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The prisoner's dilemma.
Really good piece over at Jason’s blog about the difficulty of surrender in war. It morphs into a longer meditation on the atrocity of war. Worth a read.
This is why I can't walk the dog. Or go to the shop. Or...
Every time I leave the house, this little idiot tries to follow me. She absolutely will not hear that she was not meant to walk the earth at my side. This is her, about 300 metres from home, insisting that she tag along on my post-lunch constitutional.
Not a fantasy map
Props to Maz Jovanovich for finding this map which looks like a fantasy world but is very real if you’re a fish, or an admiral.
A little sore but not at all sorry
I finished my black belt grading last night after long months of assessment, two years of disruption (thanks, Miss Rona), and many years of training.
Reality was the winner.
I used to enjoy trolling people who loved soccer, but then I realised I was being a gigantic fuckwit. I still don’t like the game. But so what? Billions of people love it and it’s a tiny little dick move to troll them for their love.
End times monster goldfish
I don’t know why, but this abomination disturbs me deeply. It simply should not be.
Black Tide Rising story. A little taster.
I’ve been working on the follow-up to the Caitlin Monroe piece I sent out last week. I can’t give away much of it, because it’s yet to be published. But I think I can get away with this:
Who Said It: Elon Musk or Mr. Burns?
I did surprisingly poorly on this test at The New Republic. Thought I’d nailed it too. A bit like Elon, I suppose.