, and it’s hard not to come to the conclusion...

Government and Going Through the Motions

Jason Kuznicki August 23, 2013

Just why is the new boss always the same as the old boss?

5 People Who Should Have Played Batman Instead of Ben Affleck IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-loc24

5 People Who Should Have Played Batman Instead of Ben Affleck

Ethan Gach August 23, 2013

The news that Ben Affleck has been tapped to play Batman in Zack Snyder's upcoming Superman movie...

The Price Of Citizenship (Updated) IFRL-TLC-Scenery-vlad-busuioc-116873-unsplash

The Price Of Citizenship (Updated)

Burt Likko August 23, 2013

New Mexico's Supreme Court ruled today in favor of a plaintiff who sued for violation of one...

Linky Friday #37 IFRL-Mindiv-ingeborg-gartner-grein-623509-unsplash

Linky Friday #37

Will Truman August 23, 2013

This week's links: Education, Medicine, Travel, Business, Government, Life, and World!

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…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…