I’m moving! And I have new writing opportunities! — I don’t write these often but I wanted to write a little bit about what’s going on in my life right now. A few months ago, I lamented my inability to move back to New England, especially with how expensive the housing market has become lately. It’s essentially the worst…

A Twitter critical blow up over the new Women’s March logo is tremendously embarrassing for the gender critical movement — Last week, a small group of self-proclaimed gender critical feminists on Twitter blew up over a change to the logo for Women’s March, the organization that put together several nationwide marches since Donald Trump was elected in 2016. The new logo still features the organization’s trademark three right-facing facial profiles…

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The developers haven’t released a new support hero since 2018, and queue times for the latest beta show that players noticed — Game developer Activision-Blozzard Entertainment opened up the second round of its Overwatch 2 beta with decent fanfare. The new tank hero, Junkerqueen, has spawned an equal number of insane clips and horny posts. The game’s 5v5 format is new and somewhat refreshing compared to the 6v6 format of the first…

At some point over the last half century, Senators decided to stop being legislators and let the courts take over the hard decisions — The conservative majority spent the last few weeks of their session rewriting the law to suit their whims, from striking down the legal right to privacy in Roe v Wade to placing themselves above the executive branch in agency regulation. It’s perhaps the most radical few weeks in the entire…

The Biden administration said yesterday that they didn’t want to take action to protect abortion rights in the wake of Roe v Wade’s demise because they thought doing so would be “politically polarizing” — There have been two schools of thought on what Democrats should do now that Roe v Wade has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The moderate side claims to represent political reality and focus solely on turning the SCOTUS decision into an election issue, while progressives suggest that Democrats should…

Gender critical activists claim they are fighting for women, but their quest to control trans lives depended on wiping out the right to bodily autonomy — Last Friday, the US Supreme Court wiped out the constitutional right to abortion for American women and trans people who can get pregnant. The ruling threw the American political scene into chaos. In some red states that had trigger laws banning the practice upon a ruling overturning Roe v Wade…

I’m moving back to New England soon and I couldn’t be more excited, but it also comes with a distinct sense of failure — Yesterday I gave my notice to move out of my current apartment after my corporate landlord emailed me an “offer” to stay in my current roach-infested place for an extra $280 a month. It was the final straw in a slow build towards pulling the trigger on a move. I…

My favorite solo video game has consumed thousands of hours of my life. Here’s why I often tell people that Europa Universalis IV is the most complicated video game ever made. It’s also my favorite solo game. Set between the historical years of 1444 and 1820, the game allows you…