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The Trump Department of Justice has now lost 20 out of 20 lawsuits to obtain state voter registration information. What should a Bayesian believe about their probability of success in the future? States Control Elections… But Trump Wants...
My very first blog Today's group project opportunity in the Blaugust event is the following writing prompt: I started my very first blog on 7 December 2005, more than 20 years ago. I was a university student back then, full of optimism...
Ethan Gach, Kotaku: It’s been almost a month since Sony announced the end of PlayStation discs for new games starting in 2028, and a loud contingent of angry fans has continued to criticize the company for going all-digital. Asked about...
I've been trying to drum up some ideas for things to offer the bearblog community. I haven't been inspired to write much, but I have been tinkering a little. Well, every time I start a cool little widget or site add-on, I catch myself...
It popped into my head to wonder about the origin of the titular phrase: did it ascend to antiquity? Was its origin in the Greco-Roman classics, the Bible, ancient Sumer? Imagine my surprise when I turned to the OED (s.v. ox, entry...
“Reagan in the Machine”
I’ve posted the next story in my Supernatural Writings of Stuart Palmer project. In The Red Curse of the Mummy, Ted Orchards joins a family friend, Professor Beames, on an expedition to the Valley of the Kings. The object: to unearth the...
The final Minitel hack, Minitel 2 but no lulz, Shopping, Disc space.
Gita Jackson: I Am Here To Defend The Noble Action Movie From The Classicist Emily Wilson. Wilson being the most recent translator of the Odyssey and also the author of this takedown of Nolan’s movie, confusingly titled The Odyssey ⊕...
British society underwent a seismic change during the 1960’s, and this was reflected in the output from our film industry. Between 1959 and the mid 1960’s, a series of bold and fresh films began to be made which switched focus from the...
Here at MPorcius Fiction Log we are reading a 1965 edition of the 1953 collection E Pluribus Unicorn by Theodore Sturgeon, the man who brought you such bizarre utopian visions as "If All Men Were Brothers Would You Let One Marry Your...
Eighteen months ago, I wrote in review of Being John Malkovich: The worst thing a piece of comedy can do is, in the process of not taking itself seriously, forget to take its characters seriously. This film is deeply funny, and deeply...
If I could travel back to 11/25/64, the day I turned 13, to talk with myself, I’d warn him about the dangers of reading science fiction. In the Fall of 1964, I became addicted to science fiction after discovering Robert A. Heinlein. I...
A combined birthday and anniversary celebration involving several pints of Wye Valley Brewey’s excellent "Butty Bach" put paid to any ideas of a morning session yesterday. I was a knackered after the previous two early mornings anyway,...