“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
— Haldir
Blog Posts
Chronic Illness
This is an *excellent* column from the Washington Post about chronic illness, how we measure it, and where it originates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/19/chronic-diseases-health-policy/ “Blame is cheap. System change costs money and effort.” Here is a gift link to the article. Disease is not caused by immorality. Thinking that way is tempting, because of the Just World Fallacy…
Throw back the dead man’s coin
I just shared my bitter brew post with a new person, and it reminded me of this amazing Wondermark comic. https://wondermark.com/c/1135/ Because yes. If we did want equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome, we would not have inheritance. For that matter, we couldn’t even let children be raised by their parents! Even aside from…
Miscellaneous resources?
I haven’t explored it yet, but this seems promising. I especially like the idea of specialized search engines that have curated links in them. https://dinkdonkdunk.neocities.org/ So: intriguing, but handle with care. Don’t put your di^H^H USB drive in that just yet. But…I hope it’s real!
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