Category Archives: Media Criticism

Media Criticism, Science And Society, Social Commentary

“Heterosexual” Women

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Why are they attracted to other women?

I use scare quotes because they’re really bisexual, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Most women who “become” lesbians later in life for various reasons (like having a lot of bad experiences with men) were always bisexual, because it makes evolutionary sense for them to be. It also explains “LUG”s (lesbian until graduation).

I would go beyond the thesis here and note that women compete with other women on their looks, so they’re actually pretty finely attuned to the attractiveness of other women.

Education, Health, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

Media Hoaxes

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A list of the top ten most recent ones.

Economics, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Technology and Society, War Commentary

The Houthis Are The Last Horcrux

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After that, the Iranians are alone.

A round up of the current state of play in the war that you won’t get from the MSM.

[Update a while later]

Business, Economics, Mathematics, Media Criticism, Philosophy, Political Commentary, Technology and Society

AI Doom

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Eric Raymond makes the case against it.

Education, History, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary, War Commentary

25 Years On

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I’ll be doing anniversary posts here with updates. The first is from Arynne Wexler, who is so much more than a comedian.

And then there’s this:

Either he didn’t understand the nature of the enemy, or he was too enamored of his Saudi buddies in the oil business.

[Update a few minutes later]

I was in Puerto Rico, about to go to the airport for a flight back to LA, and about to call a cab to the airport. As soon as I saw the second plane hit, I knew there was no point. If I’d been home, it would have been eerie to look toward the east from our balcony, where normally every clear night you can see the planes lined up for final at LAX all the way out to Palm Springs, and see an empty sky.

[Update a few more minutes later]

Yes, the war won’t be over until we actually win, and ending the monstrous regime in Tehran will go a long way toward that.

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Thoughts on asymmetric warfare, from Supersonic Redhead:

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Remembering the heroes of Flight 93, by Salena Zito.

And a related oldie, by Dave Barry a year after the event: On Hallowed Ground.

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James Lileks, on the martyred towers.

Replacing them would have been a big FU to the people who cheered as they fell.