This Seems Bad
The coronavirus isn't that much deadlier than the common yearly varieties of flu - it's frightening mainly because there's no vaccine and it's mutating so rapidly. (The common flu kills A LOT of people, by the way. 50,000 or so last
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CAT TALK!
If you don't like cats, that's fine. Please continue.
If you DO like cats and think your cats are beautiful perfect fluffballs that never mean anyone any harm, that's fine. Please continue. (Also, never get them vegan catfood. It's arguably a scam
Iran Attacks Air Base Al Asad
Some brief comments on the situation:
* We dodged a bullet and are not at war. Pause and reflect on how lucky we as a nation and world are that things did not go differently.
* The day after the Iranian missile strike, civilian satellite photography of the damaged air base made
So, We Just Attacked Iran
Some loosely connected notes:
* from the day America collectively woke up and said "we elected WHAT?!?", one of the more disturbing questions is what Trump would do in an actual international crisis. We now have an answer to this question: "not much" combined with "make
What If We Impeached Trump And No One Showed Up
So yeah, the impeachment. Not a fan.
I know, I know. It was necessary - in fact it was inevitable, from the first day of Trump's candidacy, since he was ferociously against even bothering to learn what was legal, much less following those laws.
But as long as
Top Ten Games Of This Awful Decade
Ranked mostly by my playtime therein. Thanks, Steam stats!
10: Hearthstone
9: Disco Elysium
8: Total War: Warhammer series
7: Star Traders: Frontiers
6: Hearts of Iron series
5: XCom 2
4: Kerbal Space Program
3: Final Fantasy XIV Online
2: Stellaris
1: Europa Universalis IV
If games out before
"That's Capitalism!"
The schedule this week:
Cyber Monday: when you buy all the things you told yourself you weren't buying Black Friday
Giving Tuesday: when your local NPR station guilt trips you every 5 minutes into donating some money
Wacky Wednesday: when you find out that today you have to