Day: November 10, 2014

A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“Cinnamon’s Wake” and “Rory’s Birthday Parties”) Gilmore_Girls_season_1_box_set

A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“Cinnamon’s Wake” and “Rory’s Birthday Parties”)

Sam Wilkinson November 10, 2014

Notes I should probably be titling things Gilmore girls since that’s the show’s official title, but I hate how...

Re-coupling Productivity and Wages: A Post-Election Bleg for the Hive Mind IFRL-TLC-Scenery-annie-spratt-1064409-unsplash

Re-coupling Productivity and Wages: A Post-Election Bleg for the Hive Mind

Tod Kelly November 10, 2014

The best post-election analysis for Democrats has come from Josh Marshall at TPM. Unfortunately, that same analysis...

Is the Advertising Fit to Print? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426231

Is the Advertising Fit to Print?

Saul DeGraw November 10, 2014

Saul DeGraw wonders about the subtext of fretting about 1 percent advertising.

The Fable of the Tenured Professor and the Bureaucrat IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-34427876715_0e59110873_b

The Fable of the Tenured Professor and the Bureaucrat

Guest Authors November 10, 2014

A fable for our times, from Gabrielle Conroy.

The Coerced Confession Project? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-SeascapeInSatta

The Coerced Confession Project?

Will Truman November 10, 2014

Did the Innocence Project stare too long into the abyss?

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…