“Factory workers guaranteed eight-hour work day while teething.” from The Onion’s Our Dumb Century (1907)
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Nov 30 2023
great line from David Brin’s Earth
“Honestly … I just couldn’t be interested in a man so egotistical he insists, in a world of ten billion people, that his genes are desperately needed.” (p120) (and so much else … a novel worth reading, for sure.)
Nov 15 2023
Another Tim Dorsey novel …
Coconut Cowboy – as always, several good bits … about a meeting of an anarchist group (p205-6): “What would the official minutes look like? … ‘Meeting not called to order …’ ‘Minutes from previous meeting shredded …’ ‘Agenda rejected’ …’ ‘All officers impeached’ ‘Group disbanded’ …” about obsessive compulsive disorder (p206): “I prefer the term …
Oct 21 2023
Shriver on healthcare costs
from “In Defense of Death,” in Abominations, Lionel Shriver “In the United Kingdom, 40 percent of the government’s budget goes to the National Health Service …” (p222) “Alas, for many patients, we don’t extend life but drag out death …” (p225) Among the recommendations attributed to Daniel Callahan (Taming the Beloved Beast) … “Return to …
Oct 20 2023
The Frightening Cluelessness of PoliSci Students
“I was studying political science at the time, so I had never thought about social processes like misogyny and sexism.” What? What? (from https://narratively.com/i-was-an-angry-mens-rights-activist-now-im-a-fierce-feminist/)
Oct 10 2023
good bit from Graeber’s “Bullshit Jobs”
“If 1% of the population controls most of its disposable wealth, what we call ‘the market’ reflects what THEY think is useful or important, not anybody else.” “Bullshit Jobs,” David Graeber (p.xx)
Sep 30 2023
A woman was raped. A man raped a woman.
A woman was raped. A man raped a woman. He got her pregnant. She made him a father. Submit your additions via comment.
Sep 29 2023
“The Fragile Male” – interesting reading
Here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1119278/
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