“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

A messy end to a strange life

A messy end to a strange life

I have refrained on commenting at any great length about the catastrophe which befell the Embraer jet owned by one Evgeniy Prigozhin two days ago, mostly because the situation was so strange and so fluid. Now the Neo-Tsar has effectively confirmed Prigozhin’s...
Friday T&A: Go East Edition

Friday T&A: Go East Edition

At last, the day has arrived. Yer very ‘eavy, very ‘umble servant is on vacation for the next two weeks, heading over to the eastern parts of the world – back to Eastern Europe, and then on to kind-of-sort-of Central Asia. It is the first serious...
Didactic Mind, Ep 112: The Itchy Red Blanket

Didactic Mind, Ep 112: The Itchy Red Blanket

This episode of Didactic Mind is all about the misguided and very foolish return of Stalinism as an in-vogue political and social philosophy. This all came about because of the recent appearance by one Jackson Hinkle on Piers Morgan’s show (Lord,...
Monday morning CrossFarts

Monday morning CrossFarts

“Lord, let Monday be over quickly, without serious adverse events, and a minimum of idiocy.” Such is the prayer we all utter, in some form or another, more or less, before the workday starts after a quiet and relaxed weekend. Unfortunately, things rarely...
Competence is necessary but not sufficient

Competence is necessary but not sufficient

As noted earlier this week in the Great Mondaydact Browser Slayer, the long read of the week was an excellent bit of analysis on the decline, fall, and collapse of the Western world by Gaius Baltar, featured at Larry Johnson’s SONAR21 blog. As Mr. Baltar pointed...
Friday T&A: Jellystone Park Edition

Friday T&A: Jellystone Park Edition

Gentlemen, if you have not seen the epic ensemble-cast drama, Yellowstone, may I say, I HIGHLY recommend it. The series follows the Dutton family, who own supposedly the largest ranch in the FUSA – something on the order of 200,000 acres, which I gather is...
Zerg Rush meets Marine Bunker

Zerg Rush meets Marine Bunker

Gentlemen, has anyone here ever heard of a game called StarCraft? One or two of you, right? Yeah. It was (and is) KIND OF A BIG DEAL, because it revolutionised strategy gaming, all the way back in 1998, and essentially made Blizzard the powerhouse that it is today. (I...
Monday morning middletown dreams

Monday morning middletown dreams

The weekend went by way too damn fast, and now we are back to Monday – a most MISERABLE Monday where I am, unfortunately, given it has been bucketing down with rain all bloody day long. Nonetheless, the Great Mondaydact Browser Bowser (not a typo) is here to...