On History and Being Doomed to Repeat It
We cannot and should not, ever allow “history is repeating itself” to mess with our heads. History cannot repeat itself in the strictest sense of the word.
Monthly Archive: November 2020
From Minneapolis Fox 9: City council approves $500K for Minneapolis police to contract more officers
In another narrow vote, the Minneapolis City Council approved the proposal that will give the Minneapolis Police Department about $500,000 to make contracts with other agencies to increase the amount of officers on the streets through the end of the year.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Post-election Intramurals Edition
It’s Intramurals for Harsh Your Mellow Monday; Team Blue’s AOC v. Joe Manchin, Team Red’s Crenshaw v. Green, Fox News v. MAGA in media, plus much more.
Like It Or Not, Remote Learning Is Coming Back
Acceptance is the place to be when it comes to school closures. It’s ugly, sudden, disruptive and messy, but it’s coming.
Sunday! “The Book of X” by Sarah Rose
This great little novel suggests that surrealism might be the only way to write about the strangeness of the human body.
But My Group Wants to Parler All The Time, Parler All The Time
Is the latest Twexit to Parler really the changing of the social media guard, or is something else going on here?
Harvesting Victory: A World War II Photoessay
The Victory Garden program created some interesting side effects, making gardening and canning hobbies many Americans continue to pursue
Saturday Morning Gaming: Zero Gravity Space Potato Puzzler
I’m playing Kosmokrats and having a wonderful time.
Saturday Spins: Rage Against The Machine’s The Battle of Los Angeles
This week the randomizer was in a bit of a mood and spat out an excellent record from my youth: RATM’s The Battle of Los Angeles
Bang!
I doubt I could get a thousand tons of uranium ore without attracting a bit of unwanted attention. In fact, it’s probably best I don’t disclose too much”
BREAKING: 2020 Election Results are In…No, Seriously, For Reals This Time
Anti-climatic as it may be, the 2020 Election has, finally, been called, and Joe Biden has won. Really. It just now happened.
The Student, The Teacher, and Zoom
We now have a chance to evaluate all the extraneous investments to design a much more effective and efficient educational institutions
Let’s Just Let This Play Out
I gave the benefit of the doubt to Gore, Kerry, and Gregoire with far less reason to believe people were out to get them than Trump has.
Book Notes: “Enemies of the Enlightenment” by Darrin M McMahon
We are children of the Enlightenment. Alas, according to this study, we are also shaped by the attacks that shaped the Enlightenment.
Weekend Plans Post: Agilely Sprinting
My workplace has recently switched to “Agile”. This has increased the number of meetings I go to dramatically.
Yes, Virginia, There Is Still A Pandemic Going On
We are in the midst of a catastrophic surge in the virus that matches or exceeds what we experienced earlier this year.
