Never mind the elections of 2000 and 2016, I’ve disliked the whole notion of the Electoral College since learning about it in civics class in high school. In his book, Let the People Pick the President, Jesse Wegman writes …the Electoral College…too violates the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. We may all…
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Lagniappe Sunday
A link to the original story. (I am an Order Muppet struggling to let my inner Chaos Muppet out. Yes, that would be Animal.) A history of the American Girl doll. I’ve visited their store in Rockefeller Center in NY just to gawk. The whole business model is an ur example of doing well while…
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Random Saturday
Amazing images, all panoramas, from the 2026 Pano Awards. These are from the finalists for the Open Nature awards. There are other categories, including an amateur category with nothing amateur about it, all worth clicking through. An internet rabbit hole of the finest kind. You’re welcome.
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Let’s get this Friday started!
https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc?si=gL_qlH6cRUt0O1bz https://youtu.be/uDZzhLY_BVo?si=M22BbZbATn1wpRsn
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Election 2026, coda
Guillotines in France, piano wire in Germany, open windows in Russia. I’m with HCR in marveling at the historical blindness of the tech bros. I don’t think any of them read anything except Golden Age science fiction. And The Prof is exactly right in what his tech buddy’s pilots will do if it ever comes…
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Election Day, 2026
How I voted. For US Senate– Mary Peltola. She has run a tremendous campaign that took her everywhere in the state and I believe she will bring that work ethic to the US Senate, and not before time. Dan has never once tried to put the brakes on Trump. For US House– Bill Hill. If…
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