So earlier I was reading a WFYI article about Indiana gubernatorial candidate positions on abortion, and read “Libertarian Donald Rainwater said it’s unlikely a total abortion ban would ever reach…
pre-2026
Twitter posts aren’t essays, they’re mumbles in a crowded cafeteria
Opinion: if you’ve only posted to Twitter about it, you’re not allowed to say “I have written elsewhere about __” (doubly if you don’t link to it) With the algorithm…
Cranky about memeified economic discourse
Sometimes (often?) I think that people who blame everything bad on capitalism don’t realize that greed and oppression predate it. By a lot? I’ve been cranky about memeified anti-capitalism at…
Master passphrase resource
My password manager nudged me to update the master passphrase this week; apparently I’ve been using the same one since 2016 (!). Which definitely isn’t a best practice. Thought I…
One More Voice – a resource for Indiana voting
Check out https://onemorevoice.com/ if you live in Indiana and are eligible to vote (sorry, nibblings). They have resources for getting registered, and learning about your candidates.
Were we overreacting in February? (I don’t think so)
This isn’t about toilet paper. In February, based on advice I was seeing from early alarm raisers, I bought a bunch of canned food and ramen, and other foods with…
Thoughts the morning after the Hugos ceremony
I’ve never watched the stream of the Hugos ceremony, and that continued last night. Instead, I tend to skim twitter for announcements, look for the reactions related to winners I…
7 Word Reviews: The Old Guard
Another good violent movie for cognitive dissonance.
Disclosure on Netflix is very good
After seeing people in my feeds praising the documentary Disclosure last week, I watched half of it on Monday and finished it tonight. Powerful in so many ways, I really…
Thinking about violence in media
NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour re-aired their episode on John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, and it’s causing me to revisit my cognitive dissonance about these movies (and violent media…