“A scathing takedown can be cathartic, thrill-inducing, or necessary—sometimes all at once. But with the collapse of monoculture and the rise of social media, the critiquing game has changed.” Scalzi has some thoughts on this as well.
“There are only three sure things in life. The first is death. The second is taxes. And the third is that in any discussion of the second, someone will inevitably be confused by the matter of marginal tax rates.”
I for one still use RSS. Whatever problems it may have had with its development, it’s convenient and gives me control of what I want to read.
“Violence in America has declined so much that I feel like I’m living in a different country than the one I grew up in.”
“Rural Western states that voted for President Trump are disproportionately affected by the government shutdown”.
Answering questions you didn’t know you had about The Jetsons.
“The first question to ask yourself when absorbing this story is, what does it mean for a president to be working for Russia, and against the United States?”
“The skills gap is fixed, because there was no skills gap”.
RIP, Mel Stottlemyre, longtime Yankees pitcher and pitching coach for both the Yankees and the Mets.
“It was about Russia. It was always about Russia. Full stop.”
“This week marks the midway point of Trump’s term. Like many Americans, we sometimes find the velocity of chaos unmanageable. We find it hard to believe, for example, that we are engaged in a serious debate about whether the president of the United States is a Russian-intelligence asset. So we decided to pause for a moment and analyze 50 of the most improbable, norm-bending, and destructive incidents of this presidency to date.”
“So here’s a question that should be posed to Trump: Why did you repeatedly assert that Russia was not attacking the United States after you were told by US intelligence experts it was?”
RIP, Carol Channing, legendary Broadway performer best known for Hello, Dolly.
“National parks face years of damage from government shutdown”.
“Steve King Was Saying Insanely Racist Things Long Before Republicans Decided Enough Was Enough”.
Are bike advocates selling out if they work for Uber or Lyft?
From the “I may have committed some light collusion” department.
RIP, Rita Vidaurri, Tejana music legend.
What you need to know about that password megabreach you may have heard about.