Sometimes a Bluesky feed (and yes, I am as at risk of falling into the scrolletariat as anyone else) offers up a bleak perspective on the way we live now, and what we are invited to see, and NOT to see. I had never thought of the way the police might play music not just... Continue Reading →
Pete Hegseth, the DUI hire, this one's for you. This endless complaint on "declining" Is often no more than mere whining About white men displaced From previously-placed Positions of lazy reclining
I really like lightbulb jokes (I like cheese jokes too, but here I will focus on lightbulb jokes and you will thank me later). I like the one "how many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?" Answer - only one but the lightbulb has to really want to change. I like the one... Continue Reading →
Watched Air Farce One last night. What a brilliantly-made (directed, acted, edited) terrible movie. It had nothing to say about anything, because it was a movie rather than a film (1). That's not to say "said" nothing - see the Unclear and Present Danger podcast folks for a take on how it helped Dubya become... Continue Reading →
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
I am speaking of the social "sciences" stuff here. People captured and captivated by the hopium on display, and unwilling (or incapable) of thinking where it might all go. Because to point to the obvious likely dangers ahead would be - I don't know, "normative"? Or would harsh everyone's mellow or something. Or is just... Continue Reading →
We need a new TLA (Three Letter Acronym) to describe mush and gibberish that sounds profound (at least to the speaker) but is either circular or banal or both. I propose... UHB. It doesn't seem to be "taken" (see here), and the one that does is undersea and hyperbaric medicine, so I could probably play... Continue Reading →
Warning: inane banal statements about British politics ahead. Reader discretion (and evasion) recommended. Keir Starmer is facing the first attack on his world-famous integrity and consistency as Prime Minister. It turns out he has been accepting freebies for him and his wife. Because the money isn't enough, or because he's been doing it for ages... Continue Reading →
Marking theses. Some good, some probably AI gibberish. So it goes. Anyhoos, before antibiotics and public health measures, an infected wound or an epidemic of [insert disease here] could remind you very very starkly of the Impermanence Of All Things. These days, we think we are gonna make it to 85 (spoiler, if you're less... Continue Reading →
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