What happens when you stop paying your military? The military often will launch a coup or simply see its combat effectiveness collapse. The government shutdown is a disaster.
I beat my drum about shrinking the federal government, but shutting it down arbitrarily including the parts we very much need is idiotic.
How is this even the mechanism we ended up with for situations in which we don’t pass spending bills?… read more “The government shutdown is a disaster”
I have read thousands of sci fi and fantasy books now and have been running out of good ones to read, so I asked AI for recommendations based on other books I liked. Gemini recommended I read Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. I bought the book for $10.
I tried reading it and got about 11% in and just could not go further it was so poorly written.… read more “Book Review: Empire of Silence”
I keep a daily log of things that are important to me in Google sheets and have done so for many years.
I was curious about how my weight has changed over the years, so I looked it up:
I do not like where that trend is going.… read more “My weight”
I was walking along my gravel road with my son on a beautiful summer evening, looking at my fields and cattle. One of my cows was silhouetted against the skyline and I noticed it looked like she was pooping, but it was stuck. I could see her arching her back and straining, but something was hanging out the back.… read more “Veterinarian Scarcity Brings Misery to Animals”
Learning this today.
More friends, more division – https://phys.org/news/2025-10-friends-division-social-circles-fuel.html
Interesting study saying that polarization in societies has risen since 2008 as people on average have more friends. I think this is true, as 10 years ago I had much more mildly held political opinions, and so did many of the friends I debate with here.
My theories:
Rise of the Influencers: People have more “friends” on average if you just look at the people they follow online.… read more “More friends, more division”