Day: March 3, 2025, 3:43 PM

Press

Chill Clowns, Prediction

I’d put the odds of a recession at 90%1, the odds of a Great Recession at 65%, and the odds of a depression similar to the 1930s at 45%.

We are fucking up big time.

  1. The highest I go for anything systemic.

Not So Peaceful

Chill Prediction, War

If Putin gets a favorable peace deal, Russia will be rolling into Berlin in 2030. Anyone with a clue knows that is the goal.

Zombie Brains

Chill Annoying, Clowns

Flying Was Already the Worst. Then America Stopped Using Headphones.

I have no fucking idea why this trend started, but seems to be worse in Gen Z. I think it’s due to a complete lack of social skills caused by their isolation and smartphone obsession; they see only their phone and the “people” in it as real. The rest of the world does not exist in the same way to them.

And it’s not just conversations, either. Many people listen to music and TV shows at top volume in airports, on flights, and other public places.

Anyone who doesn’t use headphones in public should be tased repeatedly. And then kneecapped if that fails to work.

Pithy Pity

Chill Clowns, Culture

I probably made fun of the Fat Acceptance/Healthy at Every Size movements more than I should have. It’s not that it was punching down. The reality is that those groups had vast cultural power and it was easy to get canceled for standing against them.

What was more morally suspect is that both movements were populated by pitiful people who believed they had no agency. It’s not a good idea in general to make sport of the pathetic even if they do have some power. It’s just poor form.

Still, they deserved resistance because their movements spouted antiscientific nonsense and perpetuated great harm, especially against kids. That needed some form of smackdown.

Chill Links

Gulf of Mars: Rover finds evidence of ‘vacation-style’ beaches on Mars.

An Eye Tooth Becomes a Real Eye Tooth When It’s Transplanted Into Your Eyeball.

A Ukrainian Family’s Three Years of War.

Euclid finds complete Einstein Ring in NGC galaxy.

Welcome to the Zero Sum Era. Now How Do We Get Out? Zero-sum thinking has spread like a mind virus, from geopolitics to pop culture.

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes.

Cuts to national parks and forests met with backlash. What do you expect when you do dumbass things that only a dumbass would do?

The US economy has suddenly been thrown into reverse as key GDP indicator flashes stunning negative forecast.

Feeling at home? New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors’ politics.

The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction.

The daylight savings debate misses the point: let’s make work hours flexible.

China is working on an enormous aircraft carrier that rivals the biggest in the U.S. fleet, analysts say.