2024 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2024.
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Passages from B. Traven's The Death Ship
Some of my favorite passages from B. Traven's The Death Ship.
Framework 13 AMD versus Thinkpad X1C6
Preliminary notes on the Framework 13 and how it compares to my previous laptop, a Thinkpad X1C6.
2023 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2023.
Fake New Year's resolutions for 2024
Some fake New Year's resolutions I share with people.
2022 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2022.
A socialist Christmas
How the International Socialist Review celebrated christmas in 1902, and how we might celebrate it in 2022! All by way of buying books!
Speech recognition almost broke up my family
How a poor speech-to-text transcription almost caused a major rift in my family.
An Ex-Slave Holder on the Negro Question
"An ex-slave holder and Confederate veteran knew what was up: that racism is just a ploy of the ruling class."
2021 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2021.
Autism rock
The time I found a rock with the word "autism" painted on it, and the doubts that ensued.
Favorite bands from A to Z, 2021 edition
"Another one where you get exactly what's advertised: an alphabetical list of my favorite bands, one per letter."
Rename your files in a text editor
Overview of a bunch of programs that let you edit file names in a text eidtor.
2020 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2020.
The January 6th riots
"'Even if they didn't always say these words out loud, the left vilified the mob as 'unpatriotic,' 'anti-democratic,' and 'anarchistic.' If only they were! No capitalist mob can claim those noble adjectives!'"
When small confessions hide bigger crimes
Sometimes the ruling class offers a small apology, a small admission of guilt, to distract from a bigger crime.
2019 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2019.
Veterans: No Thanks!
I don't respect or thank veterans.
Review of Danny Katch's Socialism ... Seriously
"Danny Katch's book _Socialism ... Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation_ is a great introduction to Trotskyism. That makes it a poor introduction to socialism."
The Dissenter plugin: stillborn descendent of a good idea
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Black Sabbath Volume 4
I really like Black Sabbath Volume 4.
Queen II
I really like Queen II.
2018 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2018.
Saved by the Bell made me a communist
"How's this for an unlikely sentence: A Christmas episode of _Saved by the Bell_ made me a communist."
Side Pocket as a vision of adulthood
"As a child, the SNES game Side Pocket struck me as a vision of adulthood: night clubs, women, sports cars, jazz, etc."
Fuck the USA and fuck the NFL
I'm really sick of the NFL's constant celebration of U.S. militarism.
tarsnap: saving your data for pennies a month
tarsnap, the secure Unix-friendly backup service, is too cheap not to use!
Finally, a negative Subnautica review
At first I liked Subnautica. Then I thought I maybe hated it. And then I liked it again, a lot.
Adding old Livejournal posts to this blog
An explanation of where posts from before April 2015 come from.
2017 in review
A review of stuff I encountered and enjoyed in 2017.
Some funny bits from Tony Iommi's autobiography
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Marxism against the mystical illusions of politics and religion
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A 90s Cyberhalloween
A collection of links to authentic 1990s Halloween webpages.
Brief thoughts on Mass Effect 2
The things I like about Mass Effect 2.
Mednafen notes, updated
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Brian Evenson's strong starts
Some amazing opening sentences from Brian Evenson's short stories.
On the election of Trump: don't take sides in the struggle of capitalist factions!
Trump's election is astonishing, but do not be drawn into the factional struggles between capitalist cliques. The only way forward for humanity is the independent fight of the working class!
Evolution explained in 112 words
Evolution by natural selection is one of the simplest ideas in science. Here read Stephen Jay Gould explain it in 112 words.
Notes on Bordiga's "The Democratic Principle"
What else but notes on Amadeo Bordiga's seminal text \"The Democratic Principle.\"
Notes on Lenin's State and Revolution
A brief summary of Lenin's seminal work on the state, along with thoughts on what is still good an what is inadequate.
Fire Station Socialism: Sanders, Anarchism, and the Left
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Notes on the "Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League"
Marx and Engels wrote the "Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League" in 1850. It is an important revolutionary document since it sees Marx and Engels clearly arguing against reformism and state capitalism.
So the Civil War wasn't about slavery?
Some people say the Civil War was not about slavery. This is revisionist history at its absolute worst.
Review of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
A summary and positive review of Kondo Marie's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
Marx versus Issa
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Notes on McPherson's Abraham Lincoln
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My political history
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Fight for your right?
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Heavy software
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Introduction: about my new static blog set-up
The why and how of my new static blog set-up. It uses nothing but markdown and a shell script!