1 day agoIt Is Not Hypocrisy, It Is Projection.There are two minutes of video that’s been bothering me for weeks. They’re two minutes in the middle of Wisecrack’s video “A Philosopher Reacts To God’s Not Dead.” …Bigot4 min readBigot4 min read
Jan 26Tennessee GOP Apparently Willing To Sacrifice Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars, Citizen’s Health To Spite Planned ParenthoodTennessee Republicans have turned down approximately $8 million dollars in annual federal grant money for HIV prevention — apparently because the lives of Tennessee citizens are less important to Republican lawmakers than punishing Planned Parenthood. The federal grant money was not for just Planned Parenthood. The grant money primarily went…Bigots3 min readBigots3 min read
Jan 20Why “God Has A Plan” Is Exactly The Wrong Thing To Say To Someone Who Is GrievingA friend who recently got some bad news told me afterward, “I think if one more person tells me God has a plan I may throw something.” With the collective trauma and death of the last few years, it’s a phrase that’s been tossed around a lot more recently, and…Christianity5 min readChristianity5 min read
Jan 13The Devil Is In The Details: The Legal Grift Of Religious Insurance “Alternatives”The most troubling detail in this NPR article is not the grift in religious clothing that is a “medical cost-sharing plan.” The most troubling detail in that story is not the $160,000 that a pastor unexpectedly owes for a (fairly routine) medical procedure. The most troubling detail is not even…Healthcare3 min readHealthcare3 min read
Jan 8Players Do Not Need The OGL: Truly Independent Fantasy Tabletop RoleplayingThere is a lot of talk about the new version of the open gaming license that effects everything 3rd party D&D related. And for creators, there’s a lot to chew on, and discuss, and mull over. But for players… well, for us, there’s two things that I want to remind…3 min read3 min read
Jan 6Oklahoma Senator Didn’t Talk To A Single Transperson Before Writing Anti-Trans LawSometimes it is right there in plain sight. Oklahoma state Senator David Bullard (R), a “top Republican in the Oklahoma Senate,” has written a bill aims to ban gender-affirming surgery for adults under the age of twenty-six. You read that right. Adults. Under. The. Age. Of. Twenty. Six. Bullard claims…Bigot2 min readBigot2 min read
Jan 2It Is Only Going To Get Stranger: Welcome To The Arms Race Of The SingularityThe popular concept of AI is something that communicates and thinks like humans do. Not just an intelligent and self-directed entity, but one that is conscious (e.g. “wakes up”) and shares common experiences with humans. Not only is that what all the popular (real and otherwise) tests for “humanity” focus…AI6 min readAI6 min read
Dec 19, 2022There Are Lines You Cannot Uncross: Everything On The Birdsite Is Now Sus. EVERYTHING.I’ve been largely observing the self-immolation of the birdsite with bemusement. I typically only post links to it at all anymore, especially since the most toxic elements have been actively recruited to come back and hate speech spiked there. I watched the bans and removal of posts, somewhat surprised that…Birdsite4 min readBirdsite4 min read
Nov 20, 2022Talkin’ Bout Your Verification (And Federation)There are two things you need to do and remember as social media transforms itself. - There is no central authority verifying any identity on the internet. …Internet3 min readInternet3 min read
Nov 15, 2022Lawsuit Over Gender Affirming Care Misrepresents The Science It CitesBecause of the nature of what I’m writing about here, there are trigger warnings for gender issues and self harm for this post. With quite interesting timing considering what happened in Tennessee the day before, a young woman’s lawyers filed an “intent to sue” (PDF link) letter against several health…Medicine11 min readMedicine11 min read
