Boomers should be called Busters instead, because that is the generation that broke so many fundamental aspects of society.

Indeed. NIMBYism — primarily a Boomer thing — has reduced collective wealth by about 1/3. I don’t mean that they have taken it. I mean every single one of us would be that much richer without Boomer NIMBYism.

What’s the punishment for disappearing a few trillion dollars and making 340 million people’s lives worse?

I really hate smartphones, that so much is done by text and the whole shitty surveillance ecosystem around all of that. And that so many people just accept it. I remember when things were different and people were much more averse to ubiquitous monitoring and surveillance.

Sasha.

I usually don’t watch stuff like this, but what a sweetheart. It refutes the self-harming feminist contention that no one should talk to anyone in public ever, especially if you’re a man.

Things could be better.

Mass Ukrainian ATACMS Tactical ballistic missile launch against Russian-occupied Crimea, reportedly this evening. Four M270 MLRSs fired 8 ATACMS in a quick salvo. June 23, 2024.

There goes $20 million.

One of the reasons I like reading the Hacker News comments is that most often, people there are clownishly wrong. Usually 180 degrees incorrect. It’s a good way to think little and achieve much. Just do the opposite of the consensus there, and you’ll almost always be right.

That’s quite handy, in fact.

Ukrainian FPC drone pilot fly’s his drone underneath the camo netting and nearly into the breech of an artillery piece.

Just amazing flying. I hope we’re not fighting the Russians in Poland in 2032, but I suspect we will be.