Author: Jaybird
From the Wall Street Journal: California’s Gavin Newsom Favors Gun Suits Modeled on Texas Abortion Law
From the WSJ: California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he wants to create a path for private citizens to sue gun manufacturers, sellers and distributors in the state, modeling his proposal after the legal framework...
From The Guardian: Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup
From The Guardian: Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows turned over to the House select committee investigating the 6 January Capitol attack a PowerPoint recommending Donald Trump to declare a national...
Saturday Morning Gaming: Fights In Tight Spaces
Imagine if they took the Captain America: Winter Soldier elevator fight scene and made a video game out of it. Yeah. It’s Fights in Tight Spaces.
Obsolete Philosophy: Paradox in the Baroque Mindset
Throughout the Baroque, there are many paradoxes, so many, that it could be said that paradox is a defining characteristic of it
Weekend Plans Post: Beginning the Silly Part of the Season
Tempo at work begins to slow, time to start thinking about Christmas shopping.
Unless…
Mastermind of Racist, Homophobic Attack of Jussie Smollett found Guilty of 5 of 6 Counts by Jury
Found Guilty on 5 of 6 counts of Felony Disorderly Conduct
From NPR: San Francisco moves to delay its cannabis business tax to give legal dealers a boost
City officials in San Francisco want to delay the imposition of a tax on lawful recreational cannabis businesses to help them compete with illegal marijuana dealers.
Saturday Morning Gaming: A year of Cyberpunk (plus some VR!)
The mod community has done more than CD Projekt.
Weekend Plans Post: The Chauffeur’s Domino Mask
Noticing something, remembering something, researching something.
Friend of the site Gabriel Malor live-tweets the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
A great thread that covers (dispassionately, as far as I can tell), the oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health.
Rafael A, Mangual compiles list of cities with record homicide rates in 2021
Rafael A. Mangual has compiled a list of stories from multiple media sources regarding the murder rates of multiple cities hitting either record homicides or the largest homicide rates in decades. The entire thread...
Obsolete Philosophy: Stoicism and Judaism
If I were to rewrite it, I’d probably hammer on Stoicism, Early Christianity, and Judaism instead of squashing everything together.
The Eleventh Annual Mindless Diversions Unsolicited Shopping Guide
Eleven (!) years of unsolicited recommendations. But, seriously, this year looks better than last year by a darn sight.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Steam Sale Is On!
They don’t make them like they used to. Now they’re on sale! The Steam sale is here, and some old favorites are back for pennies
Saturday Morning Gaming: Wandering through Pierre the Maze Detective
Remember the maze books at the Scholastic Book Fair when you were a kid? Well, Pierre the Maze Detective is a video game version of the books you remember.
Kyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty On All Counts
Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all five counts he faced for the shooting of three people.
Weekend Plans Post: Extrovert Overload
After a couple of years of quarantine, it’s good to see friends again.
From CBS: Jury Selection Begins Tuesday In Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial
Jury selection begins this week for the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.