I think of the desperation that drove farmers to death by suicide and even, in some extreme cases, murder. I think of the empty eyes of the store windows. I think of the historical society in LeMars, where the second floor is a graveyard of pianos from…
Science for the People
From Scientists to Salesmen – A Review of Noah Hutton’s In Silico.
Pervasive corporate managerialism has made it such that the number and prestige of publications in prestigious for-profit journals has become the key metric of one’s value, and the cri…
Tax Loopholes and Revolving Doors (Occupy K Street)
How Accounting Giants Craft Favorable Tax Rules From Inside Government [ungated] – “Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return.” also btw…
This Is How America’s Ri…
Hi, my name is Phil and I like talking about politics
Brexit Crisis Worsened By Rampant Capitalism A Different Bias is a channel started in 2018 by then-teacher Phil Moorhouse to turn his “ranting about politics in the staffroom” into videos about Brexit era Britain. Over the past year the “socialist, Pr…
FULL BEAST
The third season of HBO’s Succession arrives on October 17th. Trailer. Previously. Fanfare.
What’s the smallest amount you can spend for a million of something?
An ongoing twitter thread exploring the lowest it’s possible to spend to get a million of something.
“Manufactured products only, must be ordered by specific quantity written on the pack or in singles (‘pack of 10’). Must not be ordered by volume (‘m…
It measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile
Enough with the GDP — it’s time to measure genuine progress – “Unlike GDP, the Genuine Progress Indicator is designed to measure economic performance from the perspective of ordinary American households, not corporations or Wall Street investors.”[1,2]…
A Film On Possibility
British trancecore band Enter Shikari spent the last few days releasing a series of mini-documentaries, partially about the making of their 2020 album Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible [YouTube playlist], but more interestingly about the sta…