prior probability

For my fellow political philosophers and fans of Thomas Hobbes, the meme pictured below has my vote! (As an added bonus, here is a comprehensive thread containing many more good Bernie memes, which should last us until the rest of the month.)

With apologies to Tennyson, check out this 2011 essay by Howard Bryant (ESPN) describing one the most remarkable chapters in the history of sports. In addition to breaking records in baseball, the great Henry Louis Aaron helped to change Atlanta and the world. (As an aside, did the covid vaccine cause or contribute to the death of this great legend?)

Pictured below is the front and back of Hank Aaron’s rookie card:

More details about this hybrid game are available here.

Let’s start with George Bush Jr. (“Bushito”) for starting costly wars without end in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today (21 Jan. 2021), for example, 18 years after Bushito’s fateful decision to start a disastrous pre-emptive war on false pretenses, there is more innocent Iraqi blood on his hands. (See this report in today’s Wall Street Journal.) Why did the USA “liberate” Iraq again?

Exhibit A. Meanwhile, is President Biden the new Konstantin Chernenko? #gerontocracy

My next paper will have to be on “The Politics of Normativity in the New Media”!

The full thread is available here, via Joaquim Campa (@JoaquimCampa).

In honor of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and MLK Day, we are posting below a small sample of MLK-related postage stamps from around the world:

Via Kottke (links in original): “Cuban-born Darian Mederos does oil portraits that look like they are covered in bubble wrap. You can check out more of his work on Instagram.”