Covid-19: alternate origin stories
Pre-Wuhan Covid-19 in Italy, bioweapons research in Russia and China, and curious coincidences. There’s a lot of credible information that casts doubt on the official story of Covid-19’s origins. Starting with a big... READ MORE
Penisocratic method #2
Exciting year ahead for human space exploration For reasons beyond my understanding, there are people who aren’t closely watching how we’re progressing to the stars. Of course, it’s only the most important thing... READ MORE
Penisocratic Method #1
Today, let me introduce you to a new post format. Here’s the thing: the click-through “tile” design of the website encourages long-form writing. This was a deliberate decision to keep the quality of... READ MORE
Why Scotland is Pakistan
I have a huge discovery to share with you: Scotland is Pakistan. Consider: A mountaineous hinterland full of angry bearded men wearing women’s clothing, who seem to be suspiciously close to their livestock.... READ MORE
The Asian powderkeg
Right now, Asia is a powderkeg with several simultaneously lit fuses. There are at least four conflicts in Asia from which neither side can afford to back down, as the stakes are too... READ MORE
The vibranium shield of willful ignorance
Nobody is more imaginative than a person who doesn’t want to concede an obvious point. As the internet brought 24/7 global debates, it also brought rapid innovation in the field of being a... READ MORE
La dolce vita
How sweet something tastes is clearly a matter of acclimation. When you cut sugar from your diet, your sense of sweetness gets “downregulated” in a few weeks. Afterwards, sweet things often taste too... READ MORE
Technology and magic
People are wrong in many curious ways. A new one I noticed is assuming that a goal is silly, because people in the past tried to achieve it in silly ways. The thinking,... READ MORE
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Happy Holidays
To both of my loyal readers, one of whom is me, I wish happy, peaceful holidays, hopefully approximating the ideal of quiet reflection. The inevitable gluttony, when properly rationed, is also a vital part of it. This is what the … Continued
I am of this soil. But am I?
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Moon landing
Only hours ago, China has landed a rover on the Moon. This calls for two major points to be made.
Link: The Blablameter
Today, I’d like to share the foreshadowing of a remedy to one of the foremost blights of civilized life. Without any extra ado, I give you – The blablameter. And not just because it graded my own writing spectacularly well.
New Word: Wistdom
Wistdom (n.): the bittersweet melancholia proceeding from an honest and accurate reflection of the world. The opposite of false positivity and ignorance-based types of happiness.
How To Write Badly
The internet is full of guides on good writing – ironically, a sizeable portion of them poorly written, so let’s help the educational effect by approaching the issue from the opposite side.
Economics
Economics were invented by the first pair of squirrels who had only one nut left. The one that lost invented communism.
Y U Has a Sad – Resolving Depression
So an article was linked by a friend that tried to explain the epidemic spread of various depressive and anxiety disorders across the developed world. I’ll leave out the obvious fallacy in that claim, namely the lack of realization that … Continued
Illusiveness of Morality
Most people behave themselves not because of some fundamental moral goodness, but because of ingrained docility and a fear to be the assholes they really are. Only in total freedom from consequence, whether punishment or reward, is the true heart … Continued
Open Letter to The World’s Hospitality Industry (About Peeing)
Sihlbrugg, Switzerland, November 20th 2013 Dear hoteliers, barkeeps and various assorted hospitality personages of the world, let’s get something perfectly straight once and for good –
On Insomnia
Insomnia is, symbolically expressed, an unwillingness to let go of yesterday.
Apples and Fears
Note: this article was originally written and published in October 2013 before a database reset necessitated this re-posting. On September 10th 2013, something historic happened.
The Beginning
Dear future reader, The most difficult part of any undertaking is always the first step. This post is intended to overcome the sense of foreboding immensity that accompanies the first step of any undertaking. This is a good method for … Continued