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Tattoos?
I need to first establish that I do not have any tattoos, and I do not anticipate ever wanting to get one. I entirely lack whatever it is that motivates people to get tattoos. Nevertheless I respect it quite a lot. It strikes me as a very human thing, and in a way a sort… Continue reading
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Dithering
I’ve heard the name Ezra Klein, but I can’t say I ever read anything he wrote, and I definitely never listened to his podcast before. I’m not much of a podcast listener. But I did listen to his recent conversation with Te-Nehisi Coates. The occasion of their conversation was a disagreement. Klein had written something… Continue reading
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Symiliptic report sember 28
In my previous report from here in the sixth republic I mentioned the advantages we have in having additional data unknown to any of the previous republics. We have another advantage as well. The first republic was informed by the thinkers and philosophers available to them, from antiquity up to Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke. In… Continue reading
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Oh Those Economists 🙄
“…not being dead is presumably an important part of the quality of life.“ No comment. Continue reading
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Promises, promises
The latest from the Orange Baby is this announcement from Friday, September 26: Starting October 1st, 2025, we will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America. “IS BUILDING” will be defined as, “breaking ground” and/or “under construction.” There will,… Continue reading
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Just sayin’…
Have you noticed that gun advocates almost always fall back on the claim that carrying guns makes society safer? They actually say this with a straight face. The US has more guns in the hands of more people than any other society. And US citizens are much more likely to be shot and killed than… Continue reading
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They lie for a living
Years ago I had to go through a metal detector to enter a courthouse. I was reporting for jury duty (I was never empaneled, which was a bit disappointing). I emptied my pockets and the guards confiscated one of those little nail clippers I had in my pocket. I asked why and they claimed that… Continue reading
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The vulnerability of enormity
I cancelled my Disney + subscription. Partly because of the company’s capitulation to the fascist occupying regime, but also partly because it just wasn’t being used very much. Cancelled NetFlix at the same time. In that case, only because it wasn’t being used very much. It made me think about the changes to Disney, the… Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Check out my newsletter, Artisanal Scribbles, where I’m grappling with writing, authentic human authorship, integrity, and the craft of beauty in the AI age. You can also find some of my old software projects at GitHub. Nothing very impressive. I mostly wrote tiny utilities in Python and shell scripts. I’m mostly retired from coding nowadays.
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