Do Los Niños cause climatic cooling?
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By Andy May We’ve seen a lot of news stories about an upcoming El Niño,
that may turn into a so-called “super” El Niño over the next year. This
will…
T...
Waste of the Day: DOJ Did Not Claw Back Grants
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Topline: The Department of Justice had $77.5 million worth of expired grant
funds sitting in bank accounts and unavailable for use as of Sept. 30,
2025, ac...
The Games and Pleasures of Childhood
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There is nothing new under the sun. Children do not change. And French boys
haven't changed since the 17th century.
David Atlee Phillips' The Carlos Contract
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David Atlee Philips’s The Carlos Contract
November 22, 2024
By William Kelly (billkelly3@gmail.com]
David A. Phillips has written a number of important ...
10 Historical Chads Who Practiced Celibacy
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For the last decade, discourse has been dominated by the topic of incels
complaining about their lack of sex. However, little was said of the
inadverten...
Cortex #142: Scrying Your List
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Grey gets a promotion, and is trying to tame chaos. Myke gets some
important news during the recording. They also cannot resist more
discussion on backpa...
Toshiba Thrive Going on Pre-Order June 13th
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The Toshiba Thrive 10.1-inch tablet is due to go on pre-order on June 13th.
It will be running the latest version of Android thats
The post Toshiba Thriv...
RPG Menagerie: Bugbear
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Some monsters are people. It's why dungeon delvers are called "murder
hobos", it's the "murder" part. The prototypical "evil folk" is the Orc, of
course, ...
Convince Me Logic is Useful
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Reprint of a column from 2006, but, which may be still relevant. Only
since departing from the august ranks of the “brights” have I noticed a
breach in th...
Scooby Doo live action cast announced
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Netflix is trying its hand at a live action serialised adaptation of Scooby
Doo, here’s what we know about it so far: The gang is back and ready to
solve...
Rethinking the Gilded Age | Podcast Highlights
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Listen to the podcast or read the full transcript here. You have a recent
piece in Law & Liberty called “Gilded Glory.” It starts off by noting that
the ...
The Rival Theologies of Artificial Intelligence
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Recently, the Vatican and Anthropic have shown a united front on artificial
intelligence. But are they actually aligned?
The post The Rival Theologies of ...
Footprints in the Firmament is on sale now!
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Fresh boxes of both softcovers and hardcovers arrived today. If you’d like
a signed, personalized copy of my new short fiction treasury, Footprints in
the
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Remembering Mark Snow
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*Remembering Mark Snow – the Iconic composer*
By Matthew Anthony Allair
This week I am without words, I don’t know where to begin to express the
sentim...
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Hello all,
It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of our beloved
sister, Mother, and Grandmother, the individual that you all knew ...
Cover Boy
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Hot damn.
I'm a cover boy.
An ESQUIRE cover boy!
(On the Chinese edition of ESQUIRE)
Some fun pictures inside as well. And lots of text I cannot read.
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The Top 10 Rare Comics
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Comic books have been around since the early 30s, with kids spending a dime
per comic book, it’s amazing what they are worth today in mint condition.
Who w...
Wizard Of Tarantino
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Nothing like an old-school Dave Macdowell painting to pull me out of my pop
culture slumber. Love this one, especially Dorothy as Beatrix Kiddo. Badass.
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