Tech Tuesday: Re-Thinking Recycling
So aside from metals (and organic stuff that can be composted), it doesn’t appear that we have a lot of recycling we can actually do
Monthly Archive: May 2021
DOJ Appeals Public Release of Barr Memo
The Department of Justice is appealing a judge’s ruling regarding a then-Attorney General Barr memo from March of 2019
Wuhan Lab-leak Theory Timeline
The Washington Post has a timeline on the Wuhan lab-leak theory that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Fun With Perspective In Illustration
Things like this perspective in illustration start as interesting, then make my head hurt, then make me angry.
A Contested Election…No, Not That One, The Samoan One
Sworn into office in a tent because the current office holder refuses to concede doesn’t sound too far fetched after the last few months
Requiring a Bit Of An Adjustment: Explaining the Santo Daime Church
Explaining Santo Daime as a very different type of religious practice, and perhaps expand the tent for what most would consider a religion
Things I Learned Teaching During a Global Pandemic
The big takeaway for me teaching this year has been that even in isolation, human connection is our greatest weapon in any sort of crisis
Lukashenko Crackdown Adds Airline Hijacking To List of Abuses
It appears that a high-profile critic of Belarus dictator Lukashenko was arrested off a flight that was diverted by a bogus bomb threat.
Sunday Morning! The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright
Richard Wright’s “lost” 1942 novel of guilt, exile, and spiritual initiation has been fortuitously pulled up from the memory hole. It’s no less urgent today.
Nadia G’s Bitchin Kitchen: A Requiem For Not Taking Food TV Too Seriously
Thank God for the internet, where old shows that never got their due like Nadia G’s Bitchin Kitchen live forever.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Yaga
The Baba Yaga stories were particularly striking because of how weird they were. Well, the video game Yaga takes place in the Yagaverse.
For All Mankind: A Peek Into What Could Have Been
Why For All Mankind is so arresting: it shows an America that wasn’t stagnating culturally, one willing to take risks even at great cost
Weekend Plans Post: Sitting in a basement on a Saturday night. But different.
The quarantine was rough on the gaming group. It’s the first gaming group since… January of last year? February of last year?
Fertility Rates, The Environment, Misogyny and the Fate of the Human Race
Declining fertility rate is something to be concerned about. But our power to do anything about it is extremely limited.
The Rhoden Murders: The Point-Blank Execution Of A Family, By A Family
It looked like a cartel hit, some people said. Eight people executed in the dead of night, most in their beds, and nobody heard a thing.
