Category Archives: Blog stuff

“Everyone should watch television with the captions on, in almost all situations, even if your hearing is not an issue. I started doing it a few years ago and it has improved my viewing experience a lot.” “The Bat-Signal wouldn’t … Continue reading →

“Pope Francis’ Response to Ukraine Has Tapped Into One of Catholicism’s Deepest Conspiracy Theories“. Gotta say, as a deeply cultural Catholic, I only knew the very top level of this one. “There is not a huge gap in the ideological … Continue reading →

This oral history of Galaxy Quest is from 2014, but it’s also the best thing I read this week, so here you go. “Dowsing for the dead is not exactly endorsed by scientists or forensic experts. But it is a … Continue reading →

“Giant Spiders From Asia Are Poised to Invade the U.S. East Coast”. Go home, 2022, you’re drunk. “Meet ‘Super Mario’, the man who’s lived on cruise ships for two decades”. “On May 24, 2020, as the United States passed 100,000 … Continue reading →

“First we had CDOs, then mortgage-backed CDOs, then synthetic CDOs, and then the financial system collapsed. Now, as a way to cure the financial boredom of the past decade, we’re moving toward NFT-based CDOs.” “Put simply, no one forced Jerry … Continue reading →

“The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Russian retaliation against America and its allies, which could escalate into cyber attacks on Western financial institutions and energy infrastructure.” “In 1871, Congress … Continue reading →

What’s up with all the goats on TV? “But set aside all of those Baptist and Protestant objections. The problem here is what the problem has always been with the Inquisition, that it punitively enforces a strained formulation of the … Continue reading →

“Trump’s wickedness may be too immense for the nation to absorb.” “If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? Spammers, phishers and other ne’er-do-wells are hoping you will, because they’ve long … Continue reading →

One downside of living in a warm place is that you don’t get to give cool names to snowplows. “Covid-19 vaccines for young children are coming. But it’s complicated.” “31 states have laws that allow forced sterilizations, new report shows”. … Continue reading →

The Conspiracy Chart. Helpful and comprehensive. And note what it says about the top layer. “At their imperial peak 500 years ago, the Aztec rulers sacrificed 20,000 or more people each year, some estimates suggest. By the reckoning of experts … Continue reading →

“After educating the kids on the risks of [drugs and alcohol, premarital sex and gangs], they’d invite them and their parents to evening shows, where they’d break fiery bricks with their arms and run through blocks of ice in the … Continue reading →

“There’s really no reason to object to a national ID and every reason to think it would be a great convenience.” “Actual pro-democracy reporting doesn’t simply entail writing movingly about its death. A genuine pro-democracy reporter would also write – … Continue reading →

There are a lot of musicals currently in development as movies. The CW is for sale, if you’ve got a bit of spare change for a questionably viable broadcast TV network. “The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end … Continue reading →

“Did a John Denver song get Billy Martin fired?” “It’s worse than that, really; the ethic of Jesus has gotten in the way of successfully prosecuting the culture wars against the left. If the ethic of Jesus encourages sensibilities that … Continue reading →

“Now more than ever, you need to know these 9 phrases to avoid like the plague in 2022″. “It’s a small mercy that I at least never attended an anti-abortion protest. That was a little too tacky, too “political” for … Continue reading →

“The difference in death rates from COVID between Republicans and Democrats is becoming even more striking.” “Tornadoes and the severe storms that create them are far below the typical scale that climate models can predict. What we can do instead … Continue reading →

“The thing is, though, while this type of selfish behavior is outlandish, it isn’t unfamiliar to most people; it’s a set of traits based in reality. Today, we have a name — a nonmedical diagnosis, even — for this way … Continue reading →