The BirdbassadorChestnut BlightIt turned out after the fact that there were many prior signs and warnings we had ignored (perhaps signs and warnings themselves were the…Nov 8, 20231Nov 8, 20231
The BirdbassadorHow To Quit VimThere are many reasons why you’d want to exit out of or otherwise quit a computer program. Maybe you thought of a different program that…Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023
The Birdbassadorobjet petit t: A Poem and Prose Reflection on the Shitty TacoThe problem is that today, in the double movement of the progressive commodification of aesthetics and the aesthetification of the universe…Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
The BirdbassadorDesire and the DJ: Psychoanalysis and “Ya Boy Kongming!”This article contains extensive spoilers for the anime Ya Boy Kongming! (Paripi Koumei, lit. “Kongming of the Party People”) streaming in…Oct 23, 2022Oct 23, 2022
The BirdbassadorHistory as a Non-Renewable ResourceMichael Kupperman’s “All The Answers.”Dec 14, 2021Dec 14, 2021
The BirdbassadorOf Mice and Wolfmen: A Review of Steinbeck’s “Murder at Full Moon”Or: Cannery Growl, The Moon is Up, etc. (“Beast of Eden” was already taken)Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
The BirdbassadorFour Charts that Explain the 2020 Presidential ElectionInformation visualization experts and data journalists, always game for experimentation, often use big important elections to test out new…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
The BirdbassadorEncyclopedia Brown 2077Idaville looked just like any other hab complex in the middle levels of the Stacks. It had an air scrubber that reclaimed trace amounts of…Sep 18, 20201Sep 18, 20201
The BirdbassadorAdvice for Incoming Grad StudentsIt’s the fall, which means that many people are now in their first year in a graduate program. Whether you’re coming straight from…Oct 7, 2019Oct 7, 2019
The BirdbassadorSince “Socialism or Barbarism” is Well-Trod Territory, Here’s ~2k Words on Sailor MoonI came across an old Onion article written in those heady pre-apocalyptic days of 2011, and it made me think about the obvious moral…Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019