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Pro et contra
Many years ago, long before the web, in a land fa… well, that depends on from where you read this, I had a friend who was a great fan of the cartoonist B. Kliban. I had never heard of him, and to this...
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Big plans
Let’s start December with a laugh: Elon Musk deeps too deep. Many people think there is more talk than actual action in some of his industries. Subsidies has helped. I have no real insight, but I would...
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Appearance
This is a fantastic story from a truly evil era: The model “aryan” baby. Racists are not only evil, they are idiots, and also deserve to be laughed at. And let’s not forget that some self-advertised...
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“Willy by wi-fi”
Hilarious video about a disgusting subject by Scottish comedian Gary Meikle. Have not heard of him before. He looks a bit like Macron. But that not Gary’s fault His little rant about eyebrows is funny,...
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Public Domain movies
I’ve heard that the original reason U.S. television started to show It’s A Wonderful Life during the holidays – besides it being a nice Christmas film – is that it got into the public domain pretty...
View ArticleApe Calypso
This morning I read on my fellow duffer Paul’s blog about the 1982 dystopian comedy show Whoops Apocalypse. I’ve never heard of the series, so I had to check it out. I’ve started watching it, and in...
View ArticlePatent stupidity
I have not kept any track of the patent absurdities, but this Ars Technica article is an interesting update for me. Quote: “This legal theory, known as the “technical effects doctrine,” holds that...
View ArticleMeanwhile in the Dingkom of Sweden
The politics in Sweden is pretty out of whack and has been for a long time, with acceleration the past decade plus. A descent into relativism and narcissism and cynicism (the last one not for the plebs...
View ArticleC.S. Lewis on technocracy
C S Lewis wrote an essay in 1958, Willing Slaves of the Welfare State. Is Progress Possible?. It is a very interesting read, and he connects this with technocracy, which in its modern meaning hails...
View ArticleQ&A(voidance)
Politicians (a.o.) are to a various degree adept at not answering questions, e.g. by answering a question that was not even put forward but sounds similar, plainly changing the subject, ignoring etc....
View ArticleHa and lol
I hereby pronounce that I am halol-certified. I like LOL and I do enjoy HA at times. This certification has no authority, it is 100% self-signed. Anyone can get it, i.e. do it. It is very easy, and...
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Books read
I constantly have a shelf-queue of books to read. Not like a list, just books that scream “read me!” when I happen to see them. Some of my books I had for decades and did not manage to finish, or not...
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Household hacking
Hacking as in modifying and finding new use of stuff. Often it requires tools, maybe paint, in some cases electronics. This one does not require anything except mundane materials. Since I am a...
View ArticleTyresome Walpurgis
Today is Walpurgis Night. It is rather “eve” than night, but you have to take that up with the English Language Committee. I am not doing anything special today. Too tired. My car is too tyred, too. As...
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Leave no one behind
Another slogan for the global fascism. War on poverty (yet another slogan) apparently needs to identify and map every person on the globe. That’s in Agenda 2030, too. Of course. They do not really...
View ArticleInternational Workers’ Day
Also known as Labour Day. Which is a bad name, as every day of the year there are babies born! Ho ho! In Sweden, as in most countries (I think) this is on May Day. Today. In Sweden this public holiday...
View ArticleNamesake Bakunin
I have been a listenener to Mike (another namesake!) Duncan's podcasts since History of Rome. He is one of the best and most ambitious podcasters around. The past few years he has been going through...
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Books read 2
Yet another narcissistic posting of what books I read in the latest quarter. See the previous one. I decided to here not list any books that have only been published in Swedish. Yet again, the list is...
View ArticleYour journal is just a post in a corporate database.
Selling personal records is not new, Swedish authorities has been doing that for years. It's crony capitalism (which is at the core of technocracy and it's relative, fascism). But when data from...
View ArticleLimericks
Some months ago, I made a limerick. Then I made another one... and then a few more. They are quite easy to make. I forgot about them, but now came across them. The rules for a limerick are not written...
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