Month: March 2022

by liberal japonicus A thread for book recommendations. It grows out of the suggestion that a closer reading of Military Science Fiction would have stood some in better stead, so I’m open to people defining what Military SF is and how it differs from, say Star Trek. As a side note, I have a friend … Read more

by liberal japonicus As a quick post, this WaPo article was interesting for the way it organized the information. Anyway, a thread to discuss, have at it.

by liberal japonicus This came across my morning reading, it’s an analysis of a Chinese news broadcast on Ukraine. Tucker Carlson makes an appearance. The report is from early in the conflict and one hopes that Chinese viewers don’t have as short and febrile a memory as we seem to have in America and are … Read more

by JanieM Maybe we need a reboot. Here’s a thread for talking about whatever comes up. Ukraine? Covid-19, which is by no means finished with us, even if most of us think we’re finished with it? The soon-to-be-rising price of flour? The falling value of people’s savings? The fact that many, many systems are kind … Read more

by liberal japonicus The discussion about ‘tankies’ in the comments had me thinking about a number of things. I imagine all of you have seen various discussions of how the Ukraine conflict has laid bare some racist thinking. If you haven’t, these two Daily Show segments can probably catch you up. Here and here Or … Read more

by liberal japonicus A thread for non Ukraine stuff. Mentioned in the comments was a shortage of brass as it relates to ammunition. I wanted to make a cutesy comment about how I didn’t think there was really a shortage of brass (with the meaning of gall, chutzpah, etc) and went off to look for … Read more