Bal des Ardents

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by liberal japonicus Is it just me noticing the synchronicity of the No Kings protests and Prince Andrew’s seemingly unstoppable descent? The other parallel I thought of was the Bal des Ardents, which is the pic above. Too soon? Have at it.

Politics thread

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by GftNC One of my problems with the new settings, particularly since we now have a much greater frequency and number of threads (added to the short, if original size, list of Recent Comments), is that the list of Recent Posts is so short. It’s got harder to go back and check what is the … Read more

The South shall writhe again

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by liberal japonicus This New York Times panel, consisting of Jamelle Bouie, David French and Tressie McMillan Cotton, is like catnip to a cat for me. On the assumption that not everyone wants to listen to it, I’ll pull out soundbites that really hit with me. Cottem had an earlier column that is referenced in … Read more

The Return of the Boat Hook

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a guestpost by wonkie Since we’re coming up on Halloween, I thought maybe we could share stories of the weird, the creepy, the odd in our experiences. My weird experience is of being stalked by a boat hook. A boat hook, for those of you not in the know, is a long hollow aluminum pole … Read more

Weekend music thread #02 Bad Bunny

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by liberal japonicus I may be asking for trouble by doing a music post that shades into politics, but I thought it might be interesting to link to some Bad Bunny videos. Quick précis: Bad Bunny is the stage name for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a Puerto Rican DJ, rapper, actor and record producer. He … Read more

What’s up, doxx?

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by liberal japonicus In the comments, there was some discussion of doxxing, which seems like a very mutable term, so a post about it might be interesting. The term ‘dox’ comes from the 90’s hacker culture. It was originally ‘to drop docs on’, and because the hacker culture generally operated on a basis of anonymity, … Read more

Opinions on settings

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by liberal japonicus (image from https://www.boredpanda.com/vintage-soviet-russian-control-panel-rooms/) A very short post with a few questions Needless to say, no money is required. If people are opposed to the idea because they want to limit their information in the wild, no problem, but if that isn’t a problem, it appears that some sort of limits can be … Read more

From the archive: hilzoy on Avian Flu (9 Oct 2005)

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[note: One thing that I thought would be interesting would be to pull up posts from the archive and this post has been one floating in the back of my mind for quite a while. I’ve been wondering what would be the best format, and this is is my current idea, though it is not set in stone. I’ve deleted the comments, cleaned up the links (though many of them are broken, but the urls are cleaned up so you can find them on the wayback machine if you put your mind to it), and some other anal-retentive sort of stuff. Comments on the format or suggestions for other posts to put up here are warmly welcomed!

by hilzoy

It’s Pandemic Flu Awareness Week, so I thought I’d write a Pandemic Flu Awareness Post. Actually, a couple of them. This one is on general background and a few hints for personal preparedness; the next one will be on governmental responses and related issues.

 

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The Qatar that plays like butter

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by liberal japonicus Michael Cain, MVC (most valuable commenter) posted this comment in response to some discussion about the training agreement with Qatar that has Laura Loomer losing it. The request for a training facility was made in 2017, shortly after the Obama administration approved selling current versions of the F-15 Strike Eagle to Qatar. … Read more

The Mother-in-law defense

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by liberal japonicus Probably need a thread about the shutdown and all those inside baseball-y things, though I’ll be damned if I can think of anything to say. The college coach, Rick Pitino described his defense as the ‘Mother-in-law defense’, which was a full-court press that he said was based on ‘constant harassment’, and that … Read more