Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm Pt 5: The Reckoning

Bringing it to a close, what are the chances of the tech industry unionizing? It's possible, but it will be more difficult than if it happened in the 80's and 90's

Lost in Translation: Spaghetti Westerns, Kung Fu Pictures, and the Beautiful Chaos of the Grindhouse Import

Grindhouse meets foreign production, and the imports were born. I remember my father taking me to see the karate/samurai movies at Camera One in San Jose. Good times.

June 13, 2026 - Week in Review

I was a day last last week on this, but this week, I was deathly ill from the Summer cold I brought back from Las Vegas. That shit sucks. Anyhow, you know the drill, if you prefer to not get the daily(ish) post in your inbox and want a

The Original Sin

How Obama turned a movement into a monument, and left the Democratic Party to pay the tab

TFG: Elon Musk

In 2010, his first wife published everything you needed to know about Elon Musk in Marie Claire. The world decided the Roadster was too cool to care. We've been paying for that choice ever since.

How the Right Built a Media Machine Nobody Can Turn Off

The audience became the editorial board. And the editorial board only votes for more.

The Case for Optimism (And Why It's Probably Wrong)

Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 4

The Big Lie Was Always the Point

Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 3

Nobody Got Fired - Democratic Consultants

How the Democratic Consultant Class Ran the Party Into a Wall and Billed Them for It

Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm Pt 4: The Ticket Queue Is Not a Career

In the 4th installment, we look at the CS/STEM to tech pipeline, but also the fact that not all roles were equal. Puncturing the mythos.

June 7, 2026 - Week in Review

The wrap up from May 30, thru June 6, 2026. Get the posts in a diary!

Blood Simple: Herschell Gordon Lewis and the Cinema of Pure Visceral Fact

A branch of the glorious garbage that I am not so much a fan of, but you can't deny that it is influential. The Gore Merchants really pushed the boundaries of propriety