In case you missed it, here are the episode summaries from the latest season of Shutdown Theater: Episode 1: THE […]
A reminder about signature drives
The signature gatherers I’ve met have essentially been day laborers. If their hustling seems desperate, that’s because they’re doing piecework. […]
In praise of The Eye of Argon
The year was 1970. The Beatles broke up. The Apollo 13 crew almost died. The US got bored with bombing […]
My position, or lack thereof, on net neutrality
As I’m writing this, we don’t know yet if the government will roll back its net-neutrality regulations. This uncertainty doesn’t […]
A word about Twitter censorship
STOP IT. I don’t care who or what Twitter’s censoring this time. I don’t care whether I agree or disagree […]
Today in corporate pseudo-charity
CNET: As technology changes the way people live and work, Google says it doesn’t want to leave anyone behind. The […]
Confidential to H.D.
If you tell a poorly-paced and unfunny joke to some random strangers at a bus stop, you shouldn’t act too […]
In Spain, an anarchist talking point is born
You know how for years now, when someone suggests that people would be better off without a coercive, ham-fisted central […]
Gab.ai takes a stand against freedom of association
Washington Post: The social media site Gab.ai is accusing Google of violating federal antitrust laws when the tech giant booted […]
The most creepifying cop-shoots-civilian story of 2017
I know it’s only September, but I don’t see this one being topped. The facts, as far as we know […]
Ray of Infamy 