Operatives and Assholes
As I was walking through dense foot traffic in midtown Manhattan the other day, on the way back from a successful job interview (I start Monday!), a woman coming toward… Read more »
Record life expectancy around the globe, with pockets of technology-driven increases in mortality, 2018
“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Sherlock Holmes from “The Sign of the Four”,… Read more »
The folks in charge are not your friends, and are lying to you about basically everything. Including human longevity and mortality.
“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” From “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892… Read more »
Nature booming and burgeoning to a level not seen in my lifetime – July, 2018
“I suppose there are two views about everything,” said Mark. “Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there’s never more than… Read more »
“And go it was. You never saw anything like it. We swarmed up the ladders and over the battlements like a wave—and the place was our property. Why, one might live a thousand years and never see so gorgeous a thing as that again.”
“Joan lay on the grass, weak and suffering, hour after hour, but still insisting that the fight go on. Which it did, but not to much purpose, for it was… Read more »
It’s July 2018, and the populace has realized that the food supply has been weaponized against it.
“Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete… Read more »
“Bluto’s right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards…”
Bluto: What the f*ck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where’s the spirit? Where’s the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re… Read more »
Nearly half of social media users deleted one account in the past year
“There are some ideas so wrong only a very intelligent person could believe in them.” George Orwell “Why you fool, it’s the educated reader who CAN be gulled. All… Read more »
Nicholas arrest in Lake Victoria Mbita
On Thursday Nicholas and one of his friends got arrested by the police from our Kenya marine department of police. The officers alleged that they were using wrong fishing net… Read more »
The breaking of the Great Artificial Drought, continued – record rainfall, July 2018
“Gandalf stood for a moment in thought. ‘Maybe,’ he muttered. ‘Maybe even your foolishness helped, my lad. Let me see: some five days ago now he would discover that we… Read more »