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Every university has one professor considered too old, cranky, and strange to deal with teaching and admin. He's put in a dark room and forgotten. The professor is blissfully happy.

President Trump says the U.S. raid "obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities. That's a broad claim and the world will be a better place if it turns out to be true. Military adventures, even successful ones, have unpredictable consequences, but there is reason to hope the

Significant damage seen to several buildings within Tel-Aviv in Central Israel, following the impact of a ballistic missile fired by Iran.

The Israeli Air Force has begun a series of strikes against military targets in Western Iran, with fighter jets also having eliminated several ready-to-launch missiles, soldiers of the Iranian Armed Forces, and swiftly neutralized the launchers that fired ballistic missiles this

So beautiful 💓💓 🎵🌷J.S. Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147

How to run a logic clinic on a socialist

A belated #DavesCarIDService happy 126th birthday to a legendary marque in motoring: Bugatti. On June 19, 1899, a 17 year old Ettore Bugatti drove a twin engine tricycle of his own design to a win in the 110 mile Padua-Vincenza-Thiene-Bassano-Treviso-Padua road race. At the

I am personally not thinking of the New Yorkers with loved ones who work at one of Iran's military nuclear facilities. YMMV

Music from The Hammock Papers: thehammockpapers.blogspot.com/2025/06/handel… Handel, "Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa" ("Leave the Thorn, Take the Rose") from "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno", HWV46a (1707) Beautifully performed by Mary Bevan and AAM youtu.be/LCQTaZCCY3U?si…

From Alex Tabarrok Marginal Revolution Defeating a Virus That Killed Half a Billion People marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu… youtu.be/ybVZ7vluYhQ?si…

Sunday Pipes from Mitigating Chaos (@RVisotski) How does a pipe organ actually work? Anna Lapwood, Classic FM mitigatingchaos.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/sun… youtu.be/TzK-tYFGQx4?si…

Summary of the Threat to the United States: The ongoing Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States. Low-level cyber attacks against U.S. networks by pro-Iranian hacktivists are likely, and cyber actors affiliated with the Iranian government may

🎵It's a hard knock life🎵 The smiling urchins may be lost to memory, but not the cars behind them. Both are 1917-24 Ford Model Ts. Tudor sedan left, coupe right. x.com/USSIndianapoli…

That’s why I expect them to do it

🚨BREAKING A message of hope from the King of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to the Iranian People fighting to overthrow the terrorist Islamic Republic: "Let us not worry about the future after the fall of the Islamic Republic. Iran will not suffer from civil war and instability. We

Today in pulp I take a look back at the synthesizer. This may involve patch cables...

The Islamist-leftist alliance seems really bizarre at first, but I think it makes sense if you realize that both ideologies are on the decline. It's like a merger between two badly managed companies in a sunset industry.

The first of several U.S. Air Force B-2A “Spirit” Long-Range Stealth Bombers seen returning to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri within the last hour, after completing a near 40-hour strike mission, during which they dropped 14 GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator)

Have you heard Mass today? Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), Missa Fratres ego enim accepi (published 1601) Nicely performed by The Sixteen youtu.be/ed-mlzBtzn8?si…

There are these spots in Texas that I have to stop and photograph every time I pass though. The Lutheran church in New Sweden is one, and this bridge over the Llano River is another. One of my own photos, taken on a sweltering summer night in 2015. I start sweating just looking