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Another luminary of mid-twentieth-century conservatism, Russell Kirk, said, “Until human beings are tied together by some common faith, and share certain moral principles, they prey upon one another.” To which three responses are required. First, …

A longtime reader is convinced we are enduring an imagination deficit. “Everywhere,” she writes, “I see clichés taking over. Obviously in public life with politicians and journalists. That’s nothing new but in the arts too, …

The active volcano Kilauea, on the Big Island of Hawaii, is heating up. In the days between January 27 and February 1, 2024, scientists have observed more than a thousand earthquakes and ground deformation that …

Most of the time, I am prompted to write about birds and other wildlife that I have encountered recently while out and about exploring. Today, I am writing about a bird precisely because I haven't …

Photographer: John ChumackSummary Author: John Chumack Shown above is an impressive sun pillar that caught my attention as the Sun was setting one day last month while driving near Yellow Springs, Ohio. I first noticed …

Dear friends, I said I wouldn't post any more on this site. But Elon Musk doesn't like me posting Substack links on Twitter. And Substack itself is a mess. The home page looks amateurish, and …

In public opinion polls, one of the primary concerns about rising levels of immigration is the extent to which it might increase crime rates. But several puzzles arise here. The evidence that immigration systematically leads …

Sounds dirty, doesn’t it, getting your palimpsest on? In fact, it’s the broadest sort of euphemism for swearing. It’s not total absence of profanity from a text or conversation. Profanity is there, legible in occasional …

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: For years, cops and other government authorities all over the world have been using phone hacking technology provided by Cellebrite to unlock phones and obtain the data within. And the company has …

Lately (as in the last six months, I’d guess) I have really intense dreams every couple of nights. Not nightmares or action-packed adventures, just dreams that feel very real with people who seem like well-rounded …

The World OpenAI releases a new tool to generate "realistic"-looking video from text prompts. Russian opposition figure Navalny has died in prison. Donald Trump ordered to pay almost half a billion dollars in his NY …

IntroductionI wish it were possible to look up any medical issue without being exposed to the most graphic photographs ever taken by man or beast. —Velveteen, Post on akko.wtf While browsing the WICG discussion forms, …

In the very first episode of our new Fourcast podcast, I sat down with Tyler Sticka, and we unpacked the often daunting world of legacy application redesigns. It’s a tale of fear, strategy, and a …

I'm afraid that medication for back spasms does not make for timely posting of the sausages, so some of these have perhaps been in the smokehouse a bit longer than optimal. That, however, may make …

The Hex Garden Encounters Three inductees in vivid butterfly robes, gardening. Brilliant, giant butterfly, fluttering above the chapel. Hex Priest. Two furred, swift, small humanoids, stealing figs. Giant caterpillar, feeding on the nearest green leaf. …