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America and the Everyman
Great piece over at the Onion. I Love My Country–Aw, Who Am I Kidding? My Country Can Go Fuck Itself Sad to say, but this resonates with me as an…
Category: Thoughts on the Matter at Hand
Welcome to the analytical sorting floor. “Thoughts on the Matter at Hand” functions as our main commentary category, pulling apart cultural absurdities, institutional overreach, and the shifting baseline of modern society. This is the repository for non-biographical observations: evaluating why surveillance data tech like Palantir is a clear and present danger, dissecting the cruel line between honesty and abusive factuality, and occasionally bitter mockery.
From corporate creep and privatized police forces to bizarre local crime blotters, we parse the news of the day. No filters, no delusions—just critique of the cultural landscape.
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Which Way To America?
I look at the T. V.Your America’s doing wellI look out the windowMy America’s catching hellI just want to know which way do I go to get to your America?I just…
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The Death of America
Sandwiched in between "Sec. 1075. Patent term extensions for the badges of the American Legion, the American Legion Women's Auxiliary, and the Sons of the American Legion." and "Sec. 1077.…
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If the RIAA were an IT Dept…
Adapted from a conversation elsewhere… Recording contracts with RIAA companies are more or less equivalent to signing away your payday. Many smaller acts, even those who tour frugally, end up…
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Standardized tests for Higher Education?
A federal panel has recommended that standardized testing be implemented at all public colleges. The first thing that occurs to me is that this would mean that colleges would have…