how do klingons decide if it's a good day to die

You will not ~think your way into a new life. You have to move first and badly, in public, and let fresh evidence drag your self-image along behind it, kicking and screaming.

Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part II: Total Warg

This is why being left handed was not an option in the past. "Théoden then advances his cavalry at a trot to the top of that ridge we see. Each rider ought to have a spear in their right hand (held upright for now) and a shield in their left. " https://acoup.blog/2020/05/08/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-ii-total-warg/

https://www.rybar.me/2026/05/05/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-ii-total-warg/

Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part III: The Host of Saruman

Also why you need a lot of managers at companies. " a professional army often needs to be very intensively organized and carefully drilled to be effective. Because they are fundamentally deracinated (meaning ‘uprooted’ in the sense of ‘pulled out of a society’), professional armies have to recreate those social structures, through complex layers of hierarchy, which tends to mean lots of officers (which in turn often make professional armies uncommonly good at very complex forms of […]

https://www.rybar.me/2026/05/05/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-iii-the-host-of-saruman/

Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part IV: Men of Rohan

Seen this at many organizations. "Like many modern efforts to graft a professional army onto a society with both insufficient training time and a lack of care for the underlying social structures, Saruman had created the appearance of a professional army, without any of the strength of one." https://acoup.blog/2020/05/22/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-iv-men-of-rohan/

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Doctor Answers Lung Questions

Fun, disgusting and important information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSfY2rxpmBY

https://www.rybar.me/2026/05/06/doctor-answers-lung-questions/

The Physics Behind the Thumb Trick

"Imagine an infinite hose". Why ideal physics does not work in real world for details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKuIJ_z2Y6A

https://www.rybar.me/2026/05/06/the-physics-behind-the-thumb-trick/

Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders are Chaos

Even orcs have lungs. "To be clear, the plan here is to run a 200m dash, then lift a heavy ladder, then rapidly climb that ladder and then be ready to immediately fight multiple Elven swordsmen. While probably still out of breath from the charge.Good luck. With. That." https://acoup.blog/2020/05/28/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-v-ladders-are-chaos/

https://www.rybar.me/2026/05/07/collections-the-battle-of-helms-deep-part-v-ladders-are-chaos/

Pretending To Be Rich

Pretending to be rich was historically important. And it seem to be important still. Just recently I have seen a study showing, that about 40 percent of people in the US making more than 500k a year are living paycheck to paycheck. It makes complete sense if you think about you need (do not really need but you try) to stay at the level of your peers and those above to impress them. We tend to meet with the people of our own social group and rarely go grab a drink with a homeless guy or a […]

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