What is a mukbang?
People like videos way more than words…you could ask why I’m writing a blog rather than vlogging. But do you know what a mukbang is?
Author: Jane Shearer
E-biking & AI – what’s the link?
E-biking and AI – both allow you to do things more easily and faster. Is this good, leading to more productivity? Or is the inherent work we are handing off essential to training ourselves?
Waterloo & Haiku
Is Greenland a route to Trump’s Waterloo? Let’s hope it invokes sufficient masses to unite against him. And, as a diversion from Trump, here’s some haiku inspired by snowy Japan.
Overton Windows
Is Trump smashing Overton Windows, in his attack on general world order, including proposing to take over Greenland? And what is an Overton Window?
Barrels of oil
Chris looking at a ‘nodding donkey’ in Utah – a pump used to bring oil to the surface on land I felt […]
Kakapo and Grommets
When do you have to choose between saving a kakapo and inserting a grommet in a child’s ear? When you are a government.
Xmas Rituals
We all have our rituals for events like Xmas, even people who don’t think they have any…
Scales of tragedy
How tragic is a ‘natural’ disaster? Does it depend on what is lost? Or when it happened? Is sadness about natural disasters another tilt at preventing inevitable change?
What’s in a Font?
The USA is mandating all diplomatic documents use Times New Roman 14 pt font, reversing the previous administration’s change to Calibri 15 point. Why the fuss?
Change is (not) good
Things can’t stay the same forever but humans have a tendency to wish they could. Like the Catholic church maintaining that women can’t be deacons. Hell, no?