Let's lob the proverbial grenade through the door and get this over with, ey?

Most people don't actually understand what radiation is; They think nuclear materials and exotic isotopes. So why should you be more scared of the kind of lightbulb that used to make your TV work?

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It's really good and you should read it

Since this has been making the news lately, I thought I'd try to get it out while it was still topical.

Why is it so important to people to argue that this comic:

Isn't racist?

Two articles and a Beautiful Night chapter h-h-hot fresh for you, after a small tweak with the site layout to make the articles a bit more centered.

First is about Incivility, death and George H W Bush. It's a look into why it's never too soon to criticize a figure after they die, and why this ideal of 'civility' is slanted towards favouring the powerful.

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Hello my mostly straight, mostly male audience.

That’s not a callout. That’s not a condemnation. Hell, until recently, I identified as both - and I could never hate myself, could I?

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New article up that I"m especially proud of

This one's a kind of explanation on how and why large groups of people form. What do the Yakuza, the Crips, the Black Panthers and #MeToo all have in common, and why do so many people do things that they know are so bad for everyone else?

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