“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

The 2024 Post-Election Shitlord Schadenboner

The 2024 Post-Election Shitlord Schadenboner

As we saw last night, the world appears to be returning – kind-of-sort-of-really-slowly-in-a-chaotic-way – to normal. We can say this, because His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus...
Victory 2024

Victory 2024

Well, brothers, there it is. His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, may the Lord bless him and preserve him, has won...
Choose ye, O choose, Free People!

Choose ye, O choose, Free People!

As a general rule, watching American politics is rather like watching American football – or European football, for that matter: noisy, stupid, and generally pointless. Indeed, one could argue that isn’t even a very good analogy – it may well be more apt to consider...
Fresh-squeezed Ornj Boi

Fresh-squeezed Ornj Boi

His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, may the Lord bless him and preserve him, appeared on a couple of long-form...
Between the Dummy and the Derp State

Between the Dummy and the Derp State

OK, honestly, chaps, would whoever it is that is running this crazy ride please quit already? Stop the world, it is too insane, I want to get off. This has been one of those days when weeks happen in the space of hours. I refer, of course, to the fact that the Fake...
Didactic Mind, Ep 76: War Games

Didactic Mind, Ep 76: War Games

This week’s episode is all about game theory and its profound and powerful application to politics. I use the lens of game-theoretic understanding to provide insights into why the Right keeps losing against the Left. As I point out in the podcast, the reason is...
The first passengers for Pinochet Airways

The first passengers for Pinochet Airways

As we all know by now, His Most Illustrious, Noble, August, Benevolent, and Legendary Celestial Majesty, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Donaldus Triumphus Magnus Astra, the First of His Name, the Lion of Midnight, the Chaddest of Chads, may the Lord bless him and...
The empire that is united, must come apart

The empire that is united, must come apart

Note: This post is adapted from an email that I sent to my subscribers earlier today. If you have not yet subscribed to my mailing list, make sure you do so here. Wednesday January 20th came and went. The Storm never happened. President Trump left the White House and...
Shampeachment 2: The Shampooing

Shampeachment 2: The Shampooing

I’m a big fan of the notion that overkill is underrated – an idea that I got from The A-Team, a rather underrated movie in its own right. (Snarky comments about Didact’s appalling taste in movies in the comments, please.) But I generally like my...