2 days agoMember-onlyUkraine Has Lost Ground In Its Counter-OffensiveThe NYTimes buries the bloody lede — Ukraine has somehow lost ground in its counter-offensive. The NYTimes buries it under a false headline, but Russia has actually gained territory (a net 188 miles²) since January 1st. Given that attackers usually take higher casualties, hideous amounts of Ukrainians have died for less than nothing. All of this carnage…Ukraine4 min readUkraine4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyExtinction Lessons From The DinosaursAs we mass extinct ourselves — The dinosaurs dealt with much worse climate change than us (the air was literally on fire) and somehow survived. The terrible lizards got shrunk down to rotisserie size, but they were still alive. After thousands of years, they even thrived, coming back as ‘terror birds’ in time. As I’ve written…Dinosaurs9 min readDinosaurs9 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyPoverty And Damned StatisticsHow economists have it all backwards, in the US and Sri Lanka — In both America and its capital colony Sri Lanka, economists point to numbers to say people are doing fine. Reduced inflation, etc. As the old medical joke goes, “the operation was a success, but the patient died.” Here’s some numbers to tell you why the conventional statistics are lies. Poverty…Sri Lanka7 min readSri Lanka7 min read
Sep 25Member-onlyHow Intelligence Is DumbA curse-laden lesson from Oedipus Rex — Humans place great stock on intelligence — even looking for it on other planets — but our living family, nobody else is that impressed. Our animal family is more scared by what we’ve done to Mother Earth, which is not the same thing at all. Going by what we’ve done…Intelligence11 min readIntelligence11 min read
Sep 21Member-onlyThe Death Of A CivilizationAnd dealing with it — Infinite growth on a finite planet is cancer, and this cancer is terminal now. Has been for a while. I hate to be the one to tell ‘ya. Climate change is just a symptom of the all consuming rot. All the ‘renewable’ cures just move the cancerous growth to different…Death7 min readDeath7 min read
Sep 19Member-onlyWill We End Up Like The Dinosaurs?We should be so lucky — Will we end up like the dinosaurs? We should be so lucky. The dinosaurs actually survived much worse than us. They were dealing with climate change and got hit by an asteroid and somehow made it through. In paleontological fact, dinosaurs never went extinct at all. Birds are dinosaurs, and…Dinosaurs15 min readDinosaurs15 min read
Sep 16The Struggle To Mourn After An AssassinationNine months later, it’s still happening — I haven’t worn color since Dinesh Anna died. It’s only supposed to be for a few months, but I haven’t stopped. The mourning period presumably starts with a death certificate, and we haven’t even got that yet. He’s not even buried. They exhumed the body and now — nine months…Death5 min readDeath5 min read
Sep 14Member-onlyThe Long Road To RuinHow civilization took a wrong turn thousands of years ago — For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. I was at my Achchi’s house where everybody’s slowly dying. I remember when her road was a dirt road and my Seeya would walk me down it, or maybe that’s a…Climate Change9 min readClimate Change9 min read
Sep 13Member-onlyOnly A Supervillain Could Stop Climate ChangeWe need to destroy this civilization to ‘save’ the climate — When I watch Hollywood movies, I root for the villains. They’re the only ones trying to change anything. They’re certainly the only ones thinking big enough to change something on the scale of ‘the climate’. We don’t need superheroes to ‘stop’ climate change. We’d need supervillains. You Don’t Want This Speaking as someone who…Climate Change9 min readClimate Change9 min read
Sep 11Member-onlyThe Debt Slavery Of A NationHow Sri Lanka has been thrown to the loan sharks — Since Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt we have been colonized again. This time by the IMF, with policy run out of the American Embassy with Indians as enforcers. Same colonial shit, different capitalist day. This is marketed as ‘stabilization’ but it’s really just the rich standing on the backs…Sri Lanka9 min readSri Lanka9 min read
