From Matt Yglesias: Israel, Palestine, and the need for principled free speech
Israel, Palestine, and the need for principled free speech
Author: Jaybird
From The New York Times: Editors’ Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage
On Oct. 17, The New York Times published news of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City, leading its coverage with claims by Hamas government officials that an Israeli airstrike was the cause and that hundreds of people were dead or injured.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
A choose your own adventure, of sorts.
Weekend Plans Post: They Have Stopped Making My Preferred Detergent
In which Jaybird rants about progress.
From The HuffPost: More Than 400 Capitol Hill Staffers Call For Cease-Fire In Gaza
The letter was signed anonymously.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Q.U.B.E.
This weeks free games from the Epic Game Store are Q.U.B.E. and Q,U.B.E. 2, a nice little FPS puzzle game obviously inspired by Portal
Auribus Teneo Lupum: Holding a Wolf by its Ears
The situation with Israel and Gaza can’t last forever. A wolf by the ear. You can’t safely hold him. You can’t safely let him go.
Brief Aside On Cancel Culture
There has been a notable number of students and student orgs coming out and saying “HEY WAIT HEY WAIT WE DIDN’T MEAN THAT!!!”
From CNN: Israel says it is ‘at war’ after Hamas surprise attack
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his country “at war” Saturday, after Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a deadly barrage of rockets and sent gunmen into Israeli territory in a major escalation of the long-running conflict between the two sides.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Video Pinball on Sale at Costco
Costco is selling a fusion videogame/pinball machine with 10, count’em, 10 Star Wars pinball machines on it.
Weekend Plans Post: Crossing the Finish Line
Holy cow. We might have actually finished up a bunch of stuff. (Knock wood.)
From The New York Times Magazine: Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?
For most people, the new economics of higher ed make going to college a risky bet.
From NBCNews: Student loan payments restart today, forcing borrowers to take on more debt and put off saving for retirement.
“It’s really, really scary. We are going to be living on the brink,” one borrower said.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Marvel’s Avengers – The Definitive Edition
The studio was stuck between making things right for the players and making things right for the Venture Capitalists…and everybody lost
From NBC News: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer in U.S. politics and the longest-serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90.
Feinstein, elected in 1992, was a vocal gun control advocate who often sought common ground with Republicans, sometimes frustrating her more liberal colleagues.
