All I have to say about Bad Bunny is that he’s not as terrible as Drake.
Pretty close, but not quite as useless as a poet and a rapper.
Not Oatay
Most are aware that it — like almond milk — comes from apathy and spite.
Capital Flapital
Tax on unrealized capital gains strongly disincentivizes investment in a way that will actually (which doesn’t happen in most other scenarios where fear-mongering occurs) trigger capital flight and is guaranteed to eviscerate the productive industry of any country that implements it.
This is simply not the way you do what they are attempting. A better proposal is that more shares (voting and non) be allocated to the lower tiers of a company. For one. There are others. But this is about the worst possible thing you could do to make yourselves and your progeny poor.
Cannot Bear It
Yeah, all of this is absolute horseshit. (Or should I say “bear shit.”)
Because it’s not referring to living bears in any way, shape, or form. The “bear” in the Arctic and Antarctic is referring to the constellation Ursa Major or the “Great Bear” that’s visible in the northern sky. Thus, the Greeks in naming something “Antarctica” were just saying “opposite of the north” because the north is what Ursa Major was associated with.
The Greeks had no beliefs either way about which areas were inhabited by bears.
Folk etymology is so stupid and clownish.
Slim
Indeed. In most legal jurisdictions, this would not be admissible as evidence against any Muslim perpetrators. However, it would be admissible evidence against anyone engaged in a conspiracy to protect those Muslim rapists — such as the British political and legal system.
No Clarity
Tell me you don’t work a corporate job without telling me you don’t work a corporate job.
The essay is bad and wrong. And you’re wrong too, of course.
AI is going to lead to massive job losses. It’s already happening. You just do not understand how MBA types think and work.
Revealed Pref
It’s popular to demonize men with questions like, “Who looks hotter, a woman who is 25 or one who is 60?” And then when of course — with no context and having no idea their personality — the man naturally says, “The woman who is 25” this then supposedly shows the man is evil.
But of course of course of fucking course the average 25-year-old woman is hotter than the average 60-year-old. Jesus Fucking Christ, you fucking clowns.
The reality is that women have a much stronger revealed preference for older men than men do for younger women when you don’t hit them with “gotcha” questions divorced from all context. And of this I have direct evidence — basically the only women who routinely flirt with me are between 18-28. Almost none older than that. Hmm, wonder why that is?
Fuck all y’all.
Cancel a Shun
One of the strangest features and set of claims during the height of the (moronic) Woke movement from roughly 2012-2024 were the brutal and usually-unjustified cancellations all the while those perpetrating the worst of it were claiming cancel culture did not exist. And of course, often, the people I’m discussing just a few tweets or posts after claiming there were no cancellations occurring would call for the cancellation of someone.
It was such a strange time that made you wonder whether people had any sort of memory or ability to read.
I eventually realized, sort of, what was happening. In the liberal authoritarian mind, every cancellation was justified. Therefore, it was not cancellation. It was consequences — justified and appropriate.
Ta-da! No cancellation culture.
Idiots.
Starburst Little Lad Berries and Cream
What in the hell were the people who made this ad thinking and exactly how many drugs did they take?
Hedging
This writer claims “How ‘Hedgehog Tanks’ Are Forcing Russia and Ukraine to Rewrite Drone Warfare.”
First — and most obviously — this writing is terrible. It’s both breathlessly melodramatic and logorrheic. It sounds like something I would’ve written in middle school on a bad day.
Second, hedgehog tanks are mostly irrelevant to the actual war as they are not very mobile and don’t help the fighting all that much. They are nearly pointless and not all that effective. A tank that can’t maneuver, that has low visibility from inside and that can’t bring its main gun in play to affect anything is just a really poor and low-capacity APC.
So…this essay is just to say — inexpertly and awkwardly — that people try to survive however they can in a war? Bold thesis. Wish I could’ve thought of something like that.
As to the headline, no, hedgehog tanks are not forcing Russia and Ukraine to rewrite drone warfare. Hyperbolic much? Hedgehog tanks aren’t a significant threat so no rewriting is needed. You just send two drones instead of one, or something with an EFP, or one of those top-secret (really) Anduril Altius munitions the Ukrainians have now, or just hit it with a frickin’ Javelin. Javelins don’t care about cope cages, quills, spines, or any such feature.
When people who don’t know anything about modern warfare write about it, you end up with spacey garble like this.
I regret reading this but it’s too late now.
A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web.
The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling.
What dating apps are really optimizing. Hint: It isn't love.
NASA Study: Non-biologic Processes Don’t Fully Explain Mars Organics.
AI and the Economics of the Human Touch.
This Is The LOCUST Laser That Reportedly Prompted Closing El Paso’s Airspace.
Europe has the weapons, but still needs America to wage war.
Placer
And I’ve only very rarely seen one of those workers overseas even 1/5 as good as the people they replace.
Sure, they’re cheap. But you get what you pay for.
EU needs a ‘big bang’ on regulation, says top official.
How private equity’s big bet on software was derailed by AI.
I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
A German General Prepares His Country for War—and the Clock Is Ticking.
A Memory-Chip Shortage Is Squeezing Consumer Tech—and It’s Set to Get Worse.
Americans With Higher Incomes Are Starting to Fall Behind on Payments.
A consumption tax on Americans is brewing. Tariffs are the dry run. Quite likely.
Never Relax
The difference between me and a lot of other people is that I am always playing for keeps.