Day: March 1, 2020

From CNN: California university fired 54 grad students who were striking for higher pay Love Thy Neighbor

From CNN: California university fired 54 grad students who were striking for higher pay

Jaybird March 1, 2020

CNN reports: (CNN) — Fifty-four teaching assistants at the University of California, Santa Cruz were fired after...

Pete Buttigieg Bows Out of Primary

Andrew Donaldson March 1, 2020

Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for the Democratic nomination.

About Last Night: Biden Dominates In South Carolina Joe Biden

About Last Night: Biden Dominates In South Carolina

Andrew Donaldson March 1, 2020

Well, it took him 36 years, three tries, and a whole lot of angst, but Joe Biden...

My Corona: Authorities, Bureaucracies, and the Illusions of Safety Coronavirus

My Corona: Authorities, Bureaucracies, and the Illusions of Safety

Kristin Devine March 1, 2020

I understand that COVID19 is scary. I’m not thrilled about it either. But I don’t trust these...

Sunday Morning! “Wavelength” by Michael Snow

Rufus F. March 1, 2020

This week, I got to see a 16 mm screening of Michael Snow's groundbreaking 1967 experimental...

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Thoughts on Walmart Going into Health Care

Jaybird March 1, 2020

Walmart is opening clinics. This is not a perfect thing. This is a good thing.

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Adventures of a Little Golf Ball At Home

Clare Briggs March 1, 2020

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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…