SocraticGadfly: Most popular blogging of June

July 13, 2023

Most popular blogging of June

Again, this is the stuff most read in the last 30 days (I'm a couple days late) but not necessarily written in that time. I'll note those that are older.

No. 1? My take on the Reddit strike, and even more, on many Reddit mods

No. 2? My thoughts on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, with a set of addenda to the original post.

Third? My hot take (but freezing cold) on the MSM and Nat-sec Nutsacks' busted triumphalism on Prigozhin's busted mutiny. That was adapted from No. 10, my original post about the mutiny.

No. 4? The cautionary tale of Jacob deGrom, with thoughts for how spin rate and other Analytics 2.0 may be contributing to broken pitchers.

Fifth? Or fifth with an asterisk? Actually posted just before July 4, but my snark had already bumped this into the top 5 of posts for the past 30 days just a couple days later. It's my "Ukrainian freedom update," boosted when I tagged on a call-out of false flag bullshit from Zelensky personally, and its amplification by #BlueAnon and #NAFONazis, but also a call-out of lower-grade false flag bullshut from Putin flunkies (tho NOT Vlad himself), and amplified by #MAGAts. Also had me inventing the phrase "Uki-tankies."

Fifth I think on June 30? "Mueller She Wrote or Fraud She Wrote?", my largely sympatico take on, and analysis of, a Tweeter's in-depth crushing of Allison Gill

No. 6? My originally grumpy thoughts on Cornel West running for the People's Party nomination, which became relatively much better when he announced he was seeking the Green nomination.

Seventh? A plea to writers for Counterpunch and others to stop reading too much into the life of Ted Kaczynski.

Eighth? Goaded by a New Age wingnut (sic on the trio) on Twitter who claimed Marianne Williamson doesn't believe in "manifestation," I updated my takedown of her 2020 presidential campaign to show that hell yes she does.

Ninth? From knowledge of the state of Aridzona, the Colorado River Compact and the Big Rez, my thoughts on the ultimately SCOTUS-stonewalled battle the Navajos have been waging for water rights.

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