Digest, 3/19/2022: My Mother is Crying Blood Dust Now
the forty-second digest post
I talked to Doug Lain for the first time in years and had a great time, check it out.
I have nowhere else to put the following joke, so…
DESTINATION OH OH OH!
This Week’s Posts
Monday, March 14th - The “Myth of the Model Minority" is Just an Average
There’s no reason for people to be so neurotic about the fact that Asian Americans enjoy strong averages on a variety of social metrics.
Tuesday, March 15th - My Approach to Subscriber Perks, Plus Announcing a Place to Share Your Work
Explaining the value proposition here.
Thursday, March 17th - The More Density We Build, the More Valuable "Neighborhood Character" Will Be
YIMBYs have to accept that many people value the things they disdain.
Friday, March 18th - Sometimes Misinformation is a Matter of Convenience (subscriber only)
Explaining how misinformation can work without ill intent.
From the Archives
Song of the Week
Book Recommendation
Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold, 2001
A fun, complex, twisty novel set in the Roaring Twenties. Carter of the title is a magician and illusionist in the tradition of Houdini, and he uses his skills to unravel a mystery that involves President Warren G. Harding, the Illuminati, and the secret society of magicians and the machinations within. It’s a little overlong, but for a perpetually surprising and engaging storyline it’s hard to beat. Dig into this one if you love weird twists and digressions and period details.
Comment of the Week
I usually just lurk and generally regret commenting on the internet but it seems incomplete to be discussing gay marriage and normalization without anyone mentioning Andrew Sullivan. It's perhaps less that the normies jumped ship once they got marriage, and more that they had to fight quite a bit to get marriage rights on the "gay agenda" in the first place. Credit for the tangible goal that got a majority of America on board in the first place goes (quite directly) to Andrew and his ilk. Hope I don't regret saying so out loud... - JackDitch
That’s it! Be good.
MUJI MUJI MUJIMUJISOHO!!
(But isn’t it “Destination unknown”?)
Did you get anything cool at muji? I yearn for just about everything there