“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.”

Monday morning Mandelbrot madness

Monday morning Mandelbrot madness

Welp. Here we go again. Monday is back, and I’m already tired. Actually, this one was not so bad, as it was considerably less crazy than past weeks have been. Things have calmed the hell back down at work a bit, which is always nice. Nonetheless, Monday remains...
Sunday Scripture: Evil Under the Sun

Sunday Scripture: Evil Under the Sun

4 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And...
Soldiers of three armies

Soldiers of three armies

Two former American SPECWARCOM types, who are now in 404 – Country Not Found, training up the khokhol military, wrote an extensive piece in War on the Rocks about the complications associated with training and readiness of the entire Ukrainian Army. It is very...
Friday T&A: Nunc Est Bibendum Edition

Friday T&A: Nunc Est Bibendum Edition

First things first – yes, I know this one is bloody late. In between enjoying the summer weather – which is GLORIOUS, around these parts – and staring at data cubes until my eyes bleed, as you can see, I haven’t had much time to devote to...
Cloudy with a chance of daggers

Cloudy with a chance of daggers

Recent footage of American Patriot PAC-3 air “defence” missile systems “working” to “defend” Queef against Russian missiles in the Banderastan War has emerged, and is forcing some very serious questions about the effectiveness and...
Dawn of the AI

Dawn of the AI

Over six (!!!!!!!) years ago, I wrote a quasi-humourous post about how SkyNet wants to kill us all, on the basis of what happened when you tried to process images of various kinds through what were, back then, quite nascent AI/ML algorithms. The results were…...
Monday morning memorialising

Monday morning memorialising

Normally, the Great Mondaydact Browser Killer is all about making the day pass by with humour, dank memes, crazy linkage, and a healthy dose of geopolitical rants. It takes hours to assemble and is generally quite good fun, but the point is actually to waste...
Snake burritos

Snake burritos

Much and more has been made of recent news that the Fake Administration will “allow” their European “allies” (read: vassals) to hand over F-16s to the Banderites. This latest round of Western wunderwaffen is nothing more than a cynical attempt...
Friday T&A: Powerfool Edition

Friday T&A: Powerfool Edition

If the last 18 months have proven anything to us, it is the truth of Lord Acton’s observation that “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. There is no better demonstration of this than the Fake Administration’s absolutely mad...