With so much to be angry about right now this might seem petty, but one of the things I’m angriest about might be Bill Maher. I know, I know. Any energy spent thinking about Bill Maher, let alone being upset about him, is energy wasted. I’ve written about
While researching for mah book that I’m writing, I came across a preorder listing for another book that seems right up my alley. That’s a dangerous thing to happen when I’m in the midst of a book buying spree. It’s called The War on Science, and
Donald Trump did something frightening this month—stupid, absolutely, and breathtakingly irresponsible, but frightening. He gave a demonstration of the power that he unilaterally holds over the global economy. He doesn’t need weapons, just words. With an announcement on the White House lawn that he was applying absurdly high
With so much to be angry about right now this might seem petty, but one of the things I’m angriest about might be Bill Maher. I know, I know. Any energy spent thinking about Bill Maher, let alone being upset about him, is energy wasted. I’ve written about
How Geeks Ate the World is the working title of a book that I’m writing, exploring the development of reactionary movements in geek culture (media, tech, and hobbies) since the internet era, and how these movements have come to dominate real world politics in pretty horrifying ways. I will
On Wednesday, apparent president Trump did the most bizarre thing he’s done since the last bizarre thing he did and until the next even more bizarre thing which will probably happen before I publish this. He stood in the White House rose garden and gave a long, rambling, largely
Donald Trump did something frightening this month—stupid, absolutely, and breathtakingly irresponsible, but frightening. He gave a demonstration of the power that he unilaterally holds over the global economy. He doesn’t need weapons, just words. With an announcement on the White House lawn that he was applying absurdly high
I wasn’t on Twitter during the Arab Spring. It sounds like it was a big deal. Millions of people across a continent throwing off the shackles of tyranny and demonstrating for the first time the power of online organizing. It’s widely regarded to be the least shitty thing
I’ll say it in a way that is as legally unobjectionable as I can manage: I do not endorse violence but I understand why it’s happening. I’m not even talking about the type of violence that harms people. When people feel politically powerless in America it’s
How Geeks Ate the World is the working title of a book that I’m writing, exploring the development of reactionary movements in geek culture (media, tech, and hobbies) since the internet era, and how these movements have come to dominate real world politics in pretty horrifying ways. I will
There’s a longstanding myth that, I think, emerges from the near-religious dedication people express toward capitalism that anything can and should be run like a company. Run a classroom like a company! Run a household like a company! Run a government like a company! Surely the businessmen are the
For all the theatrical vandalism that Elon Musk and his groyper cohorts are wreaking throughout the US government it’s worth mentioning one of the less bombastic clowns in this carnival. Every few months the mainstream media goes into a raptured feeding frenzy over some alleged hive of far left