"This was the voice of moderation until 13 Sept, 2025"
by Michael Cain
Revisiting the topic to incorporate Pro Bono's improvements to the various bits of code found in this post. If this is the sort of competition mentioned in that post, he gets to claim the "my code is faster than your code" crown for now. It's always sort of surprising to me that pretty much every politics/culture blog I visit has its own little contingent of science/tech types. This post doesn't stand alone, it assumes you've read the previous post.
And open thread.
by liberal japonicus
Seems like we need an open thread. Below the fold is what I came to mind with Biden and Zelensky ignoring the air raid sirens. Apologies for the crappy quality and the fact that it is starts late. Was it just me?
liberal japonicus This post is a lot shorter than it should be, but going into it any deeper will have me plunge off the continental shelf. It starts with this piece interviewing Jing Tsu, a Taiwanese-American professor of Chinese literature at Yale. Despite the article's dependence on what and where the two are eating: We … Read more
by liberal japonicus Seymour Hersh reporting on who sabotaged the Nord Pipeline, from former frontpager Thomas Nephew’s FB. https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream More recently, Victoria Nuland expressed satisfaction at the demise of the newest of the pipelines. Testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in late January she told Senator Ted Cruz, “Like you, I am, and … Read more
by liberal japonicus It's been a month, but it is pretty astonishing how much s**t has coming down. A short list Desantis! Ilhan Omar! Haley! Chinese Spy Balloons! Grammys and 50 years of hip hop! Tanks in the Ukraine! AI Arms race! The links are meant only to prime the pump. Take the post where … Read more