Dambusting
Everyone has no doubt heard by now about the destruction of the Novaya Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, or Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP). The result was pretty much what you might expect -...
Don’t put Pajeets in charge
The whole "Pajeet" meme is a hilariously offensive term used to refer to Indians (or, more generally, people of Indian origin), originally coined as a specific racial insult that has since expanded...
The history we need to relearn
There is a lot one can say about D-Day - the courage, the heroism, the terrible hardships endured by those men on the landing craft as they waited to storm the beaches of Normandy. There was every...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Sunday Scripture: Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor
5 Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are...

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