Stop doing the shit that makes you a target.
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Jun 23 2025
Mountainhead (on Crave)
Maybe I’ve just been naïve, but I found this movie very frightening. It gets a bit silly about 1.5 hours in, but otherwise … Via ‘new’ tech that exacerbates to the nth degree everything that’s horrifying about AI and apps that enable fake pictures, videos, and text/news—essentially, lying—it shows the concentration of power in the …
Jun 18 2025
The trade war
You know, I’m confused about this whole trade war thing. Better a trade war than a nuclear war, for sure, but … Isn’t it good for a country to reduce its dependence on other countries? Isn’t it good to reduce one’s deficit, to balance the budget? If the States doesn’t want to buy as much …
Jun 16 2025
Trump on trans rights
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/05/10/trump-promises-rollback-on-trans-rights-heres-what-hes-said/ Yes! (Canada, take note!)
Jun 12 2025
Trump and the ban on food additives
Love the idea. Wish it were worldwide policy. Should’ve gone further to address the entire food process, banning harmful chemicals in fertilizers, pesticides, etc.
Jun 03 2025
The obsession with Mars
The obsession with any sort of off-planet future is completely irrational. Look: Mars, for example, is uninhabitable as is. So you’re going to have to build bubbles or bunkers to live in. So why not just build them here? Save the travel expenses.
Jun 01 2025
Truth
Only someone who doesn’t know very much thinks the truth is simple. (just finished Crichton’s Airframe,which illustrates that very claim through, notably, a reporter)
May 29 2025
Men ‘experience’ labour pain
Read the comments too, especially about the relative duration of the pain …
May 03 2025
“How could an interaction that …”
“How could an interaction that had colored the last decade of her life have been so forgettable to him?” from By Any Ohter Name, Jodi Picoult
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