Observations on the world and its inhabitants
Bridges are built with a factor of safety. Reactors have containment margins. Aircraft carry load limits written into law before anything flies. The most consequential technology of this century has no such margin at all. It has arguments: open letters, summit panels, and the word ‘hoax’ typed in capitals. It has nothing you can calculate. ...
📡 Breaking News: Meteorologists have confirmed the arrival of a Category 5 Excremental Cyclone, colloquially known as The Big Brown Swirl. Unlike ordinary storms, this one is powered not by warm ocean currents but by hot air, bad takes, and reputational methane leaks. The official government advisory reads: “When you see a shit storm, run ...
Some big questions arise after reading an article in the Financial Times: Is Earth the only living planet? “Lisa Kaltenegger is among the scientists hoping to find evidence of life on worlds that orbit stars beyond our sun.” – they say. Tough if anybody cannot access the article – and I’m not going to breach ...
