Trendy 2024 Disruption Attempt Fails

“I keep flipping the script, but all the pages that land on the reverse side are just blank.”

Anticipating Nazipublican Rule Post-2024 Election

“You need to understand – my blog had , like, zero readers. It was on WordPress. I thought nobody was …

35th Anniversary of Landmark Scientific American Issue “Managing Planet Earth”

The year: 1989. The magazine: Scientific American. The authors: The heaviest of hitters at the time: Paul Crutzen, Stephen Schneider, …

Doing What We Do Best

Climate change is not a parochial concern, but nor does it warrant the title of “the gravest existential threat to …

Overheard at the Camel Rehab Clinic

“I know you think I’m nuts, but I know what sent me here – a piece of fucking straw. Yeah, …

Us. vs. Themism

I have no idea if any of you are up for either looking at the photo or reading any ruminations …

US Twelth Circuit of Appeals Issues Major Win for Music Consumers in “Payback” Case

In a sharply worded affirmation decided 3-2, the US Twelfth Circuit of Appeals has granted a major case in favor …

David Michaels’ “The Triumph of Doubt” – More Evidence for Futilism?

David Michaels’ “The Triumph of Doubt” is unassailable – this is a wonderful, accessible, yet deeply grounded work of social …

Happy Extinction!

That’s the bumper sticker for the mounting triumph of nihilism – a small oval, with these words in green in …

Franzen Now Public Nihilist Enemy #1 – Though He is Novice Semi-Nihilist at Best

Oh boy, there’s a donnyfuffle around “rich, white, comfortable” marginally famous fictionist Jonathan Franzen’s “peevish” “navel-gazing” attempt at climate truth-telling …