I don't know if I've ever been happier to finish a book series. Don't get me wrong: Frank Dikötter's People's Trilogy is an amazing accomplishment, well-written, very well-sourced, and immediately establishes itself as the definitive English-language account of the three
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Don't Mess With Texas. No, Seriously: Stop Being Assholes
Much like Chicago, where I live, Texas is a frozen fuckin' mess today. Unlike Chicago, Texas and Texans are... not AT ALL prepared for this shit, in any fashion. They don't have plows, shit's not insulated, their power infrastructure is