China’s social credit system intensifies.

Disturbing, I know. Don’t tell my wife.

*In my best Barry White voice, “oh baby”!

Yes, but no. I abandoned the NYT a long time ago and won’t ever bother again. They are dead from lack of credibility and just don’t know it.

Whatsa matta NYT. Kochs didn’t spend enough in advertising this month?

I like the boom. :(

Last guess.

Guess again. :(

Edit: Nitrous Oxide is not exothermic in humans, for the medicine or the fun. Its an NMDA receptor agonist.

Guess again. Think nitrogen bonds in exothermic redox reactions.

gas in its natural state

Well that’s just your room temperature and pressure bias talking. All states are natural states, subject to environmental conditions.

Nitrogen bonding is more fun.

Experience is knowing Muktuk is delicious and works on a salad if cut small enough.

“shown the entire world what’s possible when you defend your borders, your culture, your heritage, your sovereignty and your values.”

…your Putin puppetmaster with his fist so far up your ass even Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog are jealous of your relationship.

The boot’s heel is just ridiculously tall. It’s the worst flaw here. Cut it in half at least. He is lying down like that probably because he twisted his ankle and couldn’t get up, but the photographer had to work with what he has, and was on the clock.

The toe is equally too pointy and just feels ridiculous but this is minor. It’s ok. A chisel toe or a square tip at the point would have been great. Something like this perhaps.

The pants are great, the shirt is great, the pins are great. The jacket is magnificent! Just that colour. Yuck.

I know photo shoots like this are supposed step outside the bounds of good taste so fashion’s equivalent of the overton window get stretched and people have more room to play with in a fight against conservatism and orthodoxy.

But those boots are terrible and that Jacket, while very nice is not a good colour. He however is, in spite of it all, so damn cool.

If I were a US General right now, I’d want to drink myself to death too.

The goal is to sow chaos so he can consolidate power.

America has few allies, if any. It’s more mutually agreed belligerent détentes…

School supplies

What a Chad thing for Chad to do.

For me it’s synonymous with selfishness, stupidity and cruelty.

Edit: especially seeing everything as zero sum. There is no win-win. Everything is win-lose.