Category: Historical Events

Like Cleverness, But Less So

In the nightmare, I’m held at gunpoint and for 24 hours am forced to read aloud works of “queer theory.” I begin with W. Benjamin Myers’ thoughts on “straight and white teeth as a metaphor for a straight and White identity” – and which allegedly reveal the “uninterrogated Whiteness” of routine dental hygiene and its role in maintaining “arrogant and ignorant straight and White identities.”

While you marvel at the naff, strained metaphor – teeth-brushing as an expression of “Whiteness,” an allegedly pathological state – and the irrelevant, space-filling anecdotal rambling, and the unearned, predetermined conclusion, and the invocation of Judith Butler – this Judith Butler – do spare a thought for your gracious host. As I poke at the smouldering wreckage of academia.

On “queer theory” and other wonders of Dumb Academia.

Is Trump Playing 4D Chess with the Strait of Hormuz?

Fascinating hypothesis – h/t Sooke + RN

The Beginning of the End of Twitter 1.0

In my digital calendar, I denote all sorts of important events – births, deaths, historical events, etc. On March 6, 2019, one of the most important Joe Rogan podcasts ever occurred: Joe Rogan Experience #1258 – Jack Dorsey, Vijaya Gadde & Tim Pool. Here’s a summary of what occurred.

The following is entirely my opinion, but this video is proof positive that Vijaya Gadde was absolutely one of the worst people in the world at that time. Since then, we’ve witnessed other tyrants like Thierry Breton of the EU and a bunch of anti-free speech zealots in Canada, the UK, and Germany, but she was clearly a pioneer in this arena.

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