Tag: Happy Ending
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Thanks, Elon!
Elon does shit for his own reasons, mostly to have fun. In this case his own reasons happened to coincide with goodness. A real Canadian DOCTOR, Kulvinder Kaul Gill, who was trying to protect her patients from lockdowns and ballgags and vaxes, is being prosecuted by the Canadian “government”, which is even worse than the…
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Democracy in one county
Stalin’s slogan was Socialism in one country. Trotsky was a globalist who wanted to conquer the world to prove a point. Stalin was a nationalist who wanted to improve his own country. Now there’s a new slogan: Democracy in one county. One county in Texas, solitary and alone among all counties and cities and states…
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Reprint on Glial Equipoise
I was reminded of this by something semi-relevant. It’s utterly amazing and worth remembering. = = = = = START REPRINT: While looking for more ancient stuff to animate, found an interesting 1915 book of questions and factoids. The Book of Wonders is something like Ripley or Hix, but more oriented toward serious descriptions of…
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Even the Austinites are rebelling
Ted Gioia is enough of an insider that he gets invited to their events. He reports that even the wild-eyed Innovative Disruptors at the annual Austin SXSW thing are tired of AI. When a speaker spewed the standard Effective Altruism pitch for AI, promising to enrich the rich and cull the Negative Externalities more effectively…
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Nice conclusion
Unsurprising but nice: A British court finds that Craig Wright’s claim to be Satoshi is false. Several of his accomplices are leaving the sinking ship. Wright is just a suer. Nothing else. He made big money from a pre-bitcoin fraud, and has been using his fortune to run an endless series of mostly losing lawsuits.…
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Good sign of sanity
Geologists are showing some sense. = = = = = START QUOTE: Earlier this month, geologists voted down a proposal to give the years since 1950 a geological name, the Anthropocene Epoch. The vote at the subcommission of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) was 12 to 4, with 2 abstentions. = = = =…
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India’s TVA
Mentioning the TVA in previous item reminded me of this bit of news: India is starting a new giant hydro dam project after completing and turning on another giant hydro dam. Modi is probably the nearest thing to FDR in today’s world. Constantly improving his infrastructure, paying no attention to ESG/DEI, trying to get along…
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Uniquely Enidish
As the west coast continues roaring into chaos and oblivion, the sane states continue gaining economic and cultural strength. Here’s one small but significant sign from my old hometown Enid. A year ago, a woman with a Persian name started a menswear store called Manopolis. She made it through the first year successfully. Downtown is…
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Puzzling but wonderful
Adding another random thought to this theme: = = = = = START REPRINT: The teams are getting narrower and narrower and more specialized, in all fields. In pro athletics, every game or race is between two identical performers who are at the top of their range, and the difference has to be measured in…
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Back to Maragha again 2/2
Continued from part 1. Christoph Scheiner’s magnum opus is Rosa Ursina, published in 1620. The title, roughly the Bear’s Rose, is an extremely poetic and sycophantic dedication to his patron, Virginio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano. The bear, of course, is the patron’s name, and Scheiner waxes lyrical about the vast mind and infinite morality and…
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Obsolete?
Recently I focused on the role of gelatin in printing. Got curious. With all the current fads and “laws” about vegan and GMO and gluten-free, you’d think gelatin had long since been replaced by synthetics. Has it? Nope. Gelatin isn’t a very large part of industry in monetary terms, but it’s steadily GROWING, gaining new…
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HA HA HA HA HA HA 2
Via Quartz: = = = = = START SPLENDID QUOTE: Thousands of people lined up outside Apple Stores on Feb. 2 to see the Vision Pro’s stunning debut, but dissatisfied customers are returning their headsets this week. Why? Apple’s 14-day return period expires on Feb. 16 for day one Vision Pro users. It looks like…
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. EAT IT.
Beverly Hills is facing an invasion by bums. = = = = = START BEAUTIFUL QUOTE: For inhabitants of the country’s most sought-after ZIP code, the unwelcome news came in December: In a move to pressure the city to zone for more affordable housing, a restrictive ruling by a Superior Court judge put a moratorium…
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WOW!
Via MSN: = = = = = START QUOTE: JPMorgan Chase and institutional investors BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors announced Thursday that they are quitting or, in the case of BlackRock, substantially scaling back involvement in a massive United Nations climate alliance formed to combat global warming through corporate sustainability agreements. In a statement,…
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