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Alternative lifestyle choices work great - for alternative people
And it's important to know which one you are, before you mess up your life
May 19, 2025
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Lies, damned lies and guns in Australia
Comparing mass shootings in Australia and the US
Jan 5
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What diversity means when excellence is off the table
Conversations about diversity are ultimately about which mediocrities get rewarded
Dec 22, 2025
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Movie review: Materialists
Consider this a snack between meals
Aug 19, 2025
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A response to Freddie deBoer on AI hype
Bulverism is a waste of everyone's time
Aug 5, 2025
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The blacks of Ireland are not the blacks of America (2022 census update)
and not every issue affecting the blacks of America affects the blacks of Ireland in the same way
Jul 3, 2025
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POSIWID, deepities and scissor statements
A response to Scott Alexander, with whom I largely agree
Apr 15, 2025
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Conservatives do not have a monopoly on fear of crime
As a literal-minded person, I am once again asking for connotation not to completely supplant denotation
Jan 8, 2025
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