A Digital Tammany Hall

A Digital Tammany Hall

Having been subjected to Twitter's shadow bans myself, I was gladdened to hear of Devin Nunes' $250 million lawsuit against what his attorney calls a, "Modern day Tammany Hall." California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against…
March 19, 20197 Comments
Ars Longa

Ars Longa

Hang out around science fiction authors long enough, and you get the sense that they're all crazy. John Scalzi claims that Donald Trump and the weather conspired to give him writer's block. Patrick Rothfuss and George R. R. Martin have cited similarly temperamental reasons for not finishing their popular series.…
March 18, 201930 Comments
The First One’s Free

The First One’s Free

The phrase "taking the red pill" has become a bit of a cliche in dissident circles. It's so shopworn that pointing out it's a cliche is becoming cliche. That's not to say the metaphor is ineffective. Tropes are tropes because they work. It's also been frequently observed that getting redpilled,…
March 15, 201923 Comments
Combat Frame Data: XCD-103

Combat Frame Data: XCD-103

XCD-103 Eisenpferd    Technical Data Model number: XCD-103 Code name: Eisenpferd Nickname: Iron Horse Classification: heavy assault combat frame Manufacturer: Browning Engineering Corporation Operator: HALO First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19 meters Weight: dry weight 105 metric tons, full weight 165 metric tons Armor type: “1D” carbyne laminar armor Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output…
March 14, 201919 Comments
Put Down the Ayn Rand

Put Down the Ayn Rand

Wherein author Alex Hellene speaks authoritatively on a subject that weighs heavily on my mind, as well: busting the Big Tech trusts. Get over your knee-jerk “Muh private businesses!” conditioning and realize these tech giants do not care about the Constitution, fair play, freedom of speech, competition, or any classical…
March 13, 20199 Comments
The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow

Lately I've been going back and watching movies from the 80s with an eye to overlooked gems that I'd somehow managed to miss all these years. A lot of Gen X and Gen Y folks look back on the 80s as a Silver Age--a George Lucas remake of the Golden…
March 12, 201933 Comments
Fear the Future

Fear the Future

Recently I was honored to appear on the 100th episode of the JimFear138 podcast. Listeners are always in for a good time when Jim and I get together, and this time may have been the best yet. On this very special episode, we delve into the lore behind Combat Frame…
March 11, 20192 Comments
Sci-Fidolatry

Sci-Fidolatry

Hollywood atheists spent the 70s, 80s, and 90s preaching a counter-gospel through movies and TV shows that went like this: "Religion has been holding humanity back. We'll usher in a bright, sexy utopia of pure reason once we free ourselves of bronze age superstition." You couldn't pick up a DAW…
March 8, 20196 Comments
An Open Air Debtors’ Prison

An Open Air Debtors’ Prison

The crushing student debt crisis, compounded by several states' practice of revoking the professional licenses of debtors who fall behind on their student loan payments, is creating an underclass of economic exiles in their own country. Student loan debt is one of the biggest burdens to young Americans, recently ballooning…
March 7, 20195 Comments
We Can’t Have Nice Things

We Can’t Have Nice Things

After Ethan Ralph, host of popular news and humor show The #Killstream, had his account purged by YouTube, he and other dissenters migrated to streaming startup Stream.me. Now, mere months later, Stream.me has suddenly shut down their site. Ralph waded into the tide of wild speculation following Stream.me's closure to…
March 6, 201915 Comments