November 2025
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Blog Management (or lack of it, on my part)
Omar Ali steps back from managing the blog after recent clashes between authors and commentators, saying Razib Khan and his designees will run it while he stays on as an…
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Why Brown Pundits Needs a Spine, Not a Consensus
X.T.M answers charges that BP leans one way, saying he moderates by the civilisational context of the speaker, not by politics. He blames lapsed editorial oversight for recent rows and…
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The Weight of Memory: A Sri Lankan Reminder
Sbarrkum recounts what Sri Lanka’s civil war cost his own family and neighbours, including killed cousins, arrests and mobs. He asks that the conflict not be invoked lightly or abstractly…
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Meltdown Bhāṣya: Verse 1.1.1 (Part 1.3)
Part 1.3 of a commentary on Nick Land’s Meltdown examines the philosophy of Land and the idea of God, arguing that his libidinal materialism descends from Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and…
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Clearing the Augean Stables
X.T.M says he removed a few disruptive authors for personal abuse and asks commenters to stick to facts rather than inflammation.
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Bollywood calling Pakistan. Again.
RecoveringNewsJunkie reacts to a Hindi film trailer set among Karachi’s Lyari gang wars, finding it unoriginal. He doubts the cultural appropriation charge but sees a missed chance for Pakistani actors…
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Racism Is Wrong. So Is Calling People Sub-Human.
X.T.M rejects racism but also the idea that calling a racist sub-human is a moral duty, arguing that dehumanising opponents repeats their logic.
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Open Thread
Open thread opening with an IMF finding that Pakistan loses up to 6.5% of GDP to corruption, and Trump’s 28-point Ukraine peace plan.
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I am back
X.T.M announces he is managing the blog more actively, has restored deleted comments, and will trash uncivil ones, with the same rule applying to authors and editors.
