The 'Crisis of the Humanities' is Over — And That's Not A Good Thing
Public education is one of the most amazing things we've built as humans and the feudalists and fascists are trying to take it away.
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» On SFWA’s generative-AI surveyOn SFWA’s generative-AI survey – Lorem Ipsum
Jed asks some good questions.
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
All about deciding who gets to say what.
They were not defending a universal right to freedom of speech; they were defending a right to monologue.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
Seattle-area Somali community on edge after Trump lashes out
Total culture of fear. It stinks.
25 Things to Say to Your Children | Cup of Jo
I like a lot of these
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Five: Groundhog Day
An all time favorite.
The North Pole Has Suffered a Data Breach
Dear Valued Child,
This letter was slipped into your stocking to inform you that we recently identified a breach of our North Pole Magic Systems (N...
2025 will be remembered for what Apple didn't deliver
2025 was supposed to be the year of Apple Intelligence. Well, there's always next year.
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
"independent and contrarian thought" really just means "we get to say it"
‘Tax the rich’ may be reaching a boiling point in WA
For once Westneat is probably right.
Opinion | Why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Endures
Takes a turn in the middle but some good points.
AWS re:Invent keynote: Matt Garman bores, then thrills
Not surprised Corey doesn't like the name.
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
This has always been the case. I'm not sure yet where this fits in.
An emerging threat as WA flooding continues: saturated levees | The Seattle Times
As the flooding drags on in Washington, a key piece of infrastructure holding the waters back is weakening.
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
It is ethnic cleansing and we should say so more often.
How to read a poem — Harvard Gazette
Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young.
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
Seems bad
Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
So stupid.
Should U.S. be worried about AI bubble? — Harvard Gazette
It depends, says Andy Wu, on how much risk investors, vendors take on, but Big Tech seems well insulated.
The Secrets of Sega Channel: VGHF recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and more) | Video Game History Foundation
Our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel — including over 100 new Sega Channel ROMs.
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Thirteen: Raiders of the Lost Ark
You can really see how Scalzi got his start as a film critic.
Thought of the Day – What is a Trad RPG?
Much like the word “immersion,” the term “trad RPG” is one that I’ve lately seen confusing conversations more than illuminating them.The key thing to understand is that “trad RPG”
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
Just not fit for purpose.
Oh No, a Tech Company is Buying a Movie Studio
I think this is mostly right except about AI as a democratizing force
Because it's silly in 2025 to think that every movie should play in a movie theater first – let alone for months at a time.
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
This is almost exactly the design my parents had
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again
It's going to be more like lead I think.
I’m Robert F. Kennedy and I Hate Your Kids—I Mean, Um, Vaccines
🙃
Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
Pretty interesting stuff, especially the funding angle. I wonder if Apple is just way off with Metal.