I was literally being colonized until the age of 15. Now a member of a colonizer nation recognizes me as one of their own. I have arrived.
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I was literally being colonized until the age of 15. Now a member of a colonizer nation recognizes me as one of their own. I have arrived.
That's most probably just some Pakistani or Bangladeshi guy who indeed tweets every 5 minutes for 8 hours a day. Because it's his job.
In his society, it could even well be a relatively high value job.
In his society, it could even well be a relatively high value job.
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
That's most probably just some Pakistani or Bangladeshi guy who indeed tweets every 5 minutes for 8 hours a day. Because it's his job.
In his society, it could even well be a relatively high value job.
In his society, it could even well be a relatively high value job.
There's a whole lot of difference between Russians saying they have something, and them actually having this thing
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There's a whole lot of difference between Russians saying they have something, and them actually having this thing
Air travel is simply like bus travel now. (Some airplanes even have the "bus" part right in the name). Why would a self-respecting woman wear nice shoes to a bus station?
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Air travel is simply like bus travel now. (Some airplanes even have the "bus" part right in the name). Why would a self-respecting woman wear nice shoes to a bus station?
OK, I lied a little bit: I also "carry" specialized multitools in the car's glove box, and in each of my bikes' saddlebags.
Back to the archeology angle, can you tell if a dug-up EDC was actually used, or it's just looking old? For comparison, this is my EDC after all those years:
Back to the archeology angle, can you tell if a dug-up EDC was actually used, or it's just looking old? For comparison, this is my EDC after all those years:
August 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
OK, I lied a little bit: I also "carry" specialized multitools in the car's glove box, and in each of my bikes' saddlebags.
Back to the archeology angle, can you tell if a dug-up EDC was actually used, or it's just looking old? For comparison, this is my EDC after all those years:
Back to the archeology angle, can you tell if a dug-up EDC was actually used, or it's just looking old? For comparison, this is my EDC after all those years:
I've been carrying the same Victorinox knife for the last 20 years. But your recent posts are really making me EDC-curious.
August 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I've been carrying the same Victorinox knife for the last 20 years. But your recent posts are really making me EDC-curious.
It’s good to be sensitive to bullshit.
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It’s good to be sensitive to bullshit.
Using "Global South" unironically on the first page rather turns me off reading it
August 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Using "Global South" unironically on the first page rather turns me off reading it
Turns out this jaw-jaw is leading straight to war-war
June 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Turns out this jaw-jaw is leading straight to war-war
Remember the story from 3 years ago already, about the Ukrainian babushka downing a drone with a jar of pickles thrown from a balcony?
June 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Remember the story from 3 years ago already, about the Ukrainian babushka downing a drone with a jar of pickles thrown from a balcony?
Typical correlation vs. causation issue. If she has the same name as a castle, it doesn't have to mean her ancestors owned that castle. The castle may have owned her ancestors instead.
May 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Typical correlation vs. causation issue. If she has the same name as a castle, it doesn't have to mean her ancestors owned that castle. The castle may have owned her ancestors instead.
It's a little known fact, but Trump learned his art of the deal from the Polish mafia.
He will make you an offer you can't understand.
He will make you an offer you can't understand.
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It's a little known fact, but Trump learned his art of the deal from the Polish mafia.
He will make you an offer you can't understand.
He will make you an offer you can't understand.
Doesn't the air-to-air rocket cost multiple times the drone?
But perhaps the calculation is different. The AA rocket against the drone plus the cost of whatever (or whoever) the drone could destroy.
But perhaps the calculation is different. The AA rocket against the drone plus the cost of whatever (or whoever) the drone could destroy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Doesn't the air-to-air rocket cost multiple times the drone?
But perhaps the calculation is different. The AA rocket against the drone plus the cost of whatever (or whoever) the drone could destroy.
But perhaps the calculation is different. The AA rocket against the drone plus the cost of whatever (or whoever) the drone could destroy.
Banks seems to have understood this. In Culture, it's the popular people and the "best of something" players-of-games who are at the top of the totem pole.
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Banks seems to have understood this. In Culture, it's the popular people and the "best of something" players-of-games who are at the top of the totem pole.
Even then, the support for fascists in Germany was only in the low 30%s. They came to power as a result of backroom deals, not because they won an outright majority.
Trump this time got 51%. Everybody knew he was a rapist, a con-man, and he tried to steal 2020 elections. There's just no excuse.
Trump this time got 51%. Everybody knew he was a rapist, a con-man, and he tried to steal 2020 elections. There's just no excuse.
March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Even then, the support for fascists in Germany was only in the low 30%s. They came to power as a result of backroom deals, not because they won an outright majority.
Trump this time got 51%. Everybody knew he was a rapist, a con-man, and he tried to steal 2020 elections. There's just no excuse.
Trump this time got 51%. Everybody knew he was a rapist, a con-man, and he tried to steal 2020 elections. There's just no excuse.
"Americans aren't stupid because they voted for Trump" - or are they?
It's not about different freedom vs. security tradeoff. It's about the colossal level of grift, corruption, disrespect for law and authoritarianism that Trump represents.
What do you call people who fall for such an obvious con?
It's not about different freedom vs. security tradeoff. It's about the colossal level of grift, corruption, disrespect for law and authoritarianism that Trump represents.
What do you call people who fall for such an obvious con?
March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Americans aren't stupid because they voted for Trump" - or are they?
It's not about different freedom vs. security tradeoff. It's about the colossal level of grift, corruption, disrespect for law and authoritarianism that Trump represents.
What do you call people who fall for such an obvious con?
It's not about different freedom vs. security tradeoff. It's about the colossal level of grift, corruption, disrespect for law and authoritarianism that Trump represents.
What do you call people who fall for such an obvious con?
"Test pilota Pirxa" (1979), in English "Inquest of Pilot Pirx". Quite cybernetic, but decidedly not cyberpunk.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mvyfo
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mvyfo
Test pilota Pirxa 1978
Dailymotion video by Miasto
www.dailymotion.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"Test pilota Pirxa" (1979), in English "Inquest of Pilot Pirx". Quite cybernetic, but decidedly not cyberpunk.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mvyfo
www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mvyfo
Pomimo tych paru spraw do aktualizacji, które wymieniłeś na końcu, znakomicie się zestarzało!
Jedna ważna rzecz, którą jeszcze można by uaktualnić to pojawienie się realnych pojazdów elektrycznych - rowerów jak i samochodów. To zarówno szansa dla roweryzacji jak i "zagrożenie" (auta mniej trują).
Jedna ważna rzecz, którą jeszcze można by uaktualnić to pojawienie się realnych pojazdów elektrycznych - rowerów jak i samochodów. To zarówno szansa dla roweryzacji jak i "zagrożenie" (auta mniej trują).
February 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Pomimo tych paru spraw do aktualizacji, które wymieniłeś na końcu, znakomicie się zestarzało!
Jedna ważna rzecz, którą jeszcze można by uaktualnić to pojawienie się realnych pojazdów elektrycznych - rowerów jak i samochodów. To zarówno szansa dla roweryzacji jak i "zagrożenie" (auta mniej trują).
Jedna ważna rzecz, którą jeszcze można by uaktualnić to pojawienie się realnych pojazdów elektrycznych - rowerów jak i samochodów. To zarówno szansa dla roweryzacji jak i "zagrożenie" (auta mniej trują).
Another good video spoiled by a gratuitous call to "Elon". Will you be on first name basis wish good old "Donald", too?
January 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Another good video spoiled by a gratuitous call to "Elon". Will you be on first name basis wish good old "Donald", too?
Reposted by Thomas T.
As Chancellor Gorkon might say, “You have not experienced Bruce Sterling until you have read him in the original Delvish.”
January 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As Chancellor Gorkon might say, “You have not experienced Bruce Sterling until you have read him in the original Delvish.”
Nuclear didn't cause a huge planet-wide crisis, nor, unfortunately, has it popped right back
January 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Nuclear didn't cause a huge planet-wide crisis, nor, unfortunately, has it popped right back