TWO great jobs in History and Philosophy of Science at Sydney! Rank from Lecturer (Assistant Prof) to Assoc Prof. Particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or Indigenous knowledge systems... #HPS #STS #histstm #histsci

The Code of Ur-Nammu c. 2200 BCE. One law reads: "f someone severed the nose of another man with a copper knife, he must pay two-thirds of a mina of silver." I can see some guy trying to staunch the blood streaming from where his nose used to be yelling at the scribe: "I said a COPPER knife!"

Not to brag, but I'm apparently a robotics expert. Why else would this journal be interested in my work?

Richard Dawkins has always been a purveyor of bad ideas. Now he's clearly a doddering old man with even worse ideas. www.pinkerite.com/2026/05/rich...

Ida B. Wells's account of being forcibly evicted from the 1st class train car in 1883 when she was 20 years old.

This is the Road to Serfdom in Switzerland! First public libraries, next guinea pig ownership! The gulags are inevitable! interestingfacts.com/fact/in-swit...

For Jew who was forced to flee the Nazis, Ludwig von Mises sure did not understand the Nazis.

Milton Friedman claimed a man was "thrown into jail for selling Alka Seltzer at a price below that set by the manufacturer under so-called 'fair trade' laws." (CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM, p. 9). If ever a claim was begging for a footnote, that is it.

I bet if I were a scholar of Old English I wouldn't be pissed off all the time like I am writing about Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Life of the mind: I spent the entire morning trying to discover what legal philosopher Bruno Leoni (who?) did during WWII. I discovered nothing. This is how I spend my time, people!

All those pro-gun conservatives at that stupid dinner who now tell us how scary it was when a loon with a gun showed up can fuck all the way off.

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

The only video game I ever loved. open.substack.com/pub/boingboi...

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social has a nice piece on "respectable racism" at the Heritage Foundation. www.unpopularfront.news/p/paleos-asc...

Today in "He was still alive?" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Now what?

What if Trump blockades his own blockade? Would that work?

That Peter Thiel, democracy-hating libertarian works with neo-Nazis should surprise no one.

I'm still pissed about GHB Bush calling Geraldine Ferraro "Mrs. Ferraro" instead of "Representative Ferraro" during the 1984 VP debate. I mention it here so you can be pissed about it too.

Trump is a bigger liar than Donny Osmond was when he claimed he had "a little bit of Motown in my soul." Kids, ask your parents or grandparents.

"Despite the disproportionate attention given to the shooters’ gender identities by some of the loudest voices online, the perpetrators’ connections to extremist ideologies and subcultures were widely ignored." www.justsecurity.org/136047/no-tr...

Conspiracy 101: Trump attacked Iran to distract from Epstein. The "war" is going so badly he now trots out Melania to talk about Epstein to distract from Iran. Oh yeah, it is all comin' together.

MAHA spreads disease here in Michigan. bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...

I'm gonna head down to the sports bar drink beer and talk about Javokhir Sindarov's amazing run with the guys.

$5 Weekend books are back! Get these titles for just $5, no code required - today and tomorrow only. A portion of our sales this weekend will be donated to the legal aid of the Prairieland Defendants. pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

Something cheery and happy! flashbak.com/the-surreal-...

Pam is now scouring the want ads for "Lapdog needed" jobs. theconversation.com/pam-bondis-e...

I want a damn doctor to tell me: "Eat a bag of chips every night; that'll fix ya right up."

What could the argument of Trump's trash DoJ possibly be? I'm stumped.

More brilliance from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social www.unpopularfront.news/p/habermass-...

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Vance is clinically coo-coo for Coco Puffs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hey, what's the deal with Greenland? And Elon Musk's new political party? How about that border wall Mexico paid for? Infrastructure week?

Dementia patient gets another shiny thing. www.jezebel.com/your-guide-t...

It is really hard to be the modern equivalent of the KKK grand wizard.

Isabel Paterson to Ayn Rand. I'm surprised Ayn let the parasite/cat live with her.

Anyone who wants to hear me talk about what I do everyday feel free to listen to the @llassabe.bsky.social and I did. And thanks to her for the opportunity! www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...

It is just as much as an ancient doctrine as it is that you can rearrange the letters in "Hegseth" to spell "ignorant lying macho shithead." www.justsecurity.org/134484/hegse...

That Deneen is wrong goes without saying. But it is fascinating just how and why he is wrong this time. emptywheel.net/2026/03/20/d...

The future has not arrived, yet I am asked to leave it. My alma mater appears to be stuck in a time loop worthy of Star Trek.

I am sad to see some people I respect on this list in addition to Epstein friends, the usual racists and sexists, and a few useful idiots. The issue is simple: race science is pseudoscience and there are many excellent scholars without job out there. Why give it to someone doing pseudoscience?

Dead. And an important step toward Rushton being forgotten. cpa.ca/aboutcpa/pol...

Beyond his gutter racism, Cofnas consistently resists even approaching the modern scientific literature. He doesn’t cite, or seem to understand, the consensus among geneticists that race doesn’t exist and genes can’t explain behavior. He traffics in shallow controversy and shallow controversy alone.

Scumbags gonna scumbag.