This is an old joke told by Billy Conolly.
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This is an old joke told by Billy Conolly.
The US Navy could not tolerate having the British get ahead in the “flinging F-35s overboard” TikTok fad that appears to be emerging, so they did one too. It’s a dangerous fad and people get hurt.
This is all over the interwebs, as it should be, so I won’t apologize if you’ve already seen it.
I’ll drop this here to offset the not-so-cheerful video by David Attenborough that I just posted [stderr] [And that, in a nutshell, illustrates how “offsets” are bogus: you still get to pollute or do the bad thing, you just make someone somewhere else suffer for it.]
I’ve got a confession to make: I’m hooked on Rimworld. It’s easily the most annoying and thought-provoking game I have ever encountered. I won’t say it’s a great game, but for the right kind of player, it results in some truly amazing game-play.
I have added this one to my Recommended Reading List [stderr] – it’s been what’s been occupying my head for the last week, as I’ve been listening to the audiobook on scramble/repeat just because I was so captivated by the material.
The question of where COVID-19 came from is of scientific interest, mostly, but unfortunately it has been politicized and used with racist overtones, e.g.: Trump’s calling it “the Chinese virus.” The worst part of it, to my mind, is that the ‘edgy’ branches of the media are also digging into the story in search of some kind of conspiracy angle, which is going to serve to further fuel less-disciplined conspiracy theories. This shit-show is going to continue for the forseeable future.
Finally, something that is beautiful and joyful in its own right. See, I’m not entirely depressing.
Content Warning: Cannibalism, Christmas
In a flanking maneuver, let’s attack St Nicholas. A friend of mine sent me this gem: