This Wade Davis line suggests an alternate approach to the homogenizing liberalism adopted by Western countries since the 90s. Diversity in language and culture means letting people thrive among their own cultures, not forcing a melting pot to erode all traditions.

Me, the one eyed man, waiting patiently in the kingdom of the eye stabbers to establish my dynasty.

Richard Jefferies

So is the recent total domination of the Indian Air Force more a testament to good management and superior training by Pakistan or the superiority of Chinese weapons systems?

Has anyone quantified the budgeted policy differences between the two major parties in Australia? I’d guess it would hover around 5% difference between them.

Anyone come up with a ‘Whitlam was installed by CIA’ theory? Ending nuclear energy and weapons development sent us down a path of dependency on the US for generations.

Have falconers ever used a white goshawk? (white morph of the grey goshawk). Seems like the rarity and value might make them appealing in Saudi or similar where it is widely practiced.

Surely a preference for Egypt has some bearing on one’s outlook?

Personality test/astrology alternative based on your favourite ancient civilization.

Why is regionalising date formats and a few variations in spelling beyond the capacity of huge multinational software corporations?

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For some reason the murder of Jaidyn Leskie from 1997 pops into my mind periodically. The night of the murder, a pigs head was dumped on the lawn of the house, unrelated to the death. Horrible story, still no justice.

This seems like the point Australia opted for decline:

Post apocalyptic future where the only known figures from the twentieth century are Rasputin and Ma Ba[r]ker, surviving knowledge passed down from Boney M songs preserved accidentally.

Would sell out to small soda. Irn Bru, this is your chance to reach six, maybe seven people (bots).

Have they done that thing where every city and a lot of smaller places get an alternate name based (sometimes loosely) on indigenous names in the US and Canada?

The logical outcome of appreciating the incredible achievements in art, language, or engineering from every human culture is low migration to continue the preservation of cultural diversity in all its glory.

Is anyone in the post or de-colonial scholarly spaces looking at what’s happening in Europe and the UK through this lens? Seems like it could be useful, thinking about an inversion of colonial governance patterns from the periphery onto what was previously the center.

Any enterprising local set up a Covid day tour in Wuhan? Hotel pickup at 9, then to the institute of virology for photo ops before heading to the wet market for lunch. Optional raccoon dog petting cafe experience afterward.

If MAD stopped direct war between great powers, why wouldn’t widespread nuclear weapons trickle down the effect?