Kirk Israel's commonplace and blog. Quotes and links daily since 2001.
2026.05.03
For both sides, depending on locality, parlaying potentially temporary political advantage into quasi-permanent impregnable districting is a path to that party never having to listen to the voters en masse, which is an obvious boon for authoritarianism and a system that only has to pretend that votes count.
2026.05.02


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2026.04.29
WWE Videos Made by a Glitching AI That Sounds Like It's Being Strangled Are the Future of Entertainment
all this talk about tokens this and tokens that. they turned my profession into chuck e cheese.
2026.04.28
Vacation is a week or two to pretend that you're rich.
2026.04.27
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
2026.04.26
