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Spoiler alert: it does not. timeshighereducation.com/news/does-indi…

Sam Harris: "Of course, the boundary between Anti-Semitism and generic moral stupidity is a little hard to discern—and I’m not sure that it is always important to find it. I’m not sure it matters why a person can’t distinguish between collateral damage in a necessary war and

The Right isn't more pro-free speech than the Left. That perception is an illusion stemming from the fact that the Right currently holds less institutional and cultural power, prompting Right-wing authoritarians to feign support for free speech. However, once the balance of

As usual, Ryan McBeth has a great take re: the latest silliness from Libs of TikTok. Give it a watch. youtu.be/WjNtlTKtR7g?si…

Ben Franklin didn’t plow through dozens and dozens of French whores so that you could abide by fireworks ordinances

A senior House Democrat tells Axios: "We've all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency." axios.com/2024/07/14/hou…

Recalling Christopher Hitchens on the death of Jerry Falwell some years ago, "if you gave his corpse an enema, he could be buried in a matchbox." meidasnews.com/news/lou-dobbs…

Thank God.

Netanyahu: "For Israel, every civilian death is a tragedy. For Hamas, it's a strategy"

As a proud Kentuckian with two kids in excellent public schools, I'll step in and note that even if it's not illegal (and I suspect it is), this is highly unprofessional and inappropriate behavior. Fund students, not schools! I'll be voting yes on amendment #2.

What's extra hilarious about this is that the RX9 is explicitly designed to cause *less* loss of innocent life by shredding the target only. I suppose I'm in a third camp: super glad such weapons exist and wishing they could be used more (in lieu of explosive projectiles).

Candice Owens believes Jews occupy America and Zionists plan to kill her and anyone else that speaks about the plot. Candice. I’m a Zionist. I just want you to up the dosage for whatever antipsychotics you’re on. They’re not working.

Status: reviewing a paper on generative AI that appears to have been written using generative AI (and not in a good way).

Fellow nerds: years ago, I'm pretty sure someone posted the source code of NASA's SMALL_FORCES program (the one that was implicated in the loss of the Mars Polar Lander because we use Freedom Units, not metric). Pretty sure it was FORTRAN. Anyone know where I can find it today?

I consider Ryan McBeth to be a must-follow, and it's not just because he's a whiskey and cigar dude youtube.com/shorts/ExALitN…