Incompetence of the powerful
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Embrace the shallow
Evidently long-time windbag and vainglorious waste of space David Brooks got another piece published in The NY Times. You can’t read it without paying, and it’s almost certainly not worth it. But it does have a good title (which Brooks almost certainly didn’t come up with): We Deserve Pete Hegseth. Mitch Wagner expanded on it Continue reading
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F**k those guys
Córy Doctorow posted a searing commentary on people with power ignoring advice, doing stupid things, and screwing LOTS of things up for everybody who’s not in the 1% — or possibly the 0.1%. Reagan is still the #1 on my list of most malevolent recent US presidents, but Doctorow’s info bumps Clinton’s position, so congratulations, Continue reading
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New item for the list
The list is “incompetence of the powerful.” I’ve mentioned things like this before, and decided it’s time for a new tag to keep track. “Elon Musk killed PBM reform without knowing what PBM means.” Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Check out my other blog, Techlimitics, where I’m grappling with the nature of simplicity.