Good morning. Here are your daily ducks.
That strange quality of light you’re seeing in this photo is called “sunshine.” We have not seen it here in a while. True fact: San Diego was once famous for it!
Everywhere on Earth, from Europe to China to Africa to Australia and the Americas, is dominated by Europe or its legacy.
The whole world is either Europe, a European colony, or conquered by Europe or the US (a European colony).
That’s all coming to an end now, says Ian Welsh.
And it’s happening so fast we can see it.
The Death Throes Of The World Europe Made:
[Conflict with China] is about whether a non-European power will be allowed to remake the world Europe made. … It is an existential threat to European rule, and it is being treated as such. The “yellow peril” has arrived.
In 30 years, will Mandarin be the the new English? The new lingua-Franca? The language everyone has to know and that you can, if clumsily, get by on almost everywhere?
Absent a major war, likely nuclear, or civilization collapse, I find it hard to see a scenario where China doesn’t become the most important global power.
In Santee, which is a few miles from where we live, 17-year-old Rebecca Philips says she saw a naked “adult male” in the local YMCA dressing room. The naked person was reportedly a transgender woman. Philips later appeared on Tucker Carlson, the story got picked up by the New York Post and Gateway Pundit, and now a local right-wing wannabe-demagogue is claiming Antifa is going to target the community for violence and their people will “send them [effing] packing.” And the Y is closing early for fear everything will blow up.
Can everybody just chill here? And not go on Tucker Carlson or get ready to send people [effing] packing?
Santee YMCA Closing Early, Fearing Rally Clashes Over Teen’s Report, Trans Rights (Times of San Diego/Ken Stone)
Instagram video: British comedian loves Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit is the best. Celsius is for losers.
Is Micromanaging Your Life With an App Really a Good Idea?. I’ll add a reminder to myself to look into that.
Good morning. Here are your daily ducks.
An unofficial list of the most influential science fiction works ever. The science fiction that strongly influenced real life spaceflight pioneers. By Eric Adelson at the Washington Post.
“I’m a man who appreciates it when food dares you to eat it.”
I am quite enjoying the AwkwardSD newsletter, from fellow San Diegan Ryan Bradford, who shares a review of a spaghetti dinner from By The Bucket, a chain of restaurants that serves spaghetti by the bucket.
My 11-year-old nephew declares it’s “not bad!” and I agree. I’ve spent more money on grosser things in my life…. Overall, we’re vaguely satisfied with the food and lowkey happy that it didn’t kill us.
Ducks love the rain. They can keep it.
