The Thick of It

A show regarding a random UK ministry and the random cluster fuck off politics. The 12th Doctor is an enforcer from the PM’s office with a prolific use of profanity.

The writer ended up creating Veep in the USA.

and he’s really into nightlife and partying.

Everything else I wouldn’t blink at, but I would wonder what kind of places Dad likes to party at.

I don’t know if it is purposeful. It just seems to be a side effect of the market going all in on AI.

A grandparent did before they died. I read it; it was ok.

That manhole cover.

So, there are people telling you how to ship packages to a hotel, which is fine. The issue is going to be if eBay will let you. Having packages sent to a hotel is likely going to trigger a lot of fraud warnings, especially as your account is from another country.

The Korean and Vietnam Wars were constrained by not trying to turn the Cold War hot. Also, Vietnam was as much about nation-building as it was fighting an enemy.

The invasion of Grenada met all military objectives.

The Gulf War was such a success that it changed war doctrine for those choosing to fight the USA after.

The USA intervention into Somalia fell apart as the government the USA supported collapsed.

The USA intervention into Yugoslavia got Serbia to withdrawal troops from Kosovo.

The Afghanistan War successfully toppled the previous Taliban government, the USA just couldn’t build a new government to replace the existing one.

The USA toppled Saddam Hussein rather quickly after the Iraq War; the current government is wildly different in form from the old one.

The USA successfully kidnapped the Venezuelan President.

Most of the USA’s war losses were due to attempts to nation-build. If the USA chooses not to nation-build, it can launch major military attacks to disable opponents. In those fights, the USA dominates.

The kind of person that Trump is isn’t an abberation, but the oligarchs were expecting more of a Reagan instead of Trump.

Beep beep beep beep

Don’t just go to the city council, but reach out to others in the community. Politicians are a lot more likely to listen to a group of people than an individual.

Large corporations, especially those related to tech, will generally have a research arm of some form performing university level research. Outside of attempting to use the research to argue that their companies aren’t a harm to society, the research is generally legit.

The corporations generally do it to stay competitive. In the near term, research can be used to create patentable technology and new products. In the long term, the research can give an idea on what can be technically achievable in the future, allowing companies to increase their predictive capabilities.

Yeah, that’s a lot worse than OP implied.

It is cliche, but people are stupid and don’t understand current chess strategy.

I think there are some natural monopolies where it makes sense to let them be run as monopolies with some form of government control. The energy grid is a good example, you can different suppliers providing electricity but the transmission of it should be within one company/system.

I use it as an example. There are certain actions that people can put to their autonomous reaction. Some of those actions include being able to communicate with others and being able to act in sync with others.

You may be able to perform complex physical actions by yourself, but you have issues processing outside human stimulus at a fast enough speed to play rock paper scissors at the same place that others do.

I mention walking as a base level, but I can extend it beyond that.

As a weird example, I’m going to mention swing dancing. It is supposed to be random acts of dancing by those who are dancing with each other. Doing so requires the following:

• Identifying the tempo of the song
• Moving your feet to the tempo
• Giving or receiving direction through tactical contact only.
• Positioning your body based on the tempo of the music, your footwork, and the direction either given or received.

And a lot of dancing and other movement based communication is at a level where you don’t have to think about the individual movements even if the movements aren’t planned out. You seem to have to consciously think about these movements while others around you don’t have to.

Seriously, how is this game played so quickly?

My brain doesn’t need to think through each step; it is automatic.

Think of all the steps needed to walk, including monitoring tilt. You don’t need to think about walking, you just walk automatically.

Technology is a tool. Treat it as one.

And the first part is why a lot of content creators are on it.

At a certain point, a blog becomes more than a hobby. When that happens, a platform like Substack helps people transition the hobby to a job

Billy Joel was a major baseball fan, so I expect some baseball references in the new song.

Home run records shatter in the 90’s caused by steroids.

Yankee dominance in the 90’s but couldn’t win in 2001.

World Baseball Classic where the US doesn’t win.

Dumpster Astros.