Day: September 20, 2025, 10:46 PM

Econ Mig

Chill Evil

It is a business, and a scam. It works a bit differently in the US vs. the UK, but legitimate asylum cases are maybe 0.1% of actual immigrants. The rest are economic migrants who should not be allowed in — especially if they are North African and/or Muslim.

Fet

Chill Annoying, Clowns

Sort of true, what Lizzy is saying. I honestly do not imagine sexual scenarios with my female friends. Not every man does that. It just never occurs to me, even if I think they are beautiful. I’m not as sexually driven as many men, though, and never have been.

I do have to say, though, that anyone who thinks men and women cannot be friends is a fetid dipshit. There is something very wrong with them morally and ethically.

Grade A

Chill Movies

The warm, natural color grading of 80s and 90s movies shot on film.

I’d like to point out that none of these movies have anything resembling “natural” color! The “warm, natural” vibe people remember from a lot of ’80s and ’90s movies isn’t some untouched neutral image. It’s just as crafted a look as any more modern film. Back then, the look and feel was created using the chosen film stock, lenses and filters, lighting, lab timing, and was optimized for the way those movies would’ve been viewed at the time. (In fact, many of those films would have had digital intermediates.)

How those films look is no more “natural” than the films created now. And those films were all produced using wildly different techniques and technologies.

By the way, of course there is NO SUCH THING as a “natural” image. It’s all constructed. It’s similar to philosophy. If you believe it’s pointless and shouldn’t exist, it just means you are then following someone else’s philosophy without even being aware of it.

Chill Links

The Great Student Swap. For years, public universities have aggressively recruited out-of-state and international students, charging them higher tuition. But those pipelines may be drying up.

The Grave Threat Posed by Donald Trump’s Attack on Jimmy Kimmel. The President and his allies are using the power of the state to silence speech they dislike.

Home Insurance as You Know It Is Doomed. You’re Not Ready.

Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division.

Congress Has No Good Excuse to Keep Trading Stocks.

How Much Training Should an Airline Pilot Need? The government requires 1,500 hours of flight time to serve as first officer as an airliner. Some aviators say the rule is excessive—and doesn’t actually make flying safer.

The political mood feels like 9/11 again.

EVs Have Gotten Too Powerful.

Fee Fees

Chill Cool, Political Economy

Trump imposes $100K fee on H-1B visas in new immigration action

That’s awesome. H-1Bs are used to suppress American wages and so that the plutes can have an obeisant slave class of coolies1.

H-1Bs should be banned altogether, but that’s a good first step.

  1. Yes, I use this term deliberately and intentionally.