"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
by liberal japonicus Well, what are you waiting for?
by liberal japonicus The Grauniad has two interesting articles that form something like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The first is about an attempt to thicken Arctic ice. Seems plausible until the section about autonomous underwater drones. Paired with that is this piece about all of the far-out geo-engineering plans that have been mooted … Read more
by liberal japonicus
An openish thread that starts off with me observing that the Japanese national broadcaster NHK played Civil War on July 4th. If you are unaware of the movie, the trailer is below the fold. I’m sure it was just a coincidence. Observations of all flavors welcome!
by liberal japonicus
Well, the King of the North gave his policy speech, which you can hear here. One of the big through-lines in the speech was devolution, and there was an idea to make a ‘No 10 North’, which had me think about CamelCase and how it might be related. Below the fold, come on down!
by liberal japonicus This, via LGM, might get the discussive juices flowing. I get Loomis’ frustration at the general (mis)understanding of the name Luddite, I feel the same way about anarchist, and, on a shorter time scale, I guess it is the way wj feels about the term Republican, though that’s cactus, mate. Grafs, for … Read more
by liberal japonicus Given the way the world is, this counts as a feel-good story for me. Meta’s controversial program that spied on its employees’ computers has backfired spectacularly. Though its chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth assured that the data it collected would be “tightly controlled,” the company is now pausing the tracking program after … Read more
by liberal japonicus I heard there was some stuff happening in the UK. Here’s a thread for you to explain it to everyone.
by liberal japonicus Despite the title, this post has absolutely nothing to do with politics. Actually, nothing to do with anything but 2 monkeys and their connections.
by liberal japonicus Been watching the videos of Dr Jonathan Tam, and if I had come to them through his channel page, I would have hesitated, cause his brand is doom and gloom about Asia, oh, and by the way, it’s coming for everyone else. We are all screwed. And like and subscribe to my … Read more
by liberal japonicus I’m probably pushing this out too quickly, but I feel like if I just leave the open thread post up, it will reach the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of dark thoughts (I think we are past the Chandrasekhar Limit) and on the way of becoming a neutron star of depression). So, sports fandom. My … Read more