03-18-18

A Boogie Nights Theory Of Cuckservatism (Amerika)
How can you smile and yuk it up with people that are raping you?

This Giant Harpoon Was Built to Clean Up Space Junk (Popular Mechanics)
Kind of low tech, but if it works that's okay. It's getting dangerous having all that stuff  banging around up there.

Amateur bomb maker accidentally blows himself up in WI (FDL Reporter)
Nerds. Go figure?

Microsoft Wants To Force Windows 10 Mail Users To Use Edge For Email Links (The Verge)
"A desperate move to grab browser share." Yeah, that's what I thought too. MS are masters at leveraging their monopoly position on the web.

Gunpowder Moon by David Pedreira (book review)
"Set in the world 2072, the Earth has had a rough time: rampant global warming and an event known as the Thermal Maximum ruined the atmosphere, kicking off mass dislocation, famine, and warfare. Humanity was saved by breakthroughs in the development of fusion energy, which requires Helium-3 — an isotope found in abundance on the Moon. China, the United States, and Russia all establish mining outposts, essentially keeping one another in check."

U of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) Cuts Humanities Departments to the Bone! (Inside Higher Ed)
" 'Shocked, dismayed and angry': faculty members at Wisconsin Stevens Point react to a plan to cut 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology, and expand more job-oriented programs." Heh. Not exactly Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution or Pol Pot's Year Zero Project, but a damn good start.