do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying

A wonderfully vibrant photochrome image of the University of Glasgow, created by the Detroit Publishing Company in the 1890s. The technique uses a black-and-white negative to create lithographic printing plates, which are then used to print images in various colors. #Glasgow

When you see it all in one place, it is a damning, damning score card. newrepublic.com/article/1997...

Three weeks ago I hadn't heard of Frieren. Then this his post happened. Now I am A) so glad I have been able to watch the show, which was The Good Stuff, B) planning to check out the manga, and C) irked with my network for not previously bringing this to my attention.

Call me a filthy commie but I think blowing up boats without actually knowing who or what is on them is really evil and wrong

Nothing is forgotten... nothing is ever forgotten. #RobinPrime

Reviewing non-corporate private healthcare insurance plans is a good reminder of much I loathe every Conservative government that has chipped away at public healthcare, along with all the Liberal ones that failed to restore what was depleted.

The Supreme Court of the United States is not a court of law.

The GIR abides.

Concert's just ended but you can watch the whole thing at the link.

We don't say often enough that moguls who support Trump are stupid marks who are being played for chumps, and it's obvious to anyone with two brain cells. That's a point that's worth making in any factual, objective look at their context. www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...

Said it before, will say it again: It boggles my mind that in these times WAITING FOR THE GALACTIC BUS is out of print. By the 90s I thought the satire in it would age poorly, because I thought the world was headed in the right direction. Then... we did a U-turn. Now it's super relevant again.

Nothing against OP specifically but FFS can we please stop fetishizing debate as the be all end all of policy argumentation? "Being a good debater" is a highly specialized and specific rhetorical skill that has zero correlation with the quality of the positions you're debating in favor of.

With my dying breath, I will wheeze, “Interpreting’s the talking one. Translating’s the writing one”, knowing full well that, just as in my life, no one who is not a translator and/or interpreter will take heed of these words after my death.

This entire article was a really good read for this Monday morning www.thenation.com/article/acti...

These are straight up war crimes. The fact that there isn't an immediate/immense pushback on the Trump administration is a sign of failure in all parts of the US system: from the other branches of government all the way to the people themselves. That paragraph applies to a lot of other things too.

Oxford has fallen.

Honestly if there are sniper holes in the foreheads of children, I don’t care if your own reasoning allows you to sidestep the G-word, there is no logical parsing that can justify these acts, there is no gentlemanly symmetrical warfare based on some colonial guideline, this is mass human hunting.

All I can see is the farmer from Brassic.

Was just driving by myself, at night, through the rain, and this came up on the stereo. Just the right environment.

James Stokoe makes me think of nautical painter Geoff Hunt. Not because their work looks similar, but because they are both _clearly_ geniuses, I love their art, and also when I try to imagine their process I start to think that they might be a little bonkers (complimentary).

Buried details: the 18% of kids whose identities shifted over the course of the study were overwhelmingly between binary trans and non-binary or vice versa. The number who shifted between binary cis and trans was very low indeed - out of a subset of 254, precisely *one* kid shifted in this way.

To be clear, for casual browsers here: The Economist lied about the findings of this study and then asked the anti-trans equivalent of the KKK their opinion on the research. SEGM has publicly stated that their goal is to eliminate transition--trans people--ENTIRELY. Absolutely shameful article.

“An old white woman got on the train and immediately pointed at me and told me to correct how I was sitting. I refused, so she went to the conductor and complained. The conductor called the police and stopped the train.”

what movie do you consider “perfect”?

We are soooo fucked. Canadian media is no better equipped to deal with fascism and hate than their American counterparts.

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

This piece argues we’re in not one, but three AI bubbles: 1. a financial bubble with inflated valuations, 2. an infrastructure bubble with overbuilt data centers, 3. a hype bubble where AI can’t meet its promises. Honestly, all three seem highly likely to me.

So: Fascism is bad The First Amendment is good Genocide is an actual fucking crime And also: It's appalling to be in 2025 where each of these is not, in fact, taken as part of the baseline shared reality anymore

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

In my early 20s I got in a cab in Minneapolis, and Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else was playing. I said something to the driver--a black man of advanced years--about how nice it was to hear Adderly. He seemed surprised that I recognized the piece. Then he flipped down the sunvisor, and...

BOOK RELEASE THREAD! This soup was new. Spicy and sweet. Full of dried beef. Not one of Leena’s usual. “What’d Amnandi do to get Leena to try this recipe?” “She asked.” “Ha!” Skye raised her mug of wine. “To our young, who change worlds with a simple *please*.”

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." - Frank Wilhoit ( crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l... )

If this was the Church I saw in the world, it wouldn't make me a member, but it sure would change the way I talk organized religion.

I have always believed this. No matter how strongly you feel about it, your child is not your property.

Correct, and @tnh.nielsenhayden.com has been saying much the same for years. The Ken/beach parallel is perfect.

There are several movies in here I had either completely forgotten about, or never was aware of, that I should probably see.

disney adults showing up like the end of avengers endgame

In the "before times" this would be a major scandal. Headlines for weeks. It would have a name ("BagGate"?). Jail time as climax? Now? This is normal sh*t. In fact, let's make him border czar! Corruption Nation. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

I'm pissed off. This is a new market paying $200 per story. Which ain't bad. But I just can't do it.

It shouldn't have to be an economic argument--we should want to help people who need it because THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. But if casting it as economic argument helps get the Cold Equations Bros to finally notice, I'll take it.

New blog post. :) In which I watch an old woman trying on blush in the drug store and think about what makes someone or something beautiful. theodoragoss.com/2025/09/21/r...

I love this observation, but maybe it just means I'm old.

There is a term for people who tell you to abandon your morally & logically sound principles in exchange for mass appeal; enemies.

Megyn kelly saying the quiet part out loud again

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

I refused to placate the bully. Then I refused to placate the institutions who placated the bully. Then I refused to placate the shills who placate the institutions who placate the bully. I'm still standing; the rest are down. Never placate the bully.

The sad Democratic anti-strategy since Clinton: abandon your friends to appease your enemies, who will not be appeased. Try to meet someone halfway who will definitely not meet you halfway, so you keep crawling to the shifting middle..... (All hail the other Democrats, who stand on principle.)