From Pine View Farm

April, 2023 archive

A Tune for the Times 0

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The Lake Effect 0

David debunks de bunk.

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The Contraband 0

Two children walking down a road past a sign reading

Via Juanita Jean.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” fails to ensure that his weapon is empty before “cleaning” it.

Aside:

I have become convinced that, in gun nut world, “clean” is code for “fondle.”

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Vaccine Nation 0

Rebecca Watson discusses the campaign of Robert Kennedy, Jr., a long-time anti-vaxxer, for the Democratic presidential nomination. An excerpt:

But Donald Trump proved that we absolutely cannot sit back and assume someone is too ridiculous to win the presidency.

. . . or you can read the transcript.

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Decoding de Code 0

The Detroit Free Press’s Keith A. Owens decodes de code of de day: “anti-woke.” The short version: it’s a war against history and fact. Here’s a bit from his article:

. . . the attempt to protect the people from the threat of fact-based intelligence isn’t just going on in Florida, it’s a Hail Mary arcing across the entire country promoting the desperate MAGA belief that if they can just turn out the lights in America’s classrooms fast enough, maybe the kids won’t realize they’re sitting in a dark room. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll stop being woke and become convinced it was always that way.

The entire piece is worth your while.

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Facebook Frolics 0

Falsified frolics.

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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QOTD 0

Ed Asner, in the voice of Lou Grant:

There are times in life when being a man means making an absolute ass of yourself.

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The Diddle, Reprise 0

Hegemony Now authors Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams discuss how financialization took over our economy and turned it into a casino for the uber-rich.

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On the Voyage to Florida . . . . 0

Caption:  Steamboat Willie in the 1920s.  Image:  Mickey Mouse piloting a Steamboat while thinking,

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Republican Family Values 0

Roy S. Johnson marvels at the petty cruelty directed towards young trans “influencer” Dylan Mulvaney by the party of mean for the sake of mean. A snippet:

This week, the bigots aimed their lip gloss at Maybelline, the makeup giant. Someone dug deep enough into Mulvaney’s social media to find a reel of her using the company’s products for a makeover.

I mean, really. Bigots must be out there livin’ large if they have time for this.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Show politeness to our animal friends.

Remington said that the horse was shot around 10:40 p.m. Saturday. He believes the shooter targeted the horse with a pistol.

“Somebody pulled up on the side of the road and shot him,” he said. “I’d love to ask them ‘What in the world were they thinking?’ and then let them go to jail for it.”

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A Political Hack(er) 0

I must say, I find this analogy to be quite en pointe.

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Courting Disaster 0

At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison catches a whiff from a sty.

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The Disinformation Contagion 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Paul Thagard discusses several strategies for protection ourselves from mis- and disinformation. In this time of fake news and news fakers, both professional and amateur, his piece is a worthwhile read. Here are a few of the strategies he suggests; follow the link for the rest.

      1. Spot pieces of misinformation by noticing that they contradict what is already well-known.
      2. Locate the source of the information and determine whether it has a track record of spreading lies or truths.
      3. Examine the motives of the source. Does it care about the truth, or is it simply furthering its own ends? Motivated reasoning is a major cause of misinformation.

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QOTD 0

Friedrich Durrenmatt:

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

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Geeking Out 0

I do likes me my purty pictures.

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That’s Mageia Linux v. 8 with the Fluxbox window manager.

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All the News that Fits 0

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The Diddle 0

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The News Recycle 0

Man watching Fox News.  Frame One:  2011, Fox fires Beck.  Man says,

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