…at protests and demonstrations.
I’m back from Orlando, but catching up.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
On The Apparent News Of The Day
I remain adamant in my lack of opinion about what happened in Minneapolis this morning in the absence of better information.
— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) January 24, 2026
The Largest Wealth Flight In History
Congratulations, California.
Latest On The Mann Suit
His motion for reconsideration was denied. It’s up to the appellate court now, if he wants to elevate it.
Poor Hitler
He’s discovered his new followers:
Hitler reacts to the new generation of Nazis pic.twitter.com/ihZR66rEHf
— TRIGGERnometry (@triggerpod) January 19, 2026
Stop Counting Calories
None of this is news to me, but with the recent change in the previously disastrous food pyramid, maybe people will pay more attention now.
Starfleet Academy
We’ve been sort-of enjoying “Strange New Worlds, the prequel to TOS, but this looks awful. They don’t have GLP-1s in the 21st century?
[Update a while later]
Stephen Green almost watched a whole episode, so you wouldn’t have to.
[Late-morning update]
I watched 24 minutes of "Starfleet Academy" before I turned it off.
— Byl Holte (@SirBylHolte) January 15, 2026
I stopped it when the fat Klingon Jem'Hadar lady started verbally abusing the black male kid and the Klingon male kid.
Before that, there was a lot of talk about how people are hungry and have to steal food -…
[Early-afternoon update]
Wait a minute… pic.twitter.com/57NtaFPIUu
— Jon Del Arroz | Pop Culture & Gaming 🎮 (@jondelarroz) January 16, 2026
A Lawsplainer On Minneapolis
It’s not even a close call.
Stop Using Mercator Projection
Why Greenland is important.
Greenland – As viewed from a proper map
— Object Zero (@Object_Zero_) January 6, 2026
Why Greenland? Well because Moscow bases almost all of their strategic military assets on the Kola Peninsula next to Finland. This is where the Russian ICBM silos, submarine bases, and their strategic bombers are.
If you look at the… pic.twitter.com/z6qECCJ3u5
I’m pretty sure that Copenhagen is not capable of defending it.
[Update a while later]
I can't believe this needs to be explained but:
— Robert Anderson (@ProfRobAnderson) January 6, 2026
1. The US is not going to attack Denmark.
2. The bluster from Trump is to give encouragement to Greenlanders for a vote of independence, and a warning to Denmark not to ignore the results of such a vote.
3. Once the vote for…
[Thursday-morning update]
The unfortunate Greenland kerfuffle.
[Bumped]
Minnesota
A political culture full of arsonists.
It should be a cautionary tale. I hope it will be.