Is it a sin to hate your hobbies? I just got my car back from the shop. 13 fucking weeks. Thirt. Teen. Anyway, I took all my ham radios out beforehand to minimize risk. But now that my car’s back, I should reinstall them, right? Yes, I’ll reinstall them. It would be a fucking waste […]
Tag Archives: politics
Martyr
Ours is a time when we go around screaming, “Kill your gods”, but get squeamish the moment we have to kill our gods. From one direction: just how dedicated are you to your cause? From the other direction: is your cause actually worth the dedication? The structuralist would say the answer is somewhere in the […]
Interstellar Sights and Social Rights
We have the first image of a black hole, and it took a lot of computational power and cleverness to generate it. Great! Holy crap, yes! I’m proud of scientific progress! Katie Bouman and her team did an amazing job! What’s less amazing isn’t the reporting that Dr. Bouman was the technical lead on the […]
To See a Thing Clearly, You Have to Close Your Eyes
“Hey Shawn, why don’t you ever get political or express any of your opinions? Where do you stand on things?” (Said no one in particular) Well, Billy, here’s the thing: if I am ever emboldened enough to say my peace, I have to be prepared to defend my position, because someone’s going to bodycheck me […]
They That Disrupt
Made a new acquaintance this week, some young person new to the cafe. Joined in our conversation at our table. Telling us about their hobbies and stuff they’re into. Great. Another friend joined us after a few minutes, and in the spirit of good will, I sought to catch her up on our new friend. […]