Wednesday Assorted Links

  1. We are no longer a serious people. Choice quote:

In short, an unserious country mired in the most masturbatory hysterics over bullshit dramas waged war against an insurgency of religious zealots fired by a 7th-century morality, and utterly and totally lost.

  1. How many pets (projects) do you have? What to do with them?
  2. California’s dry season is turning into a permanent state of being (phys.org)
  3. Instead of being ahead of their time, many ideas are behind their time
  4. Simple systems have less downtime
  5. Gwen.net on improvements in life since the 90s
  6. The Gulf Stream is really important. And it could collapse. This would be bad.
  7. Conan Took the Hard Road: As the country became more polarized, we undervalued his nonpolitical comedy (highly recommended)

And, some embeds: