25 Jan 26
I lived through the homophobia of the 70s through 00s and “eww it’s unnatural” was as common and tedious a refrain then as it is now against our trans friends.
Whenever I hear people talk about “basic biology” or “nature” or “common sense” in order to bind the outgroup, this comes to mind.
a doctrine at war with nature
That is what it sounds like.
I know, I know—comparing struggles is gauche but when the rhetoric is a xeroxed mad lib that sounds as wrong now as it did then, I can’t help it. I’m not equating the magnitude of the oppression or denying that the African diaspora holds an exceptional place in American history through our modern day. (Not trying to be like that dumb novel that was like “catholics were the real Holocaust victims”.) The comparison to this unambiguously wrongheaded historical text is a tasteless one but brings with it the comfort that in future hindsight, this might be how all those “it’s just common sense, it’s just basic biology” boot stompers are gonna sound.
14 Jan 26
Ja jo men vi måste också bromsa ökningen så mkt som möjligt även när den är över. Blir så trött på collapsology när foten fortfarande är på gaspedalen. Som komplement till att försöka stoppa? Ja absolut. Men som “lösning” är det skrämmande optimistiskt. Påminner mig om den där gamla “Tryggare kan ingen vara”–serien där dom försöker skydda sig mot nukes med en lutad dörr.
12 Nov 25
Last week the Department of War finally killed the last vestiges of Robert McNamara’s 1962 Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS). The DoW has pivoted from optimizing cost and performance to delivering advanced weapons at speed. Taking decades to deliver weapons is no longer an option. The DoW has joined the 21st century and adopted…
01 Nov 25
via: Tribe by Sebastian Junger
23 Sep 25
“語源(略)日露戦争のころ、講談などで日本軍優勢の戦況を(略)「乱射乱撃雨あられ」(略)が流行った(略)それが世間に広まって、韻が同じ“ シャレが古風な言葉だとは思ったが日露戦争の頃の言葉なのか
21 Sep 25
未成年の死の何が自己責任だというのか。子供を社会が殺した現実から目を背けるべきではない
20 Sep 25
19 Sep 25
記事中の“This would be exactly the wrong time for the U.S. to take the foot off the gas pedal,”のコメントの通り、トランプの時機というものへの浅慮を感じた
“米紙ワシントン・ポスト” 元記事 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/18/trump-taiwan-arms-sales-military-aid/
ゴールディングの『蝿の王』(1954)からデスゲーム系小説の始祖について解説するポスト
18 Sep 25
食べ物への感謝を強要する「食育」をする学校から「虐殺オレンジ」を出されたらそりゃ嫌だろうな/それはそれとして思想ラジコンにされる子供が可哀想なニュース
17 Sep 25
16 Sep 25
同意。我が国も続け
14 Sep 25
“彼らは戦争を終わらせないために、すべての停戦の試みを妨害してきた」とし、彼らを排除すれば、人質解放と戦争終結の最大の障害が取り除かれるだろう」”