sports laugh of the day

Bill Simmons has season tickets for the L.A. Clippers (presumably because, as a Celtics fan, he can’t bring himself to buy Lakers tickets).

Anyway, American fans among my readers all know the pathetic, even cursed history of the L.A. Clippers franchise. And the following says it all. Simmons asked his young daughter (she must be 6 or 7) to come with him to one of the games last winter, and here was her response:

“I don’t want to go; it makes me sad.”

Benoit Mandelbrot dies

The famed mathematician, who coined the term “fractal,” has DIED AT AGE 85 of pancreatic cancer.

grim story about U.K. higher education

In the NY TIMES. Philosophy at Middlesex gets a brief mention as part of the overall deplorable landscape: an 80% cut in funding for teaching, and what looks to be a 25% cut in research.

Circus Philosophicus cover

Just needs an updated job title, then it’s going to the printer:

Circus cover

“thoughts on flat ontology”

This was posted on September 15, but I just missed it: ENEMYINDUSTRY on DeLanda and flat ontology. He briefly cites my article on DeLanda, and though I don’t quite understand his point about morphogenetic structures, he seems to be spirited, clear-headed, and fair.

sorry I missed it

Bogost, Bryant, Morton, moderated by Jeffrey Bell. Panel discussion in Albuquerque. (A pity to miss New Mexico, too, one of my favorite places.)

RECORDING HERE.