Archive for 2017

Don’t bite off your nose to spite your face

Republicans Scramble for a Plan. And a Clue. Obama thinks we should let the Republicans hang on the repeal of the ACA. That’ll feel good as long as you don’t think of the tens of thousands dying without healthcare and the many Americans who are paying thousands of dollars a year for health insurance they […]

Go Back | Kim Dorland

Source: Go Back | Kim Dorland There are some great Kim Dorland pieces up at the VAG right now as part of the Ambivalent Pleasures exhibit. The show has some really moving pieces that aren’t on Dorland’s website.

It wasn’t ok when Bush did it, but it was worse when Obama did

And now Trump has it. One of the more shameful aspects of the Obama presidency was watching liberals reverse-engineer reasons for why Bush-era security policies were now good, as they became Obama-era security policies. The most common rationale they landed on was the usual one about there being a tradeoff between security and privacy, and […]

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I’m moving from Bluehost to inmotion hosting. Depending on how much I fumble the process, there may be some times this site isn’t available in the next few weeks.

While you’re waiting for the bus

The War With the Fed Begins The Information War Has Begun Massive scientific report on marijuana confirms medical benefits What Happens When Algorithms Design a Concert Hall? The Stunning Elbphilharmonie I would like to go here Matt Christman on the Chaos of Capitalism. Job advice: have you considered turning the world into a sci fi […]