Published on http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com My thoughts were feverishly gestating. I here pen a précis of that to which I refer, attempting to bring to reasonable account what in... Read more
Published on http://www.popmatters.com It’s the Twitter Olympics. Like? Dislike? The live feeds aren’t there or aren’t good, or, they’re spoiling the excitement of the evening TV replay. I’m... Read more
“The Singularity is a common matter of discussion in transhumanist circles. There is no clear definition, but usually the Singularity is meant as a future time when societal, scientifi... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ Neoliberalism makes the 2012 election an election unconcerned with the brief we should be making. It cannot therefore be consequential as a beginning tow... Read more
Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist (2011) has so far reached a $25 million return compared to about three times that amount by The Descendants. (1) Alexander Payne’s The Descendants (2011) won... Read more
Let’s try to get a grasp on where Facebook stands in terms of that super old-school term, “reality.” Your plight is this: You can’t get to any objective truths that m... Read more
But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days. [...]
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect. [...]
At a pomp-filled state funeral, mourners paid tribute to Mr. Carter and argued that he was a more successful leader than many remember. “It’s time to redeem his presidency,” a former aide said. [...]
The decision threw out the administration’s proposed regulations, which prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. [...]
The president-elect had said the Russian leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin stopped short of that, saying it could only happen after he takes office. [...]
Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity by the technology industry. [...]
