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Conversations with Communists
Conversations with Communists
At what point does trading lawn care for hand jobs become worker exploitation? And other burning questions of the communist future.
BJ Campbell
Dec 16, 2020
Science Says Sam Harris is Alt-Right
Science Says Sam Harris is Alt-Right
Or, alternately, we’ve flipped from left/right to woke/anti-woke without realizing it.
BJ Campbell
Dec 8, 2020
The Really, Really Nuanced View on Masks
The Really, Really Nuanced View on Masks
Even if they don’t work, they work for other reasons.
BJ Campbell
Nov 29, 2020
The Kamala Effect
The Kamala Effect
No, you didn’t vote for Kamala Harris. And you didn’t want her, either.
Jason Delahouser
Nov 16, 2020
Steelmanning Cuomo’s Body Count
Steelmanning Cuomo’s Body Count
Cuomo’s not wrong that vaccine distribution plans will tremendously affect the death totals.
BJ Campbell
Nov 12, 2020
An Outside Look at Election Fraud
An Outside Look at Election Fraud
There may have been fraud, but the math says it almost assuredly didn’t matter.
BJ Campbell
Nov 8, 2020
The Next Black Mirror Movie
The Next Black Mirror Movie
Subtitle: The Saga of Infinite Fuckbots
BJ Campbell
Sep 18, 2020
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Eight Black Garbage Bags
Eight Black Garbage Bags
March 16, 2013 at 4:08 PM
BJ Campbell
Sep 9, 2020
Definitely Don’t Read This
Definitely Don’t Read This
Because it’s about aliens.
BJ Campbell
Aug 23, 2020
Don’t Read This
Don’t Read This
This is all bullshit, ignore it.
BJ Campbell
Aug 5, 2020
Michael Siegel Interview
Michael Siegel Interview
An hour long discussion with one of the world’s leading gun policy researchers, on RECOIL TV.
BJ Campbell
Aug 4, 2020
Closing Elementary Schools Over Covid-19 is Anti-Science
Closing Elementary Schools Over Covid-19 is Anti-Science
And the only option remaining for single parents is federally mandated vouchers.
BJ Campbell
Jul 19, 2020
Restless Native Podcast
Restless Native Podcast
This was recorded a few weeks ago, and has some good discussion about gun sales, Covid-19, and spends a lot of time talking about the…
BJ Campbell
Jul 15, 2020
A Systems Analysis Approach to Systemic Racism
A Systems Analysis Approach to Systemic Racism
“That time I got sucked into a local culture war.”
BJ Campbell
Jul 12, 2020
Spot the True Believer
Spot the True Believer
A view of MAGA and Social Justice through the lens of Eric Hoffer
BJ Campbell
Jun 27, 2020
Top Slate Star Codex Articles, from the Wayback Machine
Top Slate Star Codex Articles, from the Wayback Machine
Links in here actually work.
BJ Campbell
Jun 24, 2020
Conversations with Black Folks About Cops
Conversations with Black Folks About Cops
Wisdom from a project kid about the policing problem.
BJ Campbell
Jun 7, 2020
The Fake News about Georgia and Covid-19 is a Study in Clickbait Journalism and Regional Prejudice
The Fake News about Georgia and Covid-19 is a Study in Clickbait Journalism and Regional Prejudice
At this point it is just about peddling clicks.
BJ Campbell
May 19, 2020
The #REOPEN Case, Explained
The #REOPEN Case, Explained
Staring at our feet in the fire.
BJ Campbell
May 10, 2020
The New York Times is Verifiably Wrong, Georgia is Doing Great on COVID-19
The New York Times is Verifiably Wrong, Georgia is Doing Great on COVID-19
A tale of bad data scrapers and worse sampling bias.
BJ Campbell
Apr 24, 2020
Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Cannot Work
Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Cannot Work
Herd immunity is the only path, if we believe the math.
BJ Campbell
Apr 21, 2020
The COVID-19 Boogaloo Opus
The COVID-19 Boogaloo Opus
All decisions here, in either direction, could kill you.
BJ Campbell
Apr 16, 2020
The Jordan Hall Dialogue
The Jordan Hall Dialogue
Just putting this Game B stuff all in one place so it’s easier to read.
BJ Campbell
Apr 9, 2020
Predicting American ICU Saturation During COVID-19
Predicting American ICU Saturation During COVID-19
Basic coronavirus calculus shows that flattening the curve helps, but will not keep us out of very ugly triage choices.
BJ Campbell
Mar 15, 2020
The Long-Term Economic Benefits of a Deadly Epidemic
The Long-Term Economic Benefits of a Deadly Epidemic
Examining the possibility that economic environmental changes from COVID-19 may generate stimulus in the trillions.
BJ Campbell
Mar 13, 2020
COVID-19 Crude Fatality Rates, Media Freakouts, and Capacity Analyses
COVID-19 Crude Fatality Rates, Media Freakouts, and Capacity Analyses
The best way to understand this is to look at the rain.
BJ Campbell
Mar 10, 2020
Gun’s Guide To Liberals Podcast 2: Facebook, Echo Chambers, and the Path to Activism
Gun’s Guide To Liberals Podcast 2: Facebook, Echo Chambers, and the Path to Activism
Facebook and instagram gun censorship, modern media echo chamber mechanics, and building on common ground in the gun discussion.
BJ Campbell
Feb 10, 2020
Gun’s Guide To Liberals Podcast #1: Racism and Gun Control
Gun’s Guide To Liberals Podcast #1: Racism and Gun Control
An excerpt of the discussion between GGTL, Open Source Defense, and NAAGA on Thursday evening of SHOT Show 2020.
BJ Campbell
Feb 3, 2020
A Controlled Case Study of Memetic Compression Rates
A Controlled Case Study of Memetic Compression Rates
A snapshot of the mathematics that drive internet memes.
BJ Campbell
Jan 30, 2020
Handwaving Freakoutery at SHOT Show 2020
Handwaving Freakoutery at SHOT Show 2020
The Open Source Defense group goes to Vegas, to meet an interesting and diverse cast of characters.
BJ Campbell
Jan 27, 2020
Game B, Game Ant, and the Open Sourced Religion Alternative
Game B, Game Ant, and the Open Sourced Religion Alternative
This is how we end war.
BJ Campbell
Jan 7, 2020
2019 Year in Review
2019 Year in Review
A summary of Handwaving Freakoutery material on-Medium and off, and some reflections.
BJ Campbell
Jan 2, 2020
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