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Monday, February 2, 2026

2025 #3: Q Asks: Got Back?

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Bonus link: More Doom Dogma goes down the drain . (It never made sense to point to wild animals dying as proof that the world is ending. All...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Taco Bell!

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10 seconds to laughter . H/t Ken. "Taco Bell is underrated. They offer inexpensive, tasty, not-terrible-for-you animal-friendly fast fo...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

When we believe absurdities, we commit atrocities

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Doesn't the shrimp know smoking is bad for your health?? Nano Banana gives a hat tip to C.M. Coolidge. Many “effective altruists” and se...
Monday, January 26, 2026

2025 #4: The End of Optimization

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Freddie Mercury The 4th most popular 2025 post: (Side note: Interesting overview on Passkeys .) A follow-up to my earlier post, " Idiot...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Few want to cause harm. But....

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Link:  Today's substack post re: last time I almost died / wanted to . From Morgan Housel (although in  his full post , he repeats the h...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

How to use your free will

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"Life is good, hooman." Why be upset?  This isn't snark or condescension. It's a question I'm struggling with. When I ...
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Monday, January 19, 2026

2025 #5: Don't Fall for Nostalgia

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Bonus: Funny Chicken Videos The 5th most popular 2025 post:  😵Holy Chicken! More Good News from Vox!   Don't fall for nostalgia. Even f...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Beeg disappointment

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Happy 58th Birthday to Stephan Pastis ! A great series of his Pearls Before Swine comic:  
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Meet Morgan, Yet Another Failure of Population Ethics

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One day, Morgan, 24 years younger than me, showed up at my door. They informed me that I was their father; “Mom said you didn’t want me, whi...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Climate Nazis Hype Holocaust (2025's “Best”)

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“In relation to [animals], all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.” -Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, whose ...
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