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Reprint from 2018
Especially germane on the subject of protests, media insanity, etc. = = = = = START REPRINT: Want to break the “cycle of violence”? Break the media. The press has been running this routine for at least a hundred years. It’s not mysterious or “unintended”. It’s an intrinsic part of their business model. Blood sells…
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Peasants must be reminded
Via Spokane News, the demonic “city” dysgovernment sponsored and allowed a fireworks display for Chinese New Year. There was no warning or notice in advance, and many people were panicked. Peasants are not allowed to shoot off fireworks on their own, which is a good and necessary rule, especially in summer. Fireworks flying into bushes…
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Woodstock spirit? Hah.
From a Twitter thread about the fake Hundred Flowers promise in the early days of the web…… Joe Angier, a documentary movie maker, says: I interviewed Mr. Whole Earth Catalog (Stewart Brand) for a Woodstock 25th anniv. special, and was told that the Woodstock spirit and ethos live on in these burgeoning online communities and…
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How to create trust
It’s easy to say that trust requires truth. But truth is an asymptote, not a binary on/off measure. In any area of life we try to get closer to a useful set of facts and observations, but we never hit the plateau. Here’s a better and more achievable rule: In science and in journalism, trust…
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No more donations
GoFundMe has seized the $10 million fund for the Canadian truckers and will repurpose the money to charities chosen by GoFundMe. The flat statement isn’t exactly true; donors can request a refund, and GoFundMe has a well established refund system, which always goes into action when a fund fails for various reasons. Even so, moving…
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Stupid question now worth reasking
Wandering through 1918 stuff, came on this trivial stupid question from 2017. = = = = = START REPRINT: Stupid random thought. I was downloading some ’50s TV shows to watch later. Most of the systematic Youtubers list old TV shows with numbers like S03E18 for Season 3, Episode 18. A few shows lasted long…
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How many times? Every fucking time.
Listening to Club Car Special as part of my usual bedtime playlist. Club Car was a radio teaser for the humor page of Hearst papers, dramatizing some of the columns and cartoons to enrich your reading experience. One of the regular humorists was O O McIntyre. It struck me that Kirn’s short takes on Twitter…
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Bitcoinoleth strikes again
From Balaji Srinivasan: See, this was stupid, because it’s *explicit* government censorship. The regime had a good scam going where they just got corporations to silence you in a deniable, decentralized way. But this gives the game away. Next q: how many times has this happened without being reported? How often has this happened? Always…
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It still works
The story of Anna Delvey has a long resonance. Anna supposedly came from mysterious German aristocracy and took NYC by storm, paying for everything on credit. Her foreign fortune was always tied up in mysterious litigation and bureaucracy, but it would arrive any day now. Her scam only lasted a few years, even in fake-loving…
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Turnaround in SKILLS
Matt Stoller gives a history of consolidation in defense contractors, which was actually ORDERED by Clinton. Stoller is tracking a fairly sharp turnaround. The FTC is now rejecting mergers that it would have approved before, and the Pentagon has joined the switch. Amazingly, the Trump administration tried to turn the tide, and even more amazingly,…
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Probably right
Saagar and Krystal interviewed Dylan Ratigan about stocks and crashes. Before they got into the subject, Ratigan offered up a more likely scenario for the Young vs Rogan “fight”. Rogan wants this “fight” because he wins either way. If Spotify fires him, he gets a massive payout from the terms of his contract, and he…
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Preserved
Vintage.es has a feature on Port Washington, LI in the ’40s. Lots of interesting architecture, from old New England to the latest postwar houses with attached garages. This magnificent building especially caught my eye: A Studie dealer at 145 Main St, with a ’42 Champion in front. I couldn’t resist checking Googlestreet. Normally a downtown…
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The rule holds
I’ve been observing a peculiar paradox for several years. People who have a sternly realistic and objective view of NEARLY all parts of life are pure gullible suckers for Bitcoin. Here’s a thinker with the best and clearest view of all the fakery in all branches of math and science and philosophy. Steve Patterson hits…
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The tired old Klaatu story
Via MindMatters, NASA is studying how to use “aliens” to replace religion with science. This replacement has been a constant theme of Deepstate-loving scifi writers. Alien Avenging Angels descend to Earth and cleanse it of redneck crackers and holy rollers, leaving only the Official Doctors And Scientists alive and in charge. The only problem with…
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Rabbits!
On my morning walk through a light dusting of snow, I saw unfamiliar footprints. Not dogs or cats or squirrels. Each set was a trapezoidal pattern. Checked Google, and sure enough it’s rabbits. I remember seeing a few rabbits in that part of the neighborhood 10 years ago, but no actual bunnies or tracks since…
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