Monthly Archives: May 2023

China’s Xi says necessary to speed up modernization of country’s national security system https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744610 Ukraine-Russia War: Why drones are Kyiv, Moscow’s go-to weapon – analysishttps://m.jpost.com/international/article-744608 Frantzman has been reading a lot on this subject. I’ll probably actually listen to this … Continue reading →

Germany to move Slovakia-based Patriot system to Lithuania to protect NATO summithttps://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744309 Biden feels ‘negative’ about Russian nuclear moves in Belarushttps://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744324 Some headlines are funnier than others. Russian forces intercept two British Storm Shadow missilesThe ministry also said it had … Continue reading →

Russia, Belarus sign document on tactical nuclear weapon deployment in Belarushttps://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-744187 The fun thing about “tactical” nukes is the idea that you can call them that and somehow get away with the optics of using them. It’s a strange meme … Continue reading →

This Third Rail episode is a good introduction for you nontechnical types: https://traffic.libsyn.com/thirdrail88/TR_-279-_From_Coom_To_Tomb.mp3 The interviewer is a very smart guy who doesn’t understand computers, and the interviewee is a very smart guy who understands AI pretty well. I could nitpick … Continue reading →

I want to take a stab at interpreting another rillxn painting. From https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0EtcsjYFE/. It’s part of this larger piece: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9TfV4ADo0/?hl=en We have an emperor on his throne with Darth Clown and the moon in syzygy behind him. His loincloth looks … Continue reading →

But I’m wondering if you guys see a distinction between what the Marine did and what Rittenhouse did. I got crap from both the redhead and brother the lesser for saying Rittenhouse was justified but not really a hero. Whereas … Continue reading →

It’s been slow news since the F-16 thing, because that’s all anyone was reporting for a minute. Plus I had a big, tedious project due on Monday. Here’s my collection of links and ramblings from the last week or so. … Continue reading →

H/T Ken, https://twitter.com/aryaofantipodea/status/1658969050536636417 The more precise distinction is between short and long-term social relationships. In sapiens society, the assumption is you will/may never see the same person twice, so if you don’t ask a girl out at first sight you’re … Continue reading →

Russia’s Medvedev says over 117,000 recruits joined army since Jan 1https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743609 Press X to doubt. (Because Medvedev said it, not because it’s implausible.) US sanctions on Russia hit 300 targetshttps://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743612 The United States targeted Russia’s sanctions evasion, future energy revenues … Continue reading →

Jerusalem Day: MKs visit Temple Mount, haredi MK asks Netanyahu to stop themhttps://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-743409 Big flex on the Palestinians, presumably for votes. Really shortsighted. If you aren’t following it, one of the sparking incidents of the recent conflict was a raid … Continue reading →