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				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 9, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Popularized by RW former anon l0m3z in an article.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for November 6, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
https://x.com/KloverKlub14/status/2119542816820932629


It appears that a lot of attention to detail was skipped, and many things like hookshot targets and breakable/secret walls got the modern gaming "LOOK OVER HERE" treatment.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for November 6, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah OK. Not sure that's enough of a draw for me, especially with the cost of the hardware to run it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for November 6, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh, it's out? What's changed compared to the original?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 2, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
https://x.com/POTUS46Archive/status/1880271367569895830 and its community note and responses would be a starting point. Didn't find any good articles from a search.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Midterms Megathread
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think performative cruelty hurt operational efficiency more than it encouraged self-deportations. But I don't have data to back this.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of November 2, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Why wouldn't I want the ad to be something I might actually like?




I would expect the ads at best to increase chance of conversion, not to actually be selling me something that solves a problem I have and/or makes my life better.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think there are two angles you can push on. One is see if he goes for some easy slop, on the theory that he's gotta get comfortable with the mechanics of reading, sitting still for a good few hours, etc. The other is to point him at harder things to see if he goes for the challenge. Since he's asked for and bounced off Dune and The Martian, maybe go for the first.


Matthew Reilly writes paper action movies, but he might need to be 1-2 years older for those? Animorphs is a good read but gets dark later. It can also be a vector for weird-kid-ism and the fandom seems to attract a lot of trans and furry elements. Most of the great YA I can think of is either non-SF and/or is for a couple of years in the future (e.g. Tomorrow series). Maybe easy fantasy would be good?


Also, 10 might still be young enough to enjoy some reading aloud with the parents. You could read the harder books with him and then you can answer his questions before things become too frustrating.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 1, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I had an L-Trac back when CST was making them (seems like X-Keys now does them?). Loved it so much I bought a second so I could have one at home and at work. Used both until the switches broke, have some switches on order to solder in when they arrive.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 30, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Some fun AI Doompop: The Lightcone needs you to lock in, Son. Starring Big Yud's Golden Hat.


I'm impressed by how catchy these things are getting, but Suno (I'm assuming it's Suno, it seems to always be Suno) seems to be pretty samey once you've heard a few of its songs. I don't know if this is a lack of imagination on the part of the people steering it, or if it's overtrained on "modern pop bangers".


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 30, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


this is not 100% "fun"




Perhaps not, but you moved me and made my eyes water, and these are rich and proper emotions when a cultural titan like Stewart passes.




May we all find love that can survive such a journey, and let us hope that it's never called upon to be tested in such a way.




Amen.




Picard represented an unusual model of authority: intellectual, capable of violence but reluctant to employ it, and principled without being blind to the difficulties of applying those principles consistently. It was not his infallibility that made him admirable, but his conviction in the face of uncertainty and weakness. For those of us who grew up with TNG, perhaps the more lasting influence was not what it taught us to expect of technology, but what it taught us to expect of the people entrusted with it.




I regret not being able to say more than essentially "This.", but the lack of responsibility our most powerful technologists have demonstrated through the past two-and-a-half decades is truly disappointing and appalling.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don't agree, because Malfoid requires two character journeys before they can become a couple: Harry has to complete his hero's journey and become someone competent (and not just doing it for female attention) and Malfoid has to have her prejudices break down because they are increasingly incompatible with her growing respect and affection towards Harry as he grows.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Agreed. The fun from Malfoid IMHO came from seeing repressed creativity burst forth, and highlighting a male romantic angle that has been underappreciated in recent years. Government agencies trying to ride everyman trends is just cringe.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
One of the jokes that went around when all this first kicked off:




Why didn't Rowling write Dracena?

Because Draco was a boy in the first draft.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Squib


It's rare.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 26, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Given that teachers and social workers as a demographic are overwhelmingly D voters, doesn't this policy just result in certain teachers coordinating to enroll entire classes onto the "no gun/precrime" list? You'd have something like fifteen years before anyone noticed, and the resultant mess would be enormous and difficult to unwind. That schools are already prepared to conceal children's alternate identities from their parents when it comes to LGBT issues shows that means and opportunity are both present, and I think enough teachers would take the opportunity that the results would be disastrous.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes indeed. Insane community aside, it's solved so much.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 25, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
NixOS might be a bad choice for a beginner, but it's an excellent choice when you want things to just stay configured and working.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 19, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I shouldn't be surprised and disappointed that they'd make the literal goddess of love androgynous, but here we are.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 18, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Many anti-discrimination laws have carve-outs with reasonings like "to redress historical injustices" etc., which is how womens' groups of all kinds remain legal.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 12, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I'm surprised that you consider that point persuasive, given that we've had several incidents of agents breaking containment or people not even successfully configuring the equivalent of a cardboard box around the agent.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 16, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
We already have to put up them interjecting their own tangents into the conversation.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 11, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Re: Medieval Icelandic Democracy, see this review of Njal's Saga by an ACX reader:




Remember, medieval Iceland was an early attempt at anarcho-capitalist utopia. When Harald Fairhair declared himself King of Norway, the Norwegians who refused to bend the knee fled west to build a makeshift seastead on a frozen volcanic island. No lords, no kings, no masters. Only lawsuits. So, so many lawsuits.


Once a year, the Icelanders would meet at the Althing, a free-for-all open-air law court. There they would engage in that most Viking of pastimes - suing each other, ad nauseam, for every minor slight of the past twelve months. Offended parties would sell their rights to prosecute a case to the highest bidder, who would go around seeking fair arbitrators (or, in larger cases, defer to a panel chosen by chieftain-nobles called godi). Courts would propose a penalty for the losing side - usually money. There were no police, but if the losers refused to pay, the courts could declare them “outlaws” - in which case it was legal to kill them. If you wanted to be a Viking in medieval Iceland, you needed a good lawyer. And Njal was the greatest lawyer of all.




				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 5, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don't, sorry. I think your best bet is going to be hill climbing through twitter authors who write stuff you like, and seeing whether they have accounts on AO3 etc or recommend people who do.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	







		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 5, 2026
			
		

	




	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, that is true. My point is that the ability to ideate on the setting is being accelerated by AI. Both that it lets people make new media but also that it's probably more impactful to certain viewers when you can also present images, videos, and comic versions of the writing at nearly the same pace. I remember reading warnings against asking ChatGPT to generate an image of potential kids from one's photos because you while you know how reproduction works from biology class, you still might not be ready for what you see when you see it presented in an image with your face.