8chan is a cesspool. So is your office. Dear Mr. Prince: So, you flipped the switch on 8chan. In the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over […]
America’s open letter to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince: fuck you
I’m a Loser, and I’m okay with it
My journey from dead-end Cluelessness to the pursuit of happiness… In 2009 Venkatesh Rao offered up The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office,” which I’ve come to regard as […]
Women’s health and transgender advocacy
How do we handle the math? What if I told you that a study showed the number of breast cancer diagnoses dropped by 170,799 in some Year II compared to Year I? […]
Corporations are going to save the world
Is it possible that corporations are getting a bum rap? An article on Newsweek this morning, entitled “Big Business Can Be Evil and Greedy But Here’s How Corporations Will Help Save Us […]
National Sunshine Week? Hardly.
Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
Happy freaking birthday, geezer: job hunting and ageism
Job hunting is hard, and a lot harder once you hit 50. It’s important to keep your head up and stay focused on your value, but only hiring companies can actually do […]
Dems: take the deal…with conditions
Here’s this gadfly’s prescription for bipartisan compromise Take the deal, with conditions. 1) Bipartisan oversight of the bidding process, including bipartisan vetting of bidders and whatever the usual public notice for comment […]
Trump’s Wall vs the Berlin Wall: how much would it really cost? (Hint: more than you think)
[UPDATED] All the estimates you’re seeing on the cost of Das Trumpenwand are leaving something out. Something important. And really, really expensive. NOTE: I figured out the flaw in my math and […]
When in Facebook, don’t do as Facebook does
Today’s lesson in caveat emptor Update 1/13/2019 AM: I’ve heard back from the authentic company. They reviewed the information I provided here. They noticed that the Shopify account with the fraudulent offering […]
Beer & Burritos #1: ghosting, recruiters, IPAs and chicken tastes like cardboard
In the pilot episode of Beer & Burritos, Brian, Sam and Andrew talk about the “ghosting” phenomenon companies are dealing with and discuss how much sympathy we have for recruiters. And other […]
