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May 23, 2016
"Believe the Victim" — a cartoon
Related: Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 The National Registry of Exonerationshas recorded 1,792 cases since 1989 of people who were convicted, then found to be innocent. Some of them were in prison for decades. Some were not exonerated until after they died in prison.
May 21, 2016
Dividing my blogs yet again
I want to make my main blog a place for art, but I can't ignore politics, so I'm dividing my blogging once again. It's All One Thing will only be political when the politics are part of art—see my previous post for an example. From now on, explicitly political posts will be found atAnother Thing Is Still the Same Thing.
May 12, 2016
The Ones Who Stay and Fight in Omelas
The ones who walk away from Omelas will tell you of the glorious city built on the suffering of a child who lives in hunger and darkness. Their words are beautiful because they were taught at the great universities of Omelas. Their bodies are beautiful because they were treated at the great hospitals of Omelas. They come into the world beyond Omelas as the ones who walked away from Omelas, and they are praised for walking away when they could have stayed.
The ones who walk away from Omelas rarely...
The Ones Who Stay and Fight in Omelas
The Ones Who Stay and Fight in Omelas An Answer Tale by Will Shetterly The ones who walk away from Omelas will tell you of the glorious city built on the suffering of a child who lives in hunger and darkness. Their words are beautiful because they were taught at the great universities of Omelas. Their bodies are beautiful because they were treated at the great hospitals of Omelas. They come
May 11, 2016
Why "progressive" has become meaningless
Watching the Clinton camp fight over the idea that she's progressive, I realized the word has lost its meaning. My impression, which I have not bothered to research, is that as conservatives made "liberal" and "leftist" into bad words several decades ago, Democrats switched over to being "progressives". But because therebranding was vague, progressives never bothered to define what they were
May 10, 2016
Yes, Amanda Marcotte, Captain America is a libertarian—a left-libertarian
Nothing is as clickbaity as anarticle that's infuriating for one audience and choir-preaching for another. Amanda Marcotte has once again done both inCaptain America’s a douchey libertarian now: Why did Marvel have to ruin Steve Rogers?Here's what I said in a Facebook discussion about whether the movie has an idiot plot: I suspect I bought the emotional conflict because the fundamental
May 7, 2016
Shadow Unit #6 ebook has a major update! Liavek #4 ebook is back at its original price.
A Shadow Unit reader (who I thank beyond measure!) noticed that the sixth ebook was missing an entire scene, the first scene of the second act of Elizabeth Bear's "Wind-up Boogeyman". It has been fixed; you should be able to download the revised ebook from whoever sold the one you own. If not, let me know. And I'd accidentally raised the price ofLiavek4: The Players of Luck. It's back at $
May 3, 2016
Why meritocrats care about racism and sexism and don't give a damn about the white working class
Posted this on my Facebook before realizing something: Sometimes I think I should deal with things in race reductionist ways because rich people don't give a damn if you point out that they're rich while so many are poor, but they hate being called racist. Larry Wilmore undoubtedly knew his audience was not in that room. One small part of his audience was in front of my computer. (Four minute
May 2, 2016
I'm a Zionist Shegetz?
I suppose I know as much about Zionism and Yiddish as most literate goys who've lived in Manhattan and had a Jewish fiancee, which is to say, more than most people who aren't Jewish and more than some Jews, but hardly enough to think I'm especially knowledgable about either Zionism or Yiddish. Today I learned two things. 1. In the eyes of at least one identitarian Jew, I'm a shegetz, a Yiddish
May 1, 2016
Liavek 4: The Players of Luck is now available! Stories by Robin Hobb, Gregory Frost, Steven Brust, John M. Ford, and Emma Bull!
Contents: "Pot Luck" by Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) "Show of Faith" by Gregory Frost "An Act of Trust" by Steven Brust "A Cup of Worrynot Tea" by John M. Ford "The Well-Made Plan" by Emma Bull Amazon.com:Liavek4 Barnes & Noble:Liavek 4 Smashwords –Liavek4 These stories were originally included inLiavek: The Players of Luck,which has been out of print for many years.
