Quite a few this week. People been busy.
Mark Zuckerberg, The Sad Billionaire - by Noah Berlatsky (everythingishorrible.net) Excellent look at some of the many flaws in Sorkin’s movie. I am just going to say it outright — Sorkin is a bad, or at least significantly flawed, writer.
In defense of Deliverism. The radical idea that people vote for… | by Cory Doctorow | Jul, 2023 | Medium Doctorow’s contribution to the actions matter vs. nothing you ca do debate in politics is worth reading.
Thoughts on the early days of RPG's - Riddle Fox Games (substack.com) Nice look back at the early evolution of video game RPGs.
Opinion | How DeSantis’s own lawyers accidentally exposed his anti-woke deceit - The Washington Post Yes, Virginia, anti-Wokeism really is about thought control.
They Don't Want Us And We Don't Need Them | Defector This goes a long way to explaining why so many of our Overloards seem to have gone insane: so much of our economy is built upon attention, and that does not lend itself to the kind of easy control these people crave.
All These Hysterical Women - by lyz - Men Yell at Me (substack.com) The value of being hysterical.
Jonathan Chait declares independence from facts: INDIGNITY VOL. 3, NO. 114 (substack.com) It is astonishing just how much Chait is allowed to lie.