Sarah Paine is always worth watching but the bit where she says “the wise men are all dead” really hits.
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This is the mission statement of the US Navy, and despite 40+ years of planning for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open they have abandoned it. Which seems like quite a big deal.
“The United States is a maritime nation, and the U.S. Navy protects America at sea. Alongside our allies and partners, we defend freedom, preserve economic prosperity, and keep the seas open and free. Our nation is engaged in long-term competition. To defend American interests around the globe, the U.S. Navy must remain prepared to execute our timeless role, as directed by Congress and the President. “
Glyphthe thing that the BLITs and the Snow Crashes of the world did not forsee was that the basilisk would be slow rather than fast, that you'd have to *keep* staring at it for months, and that people would willingly do so, mostly because although it tore their minds apart, it was also moderately helpful for making low-complexity web apps and planning relatively simple administrative tasks
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MostlyHarmless“Not only will America go to your country and kill all your people, but they’ll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad.”
— Frankie Boyle
— Frankie Boyle
This is probably a good time to revisit Totally Tanked's conversation about Australia's national security and that the single thing a government could do to make Australia secure would be the electrification of our transport networks. So we can feed ourselves without oil imports. https://youtu.be/BVvGtGtlMZo
Interview: The Big Fix: Rebuilding Australia's National Security with Dr Albert Palazzo
Russell PhillipsSince this is getting some love, I'll mention that the design is on RedBubble.
The tank is Tessa, from the kid's book that @jetlagjen wrote.
There we go folks, ring the bell, the stupidest justification for war in recorded human history. What a time to be alive.
