Chill Links

As oil prices rise, airfares are surging and some airlines might not survive.

It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns. There’s stupid. And then there is whatever this is.

Human brain operates near, but not at, the critical point.

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics in the lab.

How to Lose Tenure with One Sentence.

How a war in the Middle East is hiking your mortgage rate in America.

These ants navigate with a newly discovered ‘Moon compass’.

A Knock on the Window and a Glimpse of America’s Surveillance Future.

Why Russia Is Stepping Up Its Support for an Embattled Iran.

Everyone Hates iPhone Autocorrect. An Update Fixes One of the Biggest Problems.

Pretending

Chill Amusing, Annoying, Clowns

Canada has no politics of its own. From what I can see, 90% of Canada’s politics is either people being angry that they aren’t Americans (Ian Welsh et al.), or angry because they are too much like America and don’t want to be.

The other 10% is just people upset because they are so close to America, but falling drastically behind due to self-caused issues. Canada is a pretend country that can’t defend itself and is rapidly self-destructing.

Not There

Chill Evil

I’m the least prudish person around but that stuff bothers me too. I don’t think clothes for 13-year-olds should have “Juicy” or “Pink” on the ass. And no, I wasn’t looking at little girls’ butts. You can just see that sort of attire hanging up in nearly any retailer.

Cooking Class

Chill Amusing, Annoying

(1) Matt Forney on X: "Wrong. This woman killed New Atheism. If you're not familiar with Rebecca Watson, she's a tenth-tier atheist blogger who kicked up a stink back in 2011 when she went to an atheist conference in Dublin and some dude hit on her in the elevator. She ranted endlessly about how https://t.co/sFxBchxbkP" / X

To be fair to Rebecca, she’s tenth-tier now, but was not then; back in the day, she was quite popular and respected.

Elevatorgate ended that, though. Her incessant petulant whining about something rather harmless (though admittedly tone-deaf) was the first nail in the coffin of the New Atheist movement. No one wants to be around prudish humorless scolds, so from that the movement began to dissolve.

She was not wholly responsible, of course. But once it began treating men as default rapists (as was the custom then, which continues to this day), it was, as they say, cooked.

Who They Won’t

Chill Clowns, Evil

The left is so hypocritical here. I mean, as usual.

Half these dumbasses spent the last decade giving lonely mostly-white men lectures about how “Women don’t owe you sex!” over and over again. Even though almost no lonely white man actually thought that — they were mostly just decrying their actual lack of romantic prospects as women’s standards went up greatly in the last 40ish years.

And now these same dipshits are boo-hooing that attractive white women won’t fuck gang rapists willingly. Just what a bunch of utter evil clowns. And there’s no kinda clown worse than an evil clown.

Left Free

Chill Evil

To the left, “freedom” is allowing third worlders and unaccountable bureaucrats to abuse and rape you.

It’s not any kind of freedom I or most people want. Unless you’re a feral third worlder, I guess.

Tradeoff

Chill Tech

(1) Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) / X

Also, Gen X, if you started early (as I did). The sweet spot of tech adding many benefits while avoiding most drawbacks was around 1986-1999. Being charitable, it could be extended up until social media became more popular, around 2005. I wouldn’t, though, as ubiquitous mass surveillance had already become easy at that point.

But in 1990, you could dial into a BBS, chat with someone, download a little game, then go outside and ride your bike. Social ties weren’t destroyed by tech and if someone wanted to surveil you, they had to have a real reason.

Also, no smartphones, which are nothing but evil.

Common Uncommon

Chill Evil

Why is female on female sexual abuse never talked about?

There are a lot, lot more female abusers (who do this to women and men) out there than commonly thought.

A few reasons it is under-discussed. One is that women always get the benefit of the doubt; men almost never do. A second is that you’re seen as weak — even as a woman — if you let another woman abuse you. Makes no sense, but there you go.

I personally knew (one is dead) or know three different women who have been sexually abused by other women. Since I don’t know many people, that indicates to me it is far more common than reported.

But women getting the benefit of the doubt occurs in all areas. As one commenter points out, “No one believes that a woman can harm or hurt someone even if they are witnessing it happening right in front of them.” Men only wish they got the leeway and the lenience that women routinely receive.

Instead, men are told we are “creeps” for just occupying space, doing nothing at all.

Dako

Chill Oof

Yes. Canada will become “Norther Dakota.”

I don’t think Canada will collapse, though. Just become a lot more like Mexico, as they let in too many feral third worlders, and will incur the consequences of that.