John Carl Baker

Bo Gritz, Vietnam Veteran Called a Real-Life Rambo, Dies at 87

Bo Gritz: definitely part of the Trumpist genealogy www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

fernandina beach, fernandina beach, florida, 1979

fernandina beach, fernandina beach, florida, 1979

gatorland, route 1, st. augustine, florida, 1979

gatorland, route 1, st. augustine, florida, 1979

OK that’s a strong competitor

Are there good Canadian whiskeys I should try?

I am a Japanese whiskey novice but have been getting into it (Toki, Hakushu 12 year) - good stuff

#dialectics

Meet the Modern Boilermaker The boilermaker, or a beer and a shot, has gone from a dive bar staple to a considered menu item at cocktail bars across the country.

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Sadly, no. But we sip both in concert - it’s good.

Oh man this is awesome

I love cocktails but my bar will absolutely have beer-and-a-shot combos

But that's important! "There is no escape" can be both despairing *and* a kind of proto-political reckoning. If this world is hopeless and awful, maybe we need a different one as impossible as that seems, etc.

"I do not believe things will turn out well, but the idea that they might is of decisive importance."

Oh I'm not saying it's hopeful!

Like there's that line about the people who were destroyed - and one of them is Laureen Hobbes. The Mao Tse Tung Hour thing is funny and played for laughs, but I think Lumet's humanism comes across in this oddly fair treatment given to a literal communist.

Is it possible that it's *despairing* but not necessarily a film of despair? I kinda think the tragic element itself gestures to the possibility of alternatives while also recognizing that its representatives are caught up in a system beyond their control.

Is music also a thing Bluesky ignores, even when it’s vaguely political

Pawa!

And here it is open.spotify.com/track/4b3QAt...

Did not have “Asha Puthli and Say She She release collaborative track for International Women’s Day” on my bingo card but…that is awesome.

N. Korea cancels int'l marathon due to some reasons: tour agency | Yonhap News Agency SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has decided to cancel the 2026 Pyongyang Internatio...

Apparently North Korea has cancelled the 2026 Pyongyang International Marathon m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2026...

Opinion – Why the Liberal Rule-Based Order Failed Liberal thought has been traditionally quite sceptical of democracy, despite its frequent modern association with it.

My new piece in E- International Relations on why the liberal rule based int. order is dead (or comatose)- in brief its own design was fatally flawed from the start- liberal by flowery pronouncement and occasional policy, but not in its own structure
www.e-ir.info/2026/03/07/o...

Taking this at face value, imagine thinking a war over "baby steps" was somehow justified www.newsmax.com/world/global...

Exclusive: Trump’s Iran options include special operations raid on nuclear sites Former government sources and military experts say elite units have long prepared to land in Iran.

Essential for the nuclear threat reduction community to continue calling out this war as illegal, unprovoked, and unnecessary - people may be tempted to embrace a narrow technocratic approach that focuses on securing nuclear materials and ignores the wider context www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

This is wild - it's just a regular daiquiri recipe but you also throw grapefruit peel into the shaker. Really good and super simple punchdrink.com/recipes/rega...

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Seeing this a lot from various European leaders essentially trying to have their cake and eat it too. They want to be publicly very in favour of American actions without being identified as a person who is in favour of American actions and subject to questions about what that means they stand for

Also when I am benevolent dictator, I promise to ban ivy nationwide.

Tough on ivy. Tough on the causes of ivy.

Not only did I touch grass today, I spent 3.5 hours pulling up an old wire fence in our backyard. So yeah I’m basically a rugged outdoorsman.

How to Use Strega in Cocktails The best easy Strega liqueur cocktail recipes, from Manhattan riff made with Japanese whisky to a Penicillin, Margarita, Lemon Drop and more.

I respect putting this article out in March instead of October punchdrink.com/articles/str...