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The Measure of Mayhem

  • Mitch Smith

Mitch Smith

Feb 3, 2026 • 5 min read
Image of two machinist's calipers. The calipers are bright metal, slightly rusted, and appear against a black background.
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The Embrace of Ignorance

The Embrace of Ignorance

What you don't know won't disappear just because you don't know it The early June evening had turned a little more moderate after heat and drought. The broccoli leaves looked a little less sad. A little less droopy. And so I broke for the
Jun 23, 2026 10 min read
More Judgment Fun(d)

More Judgment Fun(d)

Some lose ends from the vault today. After writing, a couple of weeks ago, about Trump paying the French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies not to do wind turbines, I became kind of fascinated with the Judgment Fund. The Judgment Fund, remember, is that permanent, indefinite, never empty piggy bank that US
Jun 16, 2026 6 min read
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