We need way more orbital habitats, far less degrowther nonsense. Launch, baby, launch!
Cool
Lator
I like that when we watch movies and TV shows, my role is often language/slang/subculture translator for my girlfriend. It’s fun.
Extent
With the help of (mostly) ChatGPT, I’ve now created 12 Firefox add-ons. They do exactly what I want them to do and help me every day. Sans ChatGPT, I could’ve eventually created them all, of course. They are not technically out of my reach, given enough time. However, I spent a total of about 18 hours or so on those add-ons. If I’d had to write all the code myself (and again, I am a bad programmer), I never would’ve done so as it would’ve taken me 300-500 hours. Huge difference.
In other words, ChatGPT allowed me to create 12 extensions that make my life noticeably better that even if I were technically capable of doing so without that tool, in practical terms I never would’ve done it due to the high time cost.
And that my friends is what we call a win.
Eject Project
Whoa I want to try that.
Weight Wait
Cool. Now that we’re getting rid of the curse of obesity, too bad we can’t also eliminate the scourge of tattoos. But I’ll take the win.
Guilder
That Proto-Indo-European “ghel” is everywhere.
“Glitter” and “gold” both sinuously trace their origins to that root.
No Re-bait
Refusing to be baited into something that can only harm you is a skill that more people should learn. Hell, I should do better at it. Sydney below shows how it’s done.
Spider Rider
Before it started getting cooler, there was a black widow in our yard that was getting almost large enough to be rideable. I was looking for a saddle.
Shot Put
Man gropes, attacks store’s customers, then female shopper fatally shoots him, authorities say.
Good outcome; nice shooting. Didn’t hurt or kill anyone else.
I wish someone like her had been there when Iryna Zarutska was about to be murdered.
Write On
What’s a sentence a girl told you that is still stuck in your head to this day?
When my partner said to me about some complexy-propounded post on philosophy I’d written that, “A wizard uses precisely the word he means to.”
I couldn’t give less of a crap about what some random mook thinks about my writing. I care deeply, though, about her opinion; she’s my audience when I write anything on this blog. I already know I’m a good writer. It is a different thing altogether when someone you respect enormously and hold in the highest regard calls you a “wizard.”
That means something.
Trypan Out
The most evil TV villain ever? Alien: Earth’s ‘demon sheep eye’ is a work of true genius.
That thing is pretty damn chilling. Though it’s physiologically utterly implausible, it works on screen. I also like how they incorporated a little physical comedy into its methods and interactions. That is rare in anything that tries to be as serious as Alien: Earth does.
Trypanohyncha ocellus is better than the boring xenomorph by far.
Survive All
In 2024, a radical imam denounced the French flag as “Satanic.”
The French government immediately arrested him and deported him within 12 hours.
He had lived in France for 38 years and he had five children born in France. Deported in 12 hours.
That’s the gold standard. That’s… https://t.co/taxne640FV pic.twitter.com/uM4w12pE1D
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) October 4, 2025
Much more of this please.
If Europe and much of the West wants to survive. Does it, though?
Miracle Go
Air travel is a modern marvel we completely take for granted
‣ 45,000 daily flights in the US
‣ with only ~1% cancelled and ~0 accidents
‣ taking you about anywhere on the planet in <1 day pic.twitter.com/D3cpjllfJY— Christian Keil (@pronounced_kyle) October 1, 2025
It is a miracle. And the evil degrowthers relish the thought of taking that away from everyone so so much.
I hate them all.
Port
I love walking around airports, seeing where all the planes are going. I feel this spiritual appreciation for the infinite possibilities of life, each gate a portal to another universe. Why might I have taken these other flights? Where are all these other people going, and why? pic.twitter.com/Fa18hxg8ic
— M. Nolan Gray 🥑 (@mnolangray) September 28, 2025
Me too.
And now a million clown-ass degrowthers are weeping into their kombucha. This makes me happy.
Lose Your Shirt
If we still made and sold shirts made using Medieval-level technology, a single one would cost around $5,000 if the spinners and weavers made only the US federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Yes, those Middle Ages shirts would be higher quality. Not enormously so, but they were designed to last for obvious reasons.
Automation and technology can now create a shirt that costs ~$25. No matter what degrowther nonsense you believe, that’s amazing.