September, 2023 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, an oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
We are a society of stupid.
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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Snopes unpacks (yet another) lie about vaccines.
In related news, self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk is making noises about suing the Anti-Defamation League for ” (wait for it) exercising free speech.
And we have another example that “social” media isn’t.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Michael in Norfolk points out that history matters.
Recommended Viewing 0
Monarch of the Glen. It starts off kind of slow, but rapidly becomes an absolute hoot.
It’s currently available on tubi and possibly other streaming services.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” has come full circle.
The Republican Party has become the party of the Secesh.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mitch Abblett explores the seductive power of the algorithm, as it trains us to keep looking at “social” media feeds for the next little thrill. He calls it “nexting.”
Here’s a tiny bit, in which he explains how dopamine turns us into dopes:
Follow the link for some suggestions as to how to reclaim your life from the algorithm.
QOTD 0
Alison Golden, in the voice of Inspector Graham as he takes notes with a pencil and notepad instead of a tablet:
It was easy to appear a dinosaur these days if you hadn’t handed over the running of your life–and the basic duties of your profession–to a couple of gadgets.
Golden, Alison, The Case of the Screaming Beauty, in The Inspector Graham
Mysteries Books 1-4 (San Carlos, CA: Mesa Verde Publishing) p.46.
Inculcating Ignorance 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun takes a look at Republicans’ campaign to erase America’s history from America’s schools. Here’s the lede:
Follow the link for the evidence.
“As the Twig Is Bent . . . .” 0
And, boy, this is one bent twig.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, once again, we see that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Vaccine Nation 0
The stupid. It metastasizes.
Details of the delusional at the link.
