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A New Old E-Book

A second edition of A Justice Primer is now available in the Mablog shop and, as one might expect, all the usual terms and conditions apply.


Two this time . . .


Cartography Quirks

The Hunt for the Northwest Passage

Explorers and countries really needed an easier way to the riches and treasures of the East. In fact they needed and wanted it so bad every time they'd follow a patch of water inland they were convinced they'd found it. But all their need did was blind them to the truth- there was no easier way.

Alternative Maps 发布于 2018年4月12日周四

Linguistic Gymnastics

What if English were phonetically consistent?

What if English were phonetically consistent? Find that out in this interesting video. By Aaron Alon.

The Language Nerds 发布于 2018年8月6日周一

We Have Some Good Times Here in Northern Idaho


What Venn Diagrams Are For


Rock Some of My Tunes

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kyriosity
kyriosity
5 years ago

Believe it or not, someone actually managed to improve on that Venn diagram: https://twitter.com/mattsurely/status/1032324459674259456

Jane
Jane
5 years ago
Reply to  kyriosity

Except that diagram’s wrong, because if you don’t listen to the robber there will also be serious consequences.

There’s a better one where the fourth universe is “police.”

kyriosity
kyriosity
5 years ago
Reply to  Jane

No, a cop and a robber are too close (both guys with a guns). A mom is so completely incongruous with the other options, and the words in her mouth mean something so completely different that she is funnier.

bethyada
bethyada
5 years ago

Thanks for the updated justice book. I’ll probably get the ebook for reference sake, but I would like more hard copies to lend out, not prepared to risk losing my banned version. Any likelihood of this?

(The updated book is the same with references added and some parts rewritten).

Kevin Bratcher
Kevin Bratcher
5 years ago
Reply to  bethyada

I would also be interested in a print updated version, assuming it includes significant changes in content.

*NOT* that I have the contraband first version still around…nope.

bethyada
bethyada
5 years ago
Reply to  Kevin Bratcher

From the Preface the citation lapses have been corrected. The 400 words that were other people’s material verbatim have been rewritten. And the contributions by the 2 authors are separately identified for their respective material.

It does not seem that the content is markedly changed.

bethyada
bethyada
5 years ago

Your recent post on appropriation

‘The woman wearing hoop earrings does want anybody to think she is a Latina.’

Doesn’t