Monthly Archive: March 2022
Thursday Throughput: Distant Star Edition
The newly detected star is so far away that its light has taken 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, appearing to us as it did when the universe was only 7 percent of its current age, at redshift 6.2.
If I Gave The State of the Union
I have come here at this solemn moment to share with you the state of our union as I see it.
Wednesday Writs: Ketanji, I Barely Know Ye (But I’m Trying)
Ketanji Brown Jackson has only two cases from her time on Circuit Court of Appeals. Nevertheless, I will provide a brief synopsis of each.
A Comment on Comments
Do we always agree? No, but that’s the beauty of this. Do we agree on key points? Typically I don’t think we are as far apart as it comes across.
On Believing Republican Politicians
In three states led by Republicans, its now or soon will be legal to hunt people helping women seeking abortions, prosecute them under civil law, and be rewarded financially for that persecution.
Oscar’s Laminar Flow Theory of Elite Trolling
My theory: “Cancel Culture” is (for the most part) elites trolling the masses. What’s my evidence for this? It’s who is setting the narrative.
Sticks and Stones and Hair Loss
Two things can be true: Smith can be wrong for slapping Rock, and Rock can be wrong for making fun hair loss totally out of Jada Smith’s control
Uncensored Footage Reveals Exchange Between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars
Better footage of the incident at the Academy Awards ceremony
Mo Bitter Blues
Mo Brooks wants credit, I guess, for doing the bare minimum necessary to not be a traitorous weasel.
About That Bone, Dr Freddie deBoer
A bone to pick Not so long ago, Freddie deBoer wrote a piece titled “Please Just Throw Me a Bone with the Wesleyan Argus Controversy”, where he complained about the rigidity of people in...
Sunday! “Germinal” by Émile Zola
Germinal by Émile Zola, meanwhile, is a sort of fever dream of hell on earth that still hits hard, even if you’ve never set foot in a coal mine.
Retire and Move to Florida, They Said: Part Three: The Move
I am retired…as a result, and we are ensconced in a new house in Florida minus most of what we had worked decades to afford.
Church Shopping, Again
I am skittish about getting involved anywhere at this point. The pitfalls are myriad and various. So I’m church-shopping again.
