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Your Brain is the Next Battlespace

Your Brain is the Next Battlespace

Space, we are told, is "the final frontier." And you can bet your bottom dollar that where there's a frontier, there's a gaggle of oligarchs looking to stick their snoot into it. That's why it didn't come as much of a surprise when the laughably named "North Atlantic"...

April Open Thread and Subscriber Video (2025)

April Open Thread and Subscriber Video (2025)

Happy April, everyone. Spring has sprung and the sakura are blooming, so you know what that means! . . . . . . I fell ill last week. Nothing serious, but I did lose my voice for a couple of days, which is one of the reasons I haven't posted much so far this month. The...

How to Virtue Signal

How to Virtue Signal

I know what you're thinking right now: "What shopping bags should I use?" And I know why you're thinking it: because you just read that exact question in The New York Times: And I know why you're reading The New York Times: because you're an up-and-coming would-be...

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel

The Strange Story of Peter Thiel

What do you call someone who identifies as a "vegetarian" but who consistently chows down on veal, mutton and ribeye steaks? Whatever you call that person, it's not "vegetarian." And what do you call someone who identifies as a "libertarian" but who has spent his...

I, Sandwich

I, Sandwich

Have you ever asked someone to make you a sandwich? What?? You have??! You heartless monster! Do you have any idea how unbelievably difficult it is to make a sandwich? Do you have the slightest clue how much backbreaking labour goes into the construction of that...

October Open Thread

October Open Thread

It's October again already, so you know what that means: James Evan Pilato is beginning his Shocktober streaming activities over in the Media Monarchy subscriber community! (And I'll be a special guest for a stream later this month, doing a watch-along of a Danny...

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