I saw the second half of Wicked this weekend and I think it is a (unfortunate) love letter to the “(so called) importance of propaganda, misinformation and fascism”.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I saw the second half of Wicked this weekend and I think it is a (unfortunate) love letter to the “(so called) importance of propaganda, misinformation and fascism”.
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
FBI Director Kash Patel ends a training and intelligence-sharing partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, accusing the organization of spying on conservative groups.
Medieval and Early Modern thinkers found it intuitive to the point of obviousness that if something created you and has lots of power over you it has a moral right to rule you. This entailed God's authority over creation and the authority of parents over children. I do not at all see why it follows.
August 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medieval and Early Modern thinkers found it intuitive to the point of obviousness that if something created you and has lots of power over you it has a moral right to rule you. This entailed God's authority over creation and the authority of parents over children. I do not at all see why it follows.
The Demon, as Maxwell had posited him, was only hypothetical. But if the system were to be modified slightly so that the Demon could write down the data and then erase it, he would be doing something very close to sorting messages from noise, and delivering only the messages. A kind of postal system
June 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Demon, as Maxwell had posited him, was only hypothetical. But if the system were to be modified slightly so that the Demon could write down the data and then erase it, he would be doing something very close to sorting messages from noise, and delivering only the messages. A kind of postal system