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Steam Whistle News Feed – Dec. 3, 2024
Pretend the [news] incident is a scuffle between two kids on a grade school playground. And you, the reader, are the principal. You were first told about the fight from another teacher, and everyone who’s described it to you since is a friend of either one fighter or the other. How do you figure out what really happened? ...
Brimboriodcast #448 – Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 (31:39)
Brimboriodcast #434 – Wednesday, July 3, 2024 (32:26)
Fisting History’s Memory Hole (May 31, 2024)
Call me a maniac, a monomaniac, purveyor of fake news or just some uncredentialed internet a—hole, but from what I’ve seen lately, news of the war in occupied Gaza, down in a border town called Rafah, has been predominating the headlines even more than usual. Even the war in Ukraine and Trump nonsense have been … Continue reading Fisting History’s Memory Hole (May 31, 2024)
Brimboriodcast #426 – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 (25:00)
Their Headlines, My Headlines (January 26, 2024)
Can you tell by the headline that I’ve been devolving into my own atomic, hermetic, marginal bubble of outrage and self-importance? That I’m now looking at the news under a figurative lamplight for maybe ten minutes and then turning around and shouting at everyone who’ll listen (on the internet) the real meaning behind it all? … Continue reading Their Headlines, My Headlines (January 26, 2024)
Steam Whistle News Feed – January 12, 2024
Welcome to the New Year. Of the rest of your life. You know that time only moves forward, right? Like, forever? Until your dead? I see people talking about making every day count, calling out others who waste their time, doing one thing every day that scares them. All the while trying to un-memento that … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – January 12, 2024
To What End?
Hi, how’s it going? Great, great to hear. Here—here’s a stack of reported, factual information. Just plopped it down on your desk. Go through it, please. Take your time, but be sure to go through all of it. Okay, fast forward ten, fifteen minutes. Need an hour? Sure. Take your time. Did you get through … Continue reading To What End?