“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.”

Just get the snip, man…

Apparently even big Hollywood stars need to be reminded of the dangers of baby jail: Jude Law, 41, stunned fans today when he revealed he is set to become a father for the fifth time.  Upcoming singer/songwriter Catherine Harding, also known as Cat Cavelli, is...

Call Rentokil

If this is what they’re finding in the Amazon rainforest these days, then the illegal loggers who are wiping out that forest bloody well need to HURRY THE F*** UP: What, in the name of all that is holy, is that idiot doing with his HAND next to that monster?!?...

Stupid yet satisfying

When it comes to movies, most people who have heard of my favourites- Serenity, The Dark Knight Trilogy, 300, Hot Fuzz, etc.- generally point out that I have dreadful taste in films. This is usually followed by a genteel philosophical discussion a rather heated...

Stupidity is contagious

And you’re surprised that I’m wearing a HazMat suit in public? But we knew that already. Guess what else is highly contagious? Two patients who had symptoms similar to those Ebola and were rushed to a New York hospital today do not have the virus, it was...

Globocop

The Mantle. You still hold to that [fairy tale] after all that has happened? After this thing has consumed a million worlds? Can’t you see? Belief in the Mantle sealed our doom! Weakened our [protectorates], bred dependence and sloth. Our [so-called...

The tired old anti-science trope

It is difficult to think of anything worse than reading through the tedious, turgid, illogical twaddle of a feminist’s hyperbolic arguments. The only thing that I can think of is to read through an otherwise excellent, logical, concise, well-argued and...

And that’s why he’s the greatest EVER

Roger Federer was in all sorts of trouble against a relatively unknown opponent from Argentina a few nights ago in Shanghai. You can see it all in the highlights- he was muffing shots that normally he would make with consummate ease: Actually, Federer got ridiculously...

Oikophobia

“A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished, no matter how brave its warriors, or how strong its weapons.” — Ancient Cheyenne proverb There was a book that I read a while back- I think it might...

The real “no can defend” kick

How do you cartwheel through someone’s face bones while making it look as elegant and yet terrifying as possible? Pretty much like these guys do it: It is hard to think of something that is such a splendid combination of badassery, buttock-clenching terror, and...

An African future

Via good ol’ Derb over at Taki’s place, take a look at this projection of the world’s population over the next 50-odd years: “Charty goodness”, as ye olde Capitaine would say… Basically, by 2100, Asians and Africans will dominate...