2021 archive
Geeking Out 0
VirtualBox virtual machine of POP!OS with the default Gnome desktop (I loath Gnome with the fire of a thousand suns–Gnome spells “simplify” as “d-u-m-b-d-o-w-n”) on Mageia v. 8 under the Fluxbox window manager. The wallpaper is from my collection.
Old Wine, Just a New Barrel 0
At The Roanoke Times, John Kitterman takes a long and thoughtful look at the who-shot-john around critical race theory. He points out that, for persons who pay attention to history, there is really nothing new or surprising about it, except, perhaps, its name.
He also finds nothing surprising about some of the attacks being levied against it. For example (emphasis added):
I commend the entire article to your attention.
All the News that Fits, Backlash Dept. 0
Sam and his crew discuss Tucker Carlson’s white rage.
Aside:
I wish I could write “rage against the marine,” but General Milley is not a Marine.
Market Exploit(ation) 0
Vaccine Nation 0
At The Denver Post, the University of Colorado’s Seth Masket runs the numbers:
Follow the link for his thoughts on what that means.
In related news, the “Show Me” state gets shown.
Fantasy Land 0
The Seattle Times’s David Horsey recalls the film, Independence Day, and the fantasy it presented. He contrasts it with the reality of humans’ response to climate change. A snippet; much more at the link.
Horsey is not sanguine.
Nor, for that matter, am I. I fear that we are well past the tipping point.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
A school board meeting descends into chaos because white fragility can’t handle the truth (emphasis added).
Critical race theory is an academic term that has been misappropriated by mostly white conservatives (i. e., white supremacists–ed.) in the wake of the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize–winning 1619 Project as a stand-in for almost any educational discussion that might frame US history through a critical racial lens.
We are a society of stupid.
An Apt Comparison, the Art of the Con Dept. 0
Farron shares the best analogy yet.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fly the fiendly skies with politeness.
