The Ink Blotter

26 November 2024 - 8 January 2025

Jan 08, 2025

Here is another roundup of everything I’ve been getting up to on the intertubes lately. I got caught up on some audio versions of essays and a short story for premium subscribers.

I was interviewed by Alpha News.

I released my short story to a free audience on YouTube.

Dr. John Michael Bailey Takes Us Behind The Autogynephilia Curtain

Northwestern University psychologist and autogynephilia expert Dr. John Michael Bailey graciously agreed to share his views on controversies in sexology, including his opinion of Phil Illy. Bailey referenced this 2014 study. You can read more about his prior controversies…

a month ago · Matt Osborne

Polemology Positions

Russia And Iran On The Back Foot In Syria

After a lightning campaign punctuated by exploding pagers, the IDF announced on 29 October that their “military goals in Lebanon have been achieved and that the Israeli government can now promote a diplomatic resolution to end the conflict in the North.” Officially, a ceasefire with Hezbollah came…

This audio is for premium subscribers.

Extraterrestrials In American Spiritualism (Audio)

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December 4, 2024

Extraterrestrials In American Spiritualism (Audio)

This is the audio version of my recent essay on the history of estraterrestrials in 19th century American Spiritualism. The Black Friday sale is still happening, so don’t miss this chance to access premium content for a whole year at a deep discount. Offer ends 10 December 2024.

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We Are All Prisoners Of Democracy

“Free For All” is perhaps my very favorite television episode of any show, ever. Watching it for the first time in 1993 eventually led me to pursue a bachelor's degree in political science in 2001. Global…

a month ago · 1 like · Matt Osborne

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Why American Transactionalism Will Never Deliver Peace To Ukraine

According to the Russian press for the Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), which is “believed to be a direct derivative of the existing RS-26,” it ought to terrify the world with “six independent re-entry vehicles” in a warhead that “weighs about 1,800 pou…

a month ago · 3 likes · Matt Osborne

The Great Drone Flap, Explained?

So you thought the latest ‘flap’, or flurry of UFO reports, on Capitol Hill was over and done? The tabloid press has other plans, my friend! Leave it to the Daily Mail to assign a “science reporter” to cover a spooky sighting on the capitol steps…

a month ago · 2 likes · Matt Osborne

The Nancy Mace Effect

A 33-year-old man allegedly attacked Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) yesterday on behalf of trans-identifying men who want to share her restroom, inflicting an injury to Mace before he was arrested…

a month ago · 43 likes · 2 comments · Matt Osborne

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The Devil We Are Getting To Know

Syria does not need a Thomas Jefferson. Indeed, Syria does not need a western-style democracy at all. Syrians will prefer a strong man, emphasis man. They will want this man of the people to establish a Syrian republic that is safe for all the Syrian people. Not heaven on earth: just a peaceful Syria…

a month ago · 1 like · Matt Osborne

Why Democrats Lag Behind Disney In Retreating From Trans 'Culture War'

The Pickles, a co-ed middle school softball team portrayed in the upcoming Disney+ streaming series by Pixar, will not include a transgender player, after all. A later episode of the new show Win or Lose, which is scheduled to premiere in February, was changed …

23 days ago · 1 like · 1 comment · Matt Osborne

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The Ottoman Empire Strikes Back

Turkish armed forces reportedly built up along the Syrian border last week in preparation for an offensive against Kurdish fighters. President Erdoğan wants to eliminate his enemies in Syria. He threatens to further displace the Kurdish population of northeastern Syria unless the PKK and YPG leave voluntarily. HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham), the victorious faction that Erdoğan supports, demands that the remaining US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) integrate…

20 days ago · Matt Osborne

Why Congress Has To Investigate The Biden National Security Team

“Biden’s Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, is a retread Obama flunky who is dedicated to following the party line, not integrity or honesty,” Dr. John Schindler wrote at the beginning of December. This is a curt, but accurate summary of Haines’s career as a political appointee. Haines was an assistant legal advisor at the State Department…

12 days ago · 2 likes · Matt Osborne

The Summer Of Gender Love Is Over

Multiple fights broke out at Washington Square Park during a celebration at the end of Pride Month in 2024. Confusion reigned as New York City police tried to close the park and excited bystanders jumped the police barricades to get in. ABC 7 in New York…

10 days ago · 3 likes · Matt Osborne

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How To Beat China Without Really Trying

The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. Yale University Press, 2021. 384 pp…

3 days ago · Matt Osborne

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