2020-04-16 16:20
I think it better that in times like these A poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right; He has had enough of meddling […] Read More
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2020-04-16 12:23
hey everyone — I’d like to thank the gang at Scholars & Rogues for giving me the space to do this. it was fun! see you all around the internet … Read More
2020-04-16 11:47
Today we close the doors at Scholars & Rogues after 13 years and nearly 11,000 posts on politics, arts, literature, music, popular culture, the environment, journalism and media, interna… Read More
2020-04-15 18:45
The very first things I wrote about the internet were dark: hate groups, right wing extremists, and their ability to do harm in cyberspace. Twenty-three years ago I began an academic relatio… Read More
2020-04-15 18:34
Scholars & Rogues is shutting down, but several of our staffers will be continuing on with their personal sites. You’re invited to follow. Lullaby Pit is one of the oldest sit… Read More
2020-04-15 17:51
April is Autism Awareness Month, which you knew unless you’ve spent the last decade under a rock. There’s a side of autism that you don’t see if you don’t live with/t… Read More
2020-04-15 14:34
2020-04-15 13:56
remember after Hurricane Sandy when Obama made all the governors dance and beg for help? of course you don’t. Obama sprang to immediate action and did what needed to be done, because [… Read More
2020-04-15 09:26
2 April 2020 A new home for me and a small farewell to Scholars and Rogues… The US Postal Service recognizes the address as Nehalem Boulevard, which gives the impression… Read More
2020-04-14 12:59
what kind of shithole country murders its own postal service Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-04-14 09:03
18 October–Oslo It is almost awkward to be in the world of light, trees, and birds again. The noise and chaos of the group over the last two weeks remain in my […] Read More
2020-04-13 21:43
So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears i… Read More
2020-04-13 12:52
when asked how he would know when it was safe to go out in public again, the guy who stared directly into an eclipse and said to rake the forest and waterbomb […] Read More
2020-04-10 13:36
if I had something that I wanted to make sure Trump never ever ever ever ever found out about, I’d put it in his daily briefing Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited […] Read More
2020-04-09 12:33
Joe Biden was not my first choice. he was not my seventh choice. he was not my sixteenth choice. but you’re goddamn right that I’ll be voting for him in November Your […] Read More
2020-04-08 13:34
call me crazy but I’m beginning to suspect that the guy who held teenage beauty pageants might be out of his depth here Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my [&hellip&hell…Read More
2020-04-07 23:20
I’ve been thinking a lot about paradigm shifts lately. Not just the cultural shifts like COVID-19, but the smaller, personal shifts too. Like the founding, and the closing, of Scholars… Read More
2020-04-07 13:45
your pandemic response team: — the stupidest fucking moron on the planet — the stupidest fucking son-in-law on the planet — the guy who sells pillows — the doctor who… Read More
2020-04-06 13:44
Hello, I’m Brian, and in addition to my writing here at S&R, I’ve been the site’s main tech admin for most of its 13 years. As of April 17th, 2020, S&R will [&helli&hell…Read More
2020-04-06 12:15
holy fucking shit, the president of the united states is melting straight the fuck down and throwing a shit-fit for the ages on live television and I guess what I want to […] Read More
2020-04-03 12:51
turns out that racism and stupidity are not the skill set needed to fight a global pandemic. look, I’m just as surprised as you Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from [&h&hell…Read More
2020-04-03 12:00
2020-04-02 13:07
when this is all over, how about we drag President Fake-Somber Moron in front of Congress and make him testify on live TV for 11 straight hours about how 200,000+ people came […] Read More
2020-04-02 11:00
In April 16, 2007 Scholars & Rogues flung open the doors with high hopes and a basic premise: get smart people together, give them a forum, and get out of the way. […] Read More
2020-04-01 17:13
After 20 yearsI don’t have itin me anymoreto not love youmore than my lifemore than mankindmore than any lifebut yours. You have saved meso many timesfrom myselfI’m pretty sureyo… Read More
2020-04-01 13:09
the first reporter to stand up and ask “what the fuck is wrong with you” should get a lifetime Pulitzer Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Foll… Read More
2020-03-31 13:26
pretty weird how Cuomo doesn’t demand that everyone praise him, nor does he throw a shit fit if a reporter asks a tough question, what’s up with that Your Daily Devotional is [&h&hell…Read More
2020-03-31 09:08
The hike 15 October Coal Miner’s Inn, Longyearbyen Sitting now with a Spitsbergen IPA and some gifted crackers and dried figs. Longyearbyen is brown and s… Read More
2020-03-30 12:31
I like presidents who don’t kill their constituents Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-03-28 20:59
I hypothesize that the surface temperature will increase as a result of COVID19's shutdown of industry and transportation due to the reduction of aerosols Read More
2020-03-27 13:06
hey guys, call me crazy but just hear me out: it’s beginning to look like it may have been a mistake to put a spite-fueled sadist in charge of our nation’s well-being […] Read More
2020-03-27 01:08
So, the coronavirus, yeah. How are you holding up? It’s crazy out there, right? Not like ‘violence in the streets’ crazy, not yet, but nutty enough. I really hope you&rsquo&hell…Read More
2020-03-26 12:25
no one could have predicted that the country where school lunch debt is a thing and cancer patients have to beg strangers on the internet for money for their medications would also […… Read More
2020-03-25 13:27
Sōgi bows before Ikkyū. “Master Dōken rebuked me this morning,” he says. “What did you do this time?” replies Ikkyū. “Nothing. I merely aske… Read More
2020-03-25 12:38
they think it’s ok for schoolchildren to perish in a hail of bullets. they think it’s ok for the elderly to die in a pandemic. these people are fucking psychopaths. vote them [&h&hell…Read More
2020-03-24 13:14
he can’t read. he can’t think. he can’t reason. he can’t tell truth from fiction. he’s out of shape, out of breath and painted up like a fucking demented clown… Read More
2020-03-23 11:51
look at this stupid fucking illiterate moron with his rodeo clown makeup and his cotton candy pissmop hair. how in fuck did we as a country do this Your Daily Devotional is […] Read More
2020-03-20 21:09
Visitor to America: Hello! I am new in your country. Can you teach me importants for live here? Me: Visitor to America: OK! Am now leaving! Read More
2020-03-20 20:25
Photography is the essence of social distancing During the coronavirus panic I’ve been going out every day, mostly to my local grocery bodega here in Brisbane, California for cigarette… Read More
2020-03-20 13:28
“no one saw this coming” says the moron who fired the pandemic response team, went golfing, called it a hoax, went golfing again, said he had a “hunch” it wasn’… Read More
2020-03-19 13:44
Happy Equinox from S&R Read More
2020-03-19 12:51
pretty weird how there’s always a trillion dollars just lying around whenever corporations need to be bailed out but there’s never any money when children need healthcare or a si… Read More
2020-03-17 09:02
Notes and views For open water, the chairs [in the dining/common area] are bungee-ed to the floor so they can only slide a small distance. Flat surfaces, other than the dining tables, [&hell&hell…Read More
2020-03-16 12:22
look, I may not agree with how our president is handling this coronavirus situation, but he is our leader and I will defend to the death his right to be impeached, removed […] Read More
2020-03-15 15:33
This country looks like one that’s about to learn some things the hard way. Riffing on Sam’s post about Rome… We all got taught that Rome fell when the barbarians sacked R… Read More
2020-03-13 14:10
Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad get me out of this You’ve partied like there’s no tomorrow. You and your bros drunk, smoked, snorted and fucked your way through the whole semes… Read More
2020-03-13 13:05
the real culprits in all of this are the producers of The Apprentice, who took a bankrupt imbecile with no impulse control and the attention span of a coked-up squirrel and peddled […… Read More
2020-03-12 12:55
pro tip: you can’t bullshit your way out of a pandemic Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-03-11 12:56
really impressed by all the Republicans now speaking out against Trump’s botched coronavirus response and his irresponsible disinformation campaign. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA just kid… Read More
2020-03-10 12:57
failed at running a real estate empire failed at running casinos failed at running an airline failed at running an economy failed at fighting a pandemic failed as a game show host […] Read More
2020-03-09 12:54
what our president has done to fight the coronavirus: – praised himself – called it a hoax – blamed Obama – worn a stupid hat – muzzled the experts – anno… Read More
2020-03-08 16:43
Macro… Read More
2020-03-07 16:47
There are 21 senses and subsenses of the adverb "well," not all of which can apply to the phrase "well-regulated militia." Which ones apply and why? Read More
2020-03-06 13:24
it occurs to me that the guy who lied about crowd size and lied about bone spurs and lied about his wealth and lied about his racist wall and and lied about […] Read More
2020-03-04 13:41
he’s too fucking stupid to understand what the scientists tell him. he’s too deteriorated to make rational decisions. he’s too obsessed with getting good press to tell us t… Read More
2020-03-03 14:44
Adverbs modify and restrict verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adverbs require the existence of both that their opposite and a standard by which the restriction is judged Read More
2020-03-03 10:16
From Ny-Ålesund cemetery to Ny-London steampunk We crossed Kongsfjord from Ny-Ålesund to Ny-London – a marble quarry that went bust. It is an island of marble, but the marb… Read More
2020-03-02 13:24
we’re going to have to impeach this ignorant fuck all over again, aren’t we Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-03-01 16:44
Robert Reich: Bernie Sanders Is Not George McGovern Reich’s analysis is worth a read. His view of the world strikes me as both correct and terribly troubling. The basic economic realit… Read More
2020-02-28 13:44
your reminder that our nation already had a robust pandemic response infrastructure in place and our game show host president dismantled it because he was jealous of a black man’s acco… Read More
2020-02-28 12:20
Every religion has its moderates and its radicals, including the American civil religion. Gun rights fundamentalists its radicals, and woe be unto those who question the revealed Truth of th… Read More
2020-02-27 13:43
all I’m saying is that when fighting a global pandemic, it helps if your president isn’t the stupidest fucking recklessly-impulsive pig-ignorant science-denying toady-hiring gove… Read More
2020-02-26 13:48
remember when our president calmed a nervous nation and tasked the finest minds in the land with conquering the coronavirus threat? me neither, but I do remember when the stupid fuck defunde… Read More
2020-02-25 13:40
as the DOW craters and a defunded CDC lacks the resources to fight the coronavirus, remember that our deteriorating president has only three tools in his chest: to deny it’s happening… Read More
2020-02-24 20:00
This is a tougher question that it ought to be, but maybe put me down for The War on Drugs. Ask 100 people who they think is the best Rock band from […] Read More
2020-02-24 13:06
America 2020: traitors writing foreign policy, racists writing immigration policy, thieves writing economic policy, polluters writing environmental policy, a conspiracy loon in charge of int… Read More
2020-02-23 18:10
2020-02-21 13:23
latest update Roger Stone: 3.5 yrs (pending pardon) Gates: jail, 3 yrs probation Cohen: 3 yrs prison Manafort: 4 yrs prison Flynn: awaiting sentencing Individual-1: FUCKING IMPEACHED FOR LIF… Read More
2020-02-20 13:17
our rule-of-law president: — the extortionist who pardoned the extortionist Rod Blagojevich — the racist who pardoned the racist Joe Arpaio — the tax cheat who pardoned the… Read More
2020-02-19 13:00
so the guy who pretended to care so much about imaginary corruption in Ukraine just commuted the sentence of the actual corrupt US politician who was a contestant on the president’s ga… Read More
2020-02-18 13:36
sit the fuck down, you corroded old peacock, you hid in the back of a heavily-guarded armored limousine. stop preening as if you drove the big boy race car all by your […] Read More
2020-02-18 10:10
Blomstrandbreen Have I saturated your senses with ice and sky? I hope not. I never have enough sky. Vast expanses that absorb my thoughts, my anxiety, my idea of significance in the [&hellip&hell…Read More
2020-02-17 18:00
What will Hillary’s legacy be? She needs to decide now… Item: Hillary Clinton says ‘many, many, many people’ pressuring her to consider 2020 presidential run No… Read More
2020-02-16 17:18
Abstract Edison bulbs… Read More
2020-02-15 16:39
Three quick thoughts on celebrity lawyer’s verdict… Michael Avenatti Convicted Of Extortion, Faces Up To 47 Years In Prison Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti was convicted by… Read More
2020-02-14 13:16
hey guys I’m beginning to suspect that government of the mobsters, by the mobsters and for the mobsters isn’t working out so well for the rest of us Your Daily Devotional is [&he&hell…Read More
2020-02-13 12:44
Trump: I’ll CRIME AGAIN Susan Collins: he probably won’t Trump: I’M CRIMING RIGHT NOW Susan Collins: he’s just kidding Trump: LA LA LA LA I’M CRIMING AND YOU CA… Read More
2020-02-12 13:29
it’s lucky for Roger Stone that he was just a wealthy white man convicted of obstruction of justice, perjury and witness tampering, and not, let’s say, a black man selling loose… Read More
2020-02-11 13:30
hey, remember when Trump honored our nation’s military? me neither, but I do remember when he lied about raising their pay, attacked Gold Star parents, called a war widow a liar, mocke… Read More
2020-02-10 15:12
Is It Bernie’s Party Now? – The ultimate outsider took over a splintered party from within. Sound familiar? I love this, mostly because the anti-Sanders view point in it comes co… Read More
2020-02-10 13:06
a white man born into obscene wealth, handed every opportunity, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards until he became president and has literally been told he can break any law he [… Read More
2020-02-09 19:50
… near my house Read More
2020-02-07 13:35
don’t worry, Trump will mature in office don’t worry, Ivanka will rein Trump in don’t worry, Mueller will bring Trump to justice don’t worry, Rod Rosenstein has our b… Read More
2020-02-06 13:26
you know else was found not guilty? OJ Simpson Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-02-05 22:17
Gateway to a photo album of seething humanity… I’ve shopped in a lot of 7-11s in my life. Maybe you have too. I only started photographing people I’d encounter at 7-11 a [… Read More
2020-02-05 12:54
Pelosi tore up a speech. Trump and the Republicans have torn up the Constitution. I know which is worse Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me [&hell&hell…Read More
2020-02-04 14:23
WHAT THE FUCK IOWA YOU HAD ONE JOB Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-02-04 10:14
Redemption song Often, when I feel pressed for time but have something I want to write, I leave notes in my journal, so I remember to flesh out the thoughts later. 10 […] Read More
2020-02-03 13:17
remember when Hunter Biden was fined for refusing to rent apartments to black people? oh wait, that was Trump. remember when Hunter Biden settled out of court for running a scam university?… Read More
2020-02-02 13:00
2020-01-31 13:16
if they test Trump’s DNA maybe we can finally find out what kind of reptile he is Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter feed. Follow me at @itsJeffTiedrich Read More
2020-01-30 13:17
hey MAGA morons: Hunter Biden could be guilty as fuck, it’s still a crime to use the office of the presidency to inflict some greasy two-bit shakedown on a foreign country and [&hellip&hell…Read More
2020-01-29 14:10
hey, remember when Nepotism Barbie worked on behalf of true Americans under attack by “real elites”? me neither, but I do remember when she and her unctuous brothers and sweaty w… Read More
2020-01-28 13:29
look: if “take her out. okay? do it” meant “fire her,” then why did Trump say it to Rudy’s hired goons Lev and Igor? do Russian thugs generally have the authori… Read More
2020-01-27 14:02
thank god we elected the guy who sits down to dinner with two blabbermouth Russian gangsters and allows himself to be secretly recorded, and not the lady who was careless with three [&hellip&hell…Read More
2020-01-26 13:00
Sure, it may bring down civilization as we know it, but we’ll all die laughing. Friday afternoon Presnit Donald tweeted out the new logo for his space force. After consultation with ou… Read More
2020-01-24 16:21
Gavin Chait Terry Jones: Monty Python star dies aged 77 Cat White NOOOOOOOO! Now there was a Scrogue. I used to show the last episode of his “Crusades” series to my World [&helli&hell…Read More
2020-01-24 14:32
Between July 1, 2017 and December 31, 2019, Donald and his Administration did over 3000 different loathsome things Read More
2020-01-24 13:15
don’t worry, Trump will mature in office don’t worry, Ivanka will rein Trump in don’t worry, John Kelly will rein Trump in don’t worry, Mueller will bring Trump to ju… Read More
2020-01-22 13:31
if you ever wondered how Nazi Germany happened, look no further than Midnight Moscow Mitch, who could put an end to all this in one cold fucking second but won’t, because tax […… Read More
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