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It’s A Trap, or, Why Going to Congress Is a Bad Idea

Several high-profile university presidents went before Congress this week and got eviscerated for apparent latent antisemitism. These events, by themselves, are not notable or unpredictable, but I saw an interesting sidebar today in the Times on their attempts at prepping, via lawyers. Top-level university administrators spend an inordinate amount of their work hours talking to […]

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Noted War Criminal Dies

Nothing to celebrate or mourn. Entropy wins every time.

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The Potter-Taran Treatise, Appendix II

Perhaps I forgot a few. So here’s Appendix II, 19 years later, with knowledge of Books 6-7 of the Potterverse. Team Prydain is still winning. Achren vs. Bellatrix The former queen and evil enchantress of Prydain vs. the worst (or is it the best?) of the Death-Eaters. You might think about this as a straight-up […]