There has been a lot of sneering lately about the pointlessness and hypocrisy of people “virtue signalling” on social media. To the cynics, this is the act of calling attention to your moral stances or publicly criticizing bad behavior in others. The BBC has told their journalists to avoid the appearance of it. And some… Read More The virtues of virtue signalling
Republicans are being oppressed! They tell us that atheists are taking away their ability to say “Merry Christmas.” Transgender activists are invading their bathrooms. Black people are tearing down all their beloved civil war monuments and gay couples everywhere are forcing God-fearing Christian bakers to create an endless spectrum of rainbow-themed wedding cakes. The “real”… Read More Republican like me
06 May My name is Luke McGuffee and I am writing this guest blog post because I have an important message for all my fellow Republicans. I am a card carrying member of the NRA and the Republican party and I’m here to tell you we can do better. We NEED to do better. Not… Read More “No, your a moran”: Its a grammer and spelling guide for Republican’s
In 1989, when I was a student living in a dormitory at New York University, I was assigned a new roommate. Usually, you get to choose who you live with, but I hadn’t named a preference, so the housing office assigned me a random match. Come September, we met for the first time, when a… Read More How to burn flags and influence people
People have been getting worked up lately about those “Make America Great Again” hats worn by supporters of Donald Trump. You see them everywhere at right-wing rallies in America, worn by a motley collection of conspiracy theorists, racists and low-information voters, chanting things like “Lock her up”, “CNN sucks” and “Build the wall!” The MAGA… Read More A pithy post about horrid hats
Recently, I just finished reading my first P.G. Wodehouse book. I’ve lived in Britain for a dozen years as an American expat, so I was well aware of the esteem with which Mr Wodehouse’s comedic novels were held, but until now I had never picked one up before. I had always assumed his books would be… Read More Right Ho, Brexit
Recently, the day after the London Bridge terrorist attack, feeling depressed and under siege (I live in London, not far away from the incident) I posted a note to a friend on Facebook about how it’s important not to change our way of life in response to horrors like this – to not give in… Read More Some advice on not being a social media asshole after a terrorist attack
There are three very provocative things to reveal in this blog post, and each one of them is going to make you think I’m crazy. Here we go: Your Facebook feed is being used as a tool to brainwash you I’ve created a tool to help you defeat the efforts to brainwash you But now the brainwashers… Read More My fight against Big Data’s attempts to brainwash me