Friday Ephemera (662)
Perhaps there’s a word for this new dance-move sensation. || Big-ass paper plane. || A brief history of topiary. (h/t, Things) || Answers on a postcard, please. || ChatGPT does physics, with partial success. || Jupiter. (h/t, Dicentra) || Volcanic eruption seen from space. || Remember, always respect the media. || The progressive retail experience, parts 453 and 454. || Is your smartwatch powered by slime mould? || Nommy nommy nom. || Historical con-women of note. || You may clench when ready. || Why, yes, there will be a test. || When you’ve been severely educated. || Drag for kiddies. || “That’s the goal.” || Glass viruses and bacteria. || Fifty-tonne crystals. || Unsolid footing. || And finally, for those unfamiliar with the world of Japanese music sirens.
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A very confused individual.
We don’t want to refer to someone who did something bad enough that they are in jail as an “inmate” or “convict” because….not clear why. It is useful information that someone is or has been in jail and why. They want us to not know. Sure, give a credit card to a swindler, rent your airbnb to a rapist, hire a dangerous person for daycare. What could go wrong?
This is the end of times.
Maybe this, too.
We don’t want to refer to someone who did something bad enough that they are in jail as an “inmate” or “convict” because….not clear why. It is useful information that someone is or has been in jail and why. They want us to not know. Sure, give a credit card to a swindler, rent your airbnb to a rapist, hire a dangerous person for daycare. What could go wrong?
Well, back in my twenties I knew lots of people who say things like “He’s paid his debt to society” in conjunction with demands that there should be no stigmatization of, or discrimination against, criminals–sorry, persons formerly convicted. All jobs should be open to them. No landlords should reject them. Nobody should refuse to socialize with them. Their “reasoning” was that there was no reason to believe that someone who had offended before might offend again, and by serving whatever sentence the courts had imposed upon them, the books were balanced–as if that was all there was to it. We were supposed to assume that they were just like everyone else.
Memory fades after so many years, but among those “smart” people there turned out to be some drug dealers, sex offenders, thieves, and so on–plus their numerous friends who knew and said nothing.
The Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who people would have killed for those.
Another adult-sudden-death. At age 19.
The Jon Pertwee-era Doctor Who people would have killed for those.
Why? I’m not familiar with Doctor Who.
In 1974, they famously had some difficulties with dinosaurs.
In 1974, they famously had some difficulties with dinosaurs.
Not surprising, then: Dinosaurs are notorious for poor diction, forgetting their lines, and overacting.
I get the “plant based mashed potatoes” because if I bought mashed potatoes from a shop I would expect it to contain milk and/or butter.
My daughter, who is mildly allergic to milk proteins, would appreciate the plant one, without needing to be vegan.
The insane defense of criminals comes from the false premises that 1) crime is solely due to racism/poverty caused by racism and 2) many blacks are locked up who are innocent. This ignores entirely that there are criminals of all races and throughout human history, that there is crime in all-black countries, and that murders of black by black are a little hard to attribute to racism. It also ignores incentives: if you let criminals know that they won’t do time, they will do more crime.
A new production of Swan Lake has dropped.
The insane defense of criminals comes from the false premises that 1) crime is solely due to racism/poverty caused by racism…
Don’t forget the Marxist dogma that crime is also caused by poverty which is caused by capitalism exploiting the workers, and that the elimination of poverty and inequality will lead to the end of crime. Blaming racism (and sexism and etc) was relatively recently bolted onto traditional Marxism by Cultural Marxists and black nationalists and so on.
Dave Brubeck’s house
Dave Brubeck’s house
Gorgeous. More here.
And all the young girls had to stand by and pretend.
Today’s word is symbolism.
I see Chris Rufo has been busy.
Today in Racism™, Episode 9487, “Psychedelic Induced Hallucinations”.
RTWT, Latinx, who are hwite adjacent, I guess, are also implicated.
Today in Racism™, Episode 9487, “Psychedelic Induced Hallucinations”.
So much black insanity.
Here’s a thought: About all those blacks who say they need “black spaces” to escape the trauma of being near whites: I’ll speculate that it is not because they fear white people will harm them, but because they can’t relax and fully express their racism if whites are around to hear and know how racist and deranged they are.
Meanwhile, a new all terrain weapons platform.
There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear, but I am not sure I want to know what. (NSFW, I think)
“Family friendly”, maybe for the Mansons, not sure about anyone else. (Caution)
President of the Humanist Association of San Diego has thoughts about the 17 year old little TERF voyeur offended because this
guylady was in the women’s locker room.“black only spaces” go visit the South Side of Chicago. You can spend the day and rarely see a white person. I have been the only white person in black gatherings, to turn the event around, and it was odd a little but hardly scary or oppressive. But I guess white people have all that white voodoo or something…
Full marks for the, er, head boobs around six seconds in.
Once upon a time comedians like those on Monty Python and SNL would mock the establishment. So stunning and brave they were. Accepting accolades for their stunning bravery. The establishment did nothing. Today the establishment mocks those comedians, dares them to speak up. But they are too afraid. The stunning and brave have, in some cases literally, had their balls handed to them.
Hard to believe…and yet not so much.
Full marks for the, er, head boobs around six seconds in.
Speaking of boobs...
Modern romance.
“We did this.”
In a way, she’s right. White LEFTists “did this”. Between budget cuts and watering down qualifications cuz “diversity”, THEY set this up.
“Converted to Islam” – somehow I’d bet this doesn’t fly at the local mosque.
“Does anyone know why?” Yes, you have temporal lobe epilepsy, apparently.
President of the Humanist Association of San Diego has thoughts about the 17 year old little TERF voyeur offended because this
guylady was in the women’s locker room.Notice the creepy smile on the “humanist’s” face.
Just about all these “humanist” and “skeptic” and “rational inquiry” organizations seem to be fronts for radical left subversion of our culture and liberties.
There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear, but I am not sure I want to know what. (NSFW, I think)
San Francisco?
“San Francisco?”
Looks like. Reminds me of Zombietime, but I checked and it’s not there.
“what is a woman”–The feminists have only themselves to blame. They have spent 50+ years insisting that women are just like men (ie men with boobs), that they are fine in combat, that being a mother is loathsome, that loving your husband is oppressive, that families need to be destroyed, and so on. What did they think would happen?
Reminds me of Zombietime, but I checked and it’s not there.
Zombie hasn’t been posting lately, though, right? So no recent incidents would be there.
Progressive retail experience UK style:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11689645/Harrods-customer-tells-young-daughter-walked-pool-blood-man-stabbed.html
If only the worlds most famous store had CCTV to help identify the stabber (the UK and particularly London weapon of choice in case overseas readers were unaware).
If only the worlds most famous store had CCTV to help identify the stabber (the UK and particularly London weapon of choice in case overseas readers were unaware).
I thought those CCTV cameras were everywhere in London.
They are everywhere.
It’s a bit of a puzzler how often they fail to work when knife crimes are involved.
They are everywhere.
It’s a bit of a puzzler how often they fail to work when knife crimes are involved.
It’s possible that some are dummies: Security professionals have told me that this is sometimes done.
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
Calling yourself moonself and glitchself won’t make you interesting, love.
Really, it won’t.
Calling yourself moonself and glitchself…
Vermillion Grace Smythe (Fae/Faer/Faers) has thoughts on the matter as well as misgendering.
Vermillion is an expert, being a DIE consultant for the NHS and who outlines the priorities of same:
Number 5 is pretty radical.
“moonself”–the problem with fiction is that it is difficult to pull off. Most novels are unreadable. You have to create a believable world and characters people can relate to. “moonself” does neither. Sorry
A note on the last as I missed the 37.5 second edit window, Vermillion may be a parody, but it is hard to tell these days
Heh. What ccscientist said. In spades.
Two more performances from the Finnish figure skater.
Two more performances from the Finnish figure skater.
I’m thinking the Finnish judge might be on the take.
What is absolutely pathetic, and thus beyond sad regarding this figure skating insanity, is the bloody idiocy of everyone involved in the process. Even those with reservations who participated in producing such idiocy regardless. It’s a lot of people. And somewhere out there there is/are young women who worked very hard and deserved that moment in the spotlight. Yet they, their parents relatives and friends, and the people putting on this farce, the people broadcasting it, etc. etc. etc. are too chickenshit to say anything. Very much like the Penn swimmer who continues to pursue his farce. And yet even at this point very, very few people in the swimming community says boo about it. Pathetic. My general feeling is the women get what they deserve. But that comes with consequences. Personally I find it increasingly hard to take women and their general political complaints seriously. They’re a disgrace. A lot of people, not just women but many men as well, made significant sacrifices for women to have what they have today and they’re willing to piss it all away because their moral vanity is just too precious. A moral vanity which they ultimately will lose anyway.
I’m thinking the Finnish judge might be on the take.
Or the entire effing ruling class.