August 4, 2025

A brief exchange seen on X regarding “the real” in Palestine

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Rupert's Conscience @RupertsConscie1: What struck me at #MarchforHumanity was the awesome diversity of Sydney. Friendly eye contact, n...
June 26, 2025

Thousands of spurious requests to Mediawiki pages

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A web site I manage was being repeatedly thrashed by thousands of elaborate Mediawiki requests, for example, “ GET /w/index.php?from=2025042...
June 20, 2025

Nationalist as metaphor: politics of grievance

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For Sara, the Northern Irish nationalist had transcended political classification to character type. Although by local definition a national...
April 24, 2025

Survivor checklist: What to do after the death of a loved one

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This is from USAA, with a few notes added. It’s worth being familiar with this process well before it becomes necessary. The main lesson...
February 15, 2025

J.D. Vance at Munich Security Conference, 2025

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Vice President J.D. Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference, February 14, 2025: ... The threat that I worry most about for Europe is n...
February 1, 2025

Have global CO₂ emissions declined due to wind energy?

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From a reader : Has global CO₂ emissions declined due to wind energy? Grok: Global CO₂ emissions have indeed seen reductions attributed...
November 10, 2024

How Trump crushed Obama’s legacy: The president-elect rides the cowboy spirit

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“In one night, the Obama machine, which he built on the model of the Chicago Democratic Party machine, and which he used to help him run the...