I say losing the Trivium, all is built on sand

classic Achilles dilemma

There is not.

This instinct will muddle history-writing forever.

It's been several years since someone told me, "owning books is elitist"

With luck they'll all show up at the same time for maximum confusion

the somnolent desk

Journalists don't just overlook math, they proudly wave the flag of deliberate ignorance if they get the chance. Arguably it's the main reason why journalism is withering as a field in an increasingly technocratic society: www.madmath.com/2018/02/is-a...

"We're very lucky they're so fucking stupid"

"It wouldn't be like going into Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Niger, Mali, Uganda, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, Kurdistan, Philippines, Kosovo, Serbia, Liberia, Haiti, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Kuwait, Panama, Honduras, Grenada, El Salvador, Nicaragua..."

"Review Ch. 1" has been thrown around a bunch times recently <koff>

Probably a spare "ungrateful" tag somewhere around here for him

but no

(so neither gop red nor dem blue)

Corrupt sex-pest pol running for mayor, backed by billionaires, endorsed by Trump, running as Independent (I)

A fine example in tonight's election results:
bsky.app/profile/pbum...

can't wait to hear what his fictional middle-road voter couple thinks about this