Congrats to my friend @e-a-rly.bsky.social on winning the #ACPT (again!)

the viability of many right-wing intellectuals and intellectual spaces is enormously dependent on the largesse of reactionary billionaires and foreign governments, who help them circumvent a marketplace of ideas where they would otherwise post extraordinarily poor sales

Why is it "Interabang" and not "Interrobang" ‽⸘‽

Ray Bradbury Reveals the True Meaning of Fahrenheit 451: It’s Not About Censorship, But People “Being Turned Into Morons by TV” Even those of us who've never read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 know it as a searing indictment of government censorship.

Ray Bradbury Reveals the True Meaning of Fahrenheit 451: It’s Not About Censorship, But People “Being Turned Into Morons by TV”

Well, one thing about picking individual stocks over holding index funds ... you get a wilder ride!

ethnonationalism is an addiction and it kills like heroin kills

Creativity and imagination and curiosity are the few things they can’t take away from you but man they’re sure trying.

A TALE OF TWO DICTIONARIES

(one in London, one in Paris)

The first book printed in England with the title 'dictionary' was in 1538.

The first book printed in France with the title 'dictionnaire' was in 1539.

And they were both translations of the same Latin dictionary.

Elsewhere, OED is reaching out to digital humanists. They'd like to hear from anyone currently using OED / #dictionary data in their research, and who would be interested in accessing OED as a dataset.

3-minute survey:

survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91062920/...

Now comes the heat Add it to the war, and maybe we have a teachable moment

The next six months could be the ultimate in teachable moments, with rapidly rising prices for oil, and rapidly rising temperatures. And what do you know, we have a midterm exam coming up on November 3.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/now-comes-...

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Defining Color - Longreads "A deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral, bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william."

"Color is as much a part of our lives as air, water, and taxes. And it is maddeningly, beguilingly slippery." In a new excerpt from her forthcoming book, @korystamper.bsky.social details how her work @Merriam-Webster.com launched her "love affair with color."

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It's a good one, trust me.

@merriam-webster.com also has 1951 as the first known use of "completist"

I love this photo of the Straits of Hormuz from the International Space Station, with a Soyuz in frame:

“He was a rationalist when it was unfashionable to be one.”

It’s shameful how we are leaving our kids less well educated and poorer and less happy etc. Real generational, cultural failure.

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My piece about Scrabble's dictionary dysfunction is now up on @defector.com

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."

Just saying it right out loud now.

newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

Sickening racism from a sitting senator. The Ogles hate is contagious.

You’re either calling this out or normalizing it. There’s no third option.

MAGA's rhetoric of western civilizational emergency is so weird. They look at ICE arresting grandmothers and they see the ancient Greeks defeating the Persians or the Franks stopping the Islamic invaders in 732.

Everyone else sees ICE arresting grandmothers.

newrepublic.com/article/2076...

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alternate history is a complex thing but a lot of trouble would have been saved if the UK & US had just taken the fair compensation for nationalization Mosaddegh offered and let Iranians own the oil under their own soil

Enjoyed the theme! Still scratching my head about the parse for clue 38A ... I have the clue answer (and the diagram entry), but the wordplay seems a bit of a stretch ... "jvgu freivatf bs pbea" sbe RNERQ??

Same

Musical Theft (Saturday Cryptic Puzzle, March 7) Musical Theft (Saturday Cryptic Puzzle, March 7)

Visionary Cook quickly out of AirPods? (4)

I‘m back with “Musical Theft,“ another WSJ variety #cryptic #crossword, free to solve here. I hope it brightens your day!

www.wsj.com/articles/mus...

Economy airline ticket tiers have gotten ridiculous. For the same flight there is: Basic, Optima, Flexible, Premium Economy Optima, Premium Economy Flexible, Fully Flexible. There's a $3000 price range between them. And these aren't even the first class tickets!

I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.

Andrew Dessler on X: "On The Climate Brink, my latest post is on what the war in Iran tells us about the hidden costs of fossil fuels https://t.co/5fLOdKlgAM" / X On The Climate Brink, my latest post is on what the war in Iran tells us about the hidden costs of fossil fuels https://t.co/5fLOdKlgAM

Here's a post on that from the other site ... x.com/AndrewDessle...

I want to be crystal clear about tariffs:

The consumer will pay for them. If we get hit, we will 100% be passing this on, as will most industries.