Welcome
Welcome! This initial post is to introduce myself and give some background on what I’m intending with this blog. I’m […]
About me, Politics
Losing my S&M Virginity
The earth is burning down and the Republicans start more fires.
Hm! Makes sense.
—I know you’re thinking it doesn’t make sense, but that’s because you haven’t yet had the re-education I have.
Most recent, Politics, The Future Today
A Cold Civil War
I have to credit Mike Figuerdo of The Humanist Report for the phrase, “Cold Civil War,” though for months now I’ve been posting here and there that we’re effectively in a civil war in the US.
Politics, The Future Today
On Artificial Intelligence (AI)
January 9, 2026: We’re seeing lots of reports these days having to do with AI run amok; its purported power
About me, Politics, The Future Today
Losing my S&M Virginity
But I’m learning. People want to be lied to, betrayed, beaten, denied care, kicked to the street, left to die . . . . I feel like such a beginner. Like the Democrats, I never knew. I just never knew.
Most recent, Politics, The Future Today
Peak Irony
Various MAGAites, when interviewed about Taco’s long friendship with Epstein, said they were delighted at last to have a president who is real.
Most recent, Politics, The Future Today
Our Holocaust
But move over, Jews, and specifically Israelis: we are living through a Holocaust, the Israeli—as distinct from Jewish—ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in Gaza.
About me, Love, Politics
Why Trump Won, or WreckConPense
January 5, 2025: It’s the anniversary of Trump’s attempt to wreck the Capitol; a good time to reflect on how
Love, Politics
Good Luck Getting a Date
I’ve read (in the Guardian, among other places) that young men voted for Trump because of his hyper-masculinity.
Home, Politics, The Future Today
Fire Away!
Historically, it has been humans who have outpaced the natural world. From arrowheads to artificial intelligence, our species has progressed steadily faster than geologic time. But now, geologic time — specifically, atmospheric time and ocean time — is moving as fast as we are, in some cases faster — faster than technology, faster than history. The world we thought we knew is changing under our feet because we changed it.
Home, The Future Today, Writing
Chat GPT, Part III
July 1, 2023: This is about the difference in ways of understanding between morality and aesthetics. In a nutshell, almost