Geoff Nathan

My former professor at Berkeley. My interest in Augustine is a no small part due to an undergraduate seminar she gave in the fall of 1984 entitled “Introspection in Augustine“.

Thank goodness Britain will be ok.

I need to get back into the habit of posting here. So here’s a piccie.

Yamagata

You mean it’s not? 😏

Japanese opinion of our 47th

Always need to be on the lookout for the newest fads in Japan.

Two of my favorite people.

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Obsequious toadying. Good for Kluwe.

Sometimes I feel like this.

The struggle is real

Tesla sales are diving in Germany and across Europe too Tesla sales careened lower in Germany in January, as sales of the electric vehicle company headed by Elon Musk tumble across Europe.

Good job, Elon.

#NeverForget

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Bummer. Broken English is a classic.

Pork belly congee. Thanks, Atelier Manna!

Prepping for the next four years…

Prepping for the next four years…

This is horrifying.

To all the people who keep saying, “we need to teach students how to use AI responsibly,” for the love of all things please tell me how we are supposed to teach students how to use a tool crafted so obviously to lead them away from history?

Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland – which Trump says he would like the US to buy

Well played, Freddie.

Encinitas’ claim to fame…

Knives!

I believe this is the very definition of a moot point. Blue sky exists and whatever one’s opinion on the matter, it will become what it will become. And if it serves to strengthen the left with a bit of echo-action, I can only note that Truth and X seemed to have served the right reasonably well.

Can we have yours? Ours was written for a goose.

I’ve been spending my bedtime reading working my way through Iain M. Banks’ Culture novels. I’ve gotten to the last, The Hydrogen Sonata. Such a talented writer, taken from us too soon.

I seem to have found myself amongst blue skies.