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Liberal Japonicus 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
by liberal japonicus I have to admit this was my first thought after seeing the opening of this Guardian piece “What the fuck are you doing?” the US president shouted at the Israeli prime minister during the phone call on Monday, according to Axios, a US website that has frequently published reports on high-level conversations … Read more
by liberal japonicus I’ve mentioned before that I’m taken with Adam Tooze, and I want to share this speech he made at Simon Fraser University about a month ago. It takes place at a particular moment in time, he mentions that he was flying into Vancouver as Trump was declaring that “A whole civilization will … Read more
Something totally non-political (I think, though I’m sure someone will prove me wrong), but I thought this piece, an essay from someone I’ve never read, was insightful. Here is the final graf. Despite impossible schedules and emotional fatigue, some friends continue returning. They send memes during meetings. They remember your important dates. They call you … Read more