"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by Doctor Science Mister Doctor Science had the peroneus tendons on his left foot reconstructed on Friday. He’d managed to completely rupture the brevis tendon, and longus was in pretty bad shape. The surgeon was able to reconstruct them into a single useful tendon that is predicted to make it possible for Mr Dr to … Read more
–by Sebastian I wonder if some of the reason we are talking past each other on sexual harassment in employment is colored by true experiences that people we personally know have had with companies that dealt with things very differently. I used to work in employment law in California (an employee friendly state). I’ve thankfully … Read more
by Doctor Science I just engulfed & devoured the new book in “James S. A. Corey” (Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck)’s Expanse series, Persepolis Rising. This work begins the final three volumes of the series, and may possibly be self-contained enough to read if you haven’t read the previous volumes; I’m a poor judge. The … Read more
by wj I was intending to put up a thread like this Monday evening, on the thought that we might have something to say as events unfolded in Alabama Tuesday. But today brought something worth starting early. The election in Alabama seems to be very close, with the result hinging on (primarily) turnout, and (secondarily) … Read more
by Doctor Science Trying to get back into the swing of Wednesday book reviewing, here are some books I’ve read recently that are *enjoyable*, that made me happy and not like I’m living in a satiric dystopia. I heard about Harry Connolly’s A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark on File770, but by the time … Read more
-by Sebastian This last week was the Bridge Nationals in San Diego. So of course I went. I won a few side events (yay!) but the best moment was from an event I didn't win. Bridge is one of the few games where if you want to you can enter to compete with the very … Read more
by Doctor Science I’ve been reading a lot of books about slavery and antebellum America over the past few years, and I keep noticing how many current “conservative”, Republican economic principles were already held by Southern enslavers and their politicians. “Low taxes” was always their watchword. They were doubtful about infrastructure spending (then called “improvements”) … Read more
by Ugh Two weeks from today (or maybe yesterday, depending), The Last Jedi opens, yay! Is there anything else in the news today? Twitter seems to think so. The tax bill is horrible. Flynn is prepared to testify against Trump, Trump's family members, and other WH officials. Some say Trump ordered Flynn to contact, some … Read more