If you like physics… that alone is enough to start The Expanse. I’m in my little pandemic bubble and echo chamber, so I’ve been watching this show with jaw-dropped amazement, and isolated such that I (more…)
“Remember the Whigs, Larry?” or the march towards equality, and where we lost it along the way…
A non-sequitur about Trump’s America, and where we’re heading. This is from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. Sounds like Trump’s GOP: “Remember the Whigs, Larry? They (more…)
Ignore this, or “the community I engaged”.
I did this out of bored curiosity. I am happy to see my contributions range over so many subreddits. I really only hang out in a specific few, so this is surprising. I know it means legitimately nothing (more…)
A defense of the inevitability of Equalitarianism: on a road with no map since the year of our Lord, 1215; *OR* an essay about isms.
So when I think about equalitarianism as a political doctrine, I typically immediately think about three things. This video: Explanation of who is killing who: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2012/10/01/this-land-is-mine/ Second, (more…)
Robocop and The Wire aren’t too different, you and I: How each deals with the dark side of The American Dream, and the collapse of city governance.
Dan Harmon is right. A film lazily titled “Robocop” should be a disaster. A forgettable B-film that is best for Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But that’s not what happened, and here we are. Re-watching (more…)
The internet is a bizarre, sinewy, wonderful place at times, *OR* the roundabout ways I found out about my favorite bands.
You never know what you’re going to get, in this maddening world where the digital and objective physical places in time intersect, like portals as doorways into other minds and experiences. This is (more…)
If you haven’t checked out Google Maps’ “Timeline” feature, it might be incredibly useful in your daily life.
My memory isn’t failing, but it can be pretty bad. I think Google Maps’ Timeline, which is an opt-out thing (it’s likely recording your location based information without you even being aware of it) could (more…)
A New World of rationalism, religion, and extremism; Never the ‘tween shall meet.
Future of human race will depend on how we're able to deal w/extremism, cultism, irrationalism, mental illness,& the like.All tied together. — Uncle Fishbits (@UncleFishbits) April 17, 2015 Understand (more…)
The Frontier is Everywhere…. Carl Sagan on Wanderers, and we as Voyagers.
Wanderers – a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo. Voyagers from Santiago Menghini on Vimeo.
Heatherwick Studio is growing plants for Bombay Sapphire’s gin, and it’s beautiful.
Fascinating, and functional. Heatherwick Studio’s master plan proposed the creation of two new glasshouses to grow specimens of the 10 exotic plant species used in the Bombay Sapphire distillation process. (more…)