Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025

On this day in 1906, Mount Vesuvius erupted. Again.

There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page.

This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the people who go to the comments to read up on the thoughts of the commentariat for the original essay and now we’re talking about some other guy’s links.

So!

The intention is to have a new one of these every week. If you want to talk about a link, post it here! Or, heck, use it as an open thread.

And, if it rolls off, we’ll make a new one. With a preamble just like this one.