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The Pencil That Beat NASA - Except It Didn’t

11 Apr 2026 1 minute read 3 comments i'mature

I was listening to LBC’s Nick Abbot - the funniest man on British radio. It was a couple of hours before Artemis 2 was due to splash down after its round-trip to the Moon. Someone called in with something topical - did you know NASA spent millions on...

James Bond... was wearing a skirt?

11 Apr 2026 5 minute read 0 comments Sdom

No, it is not a story about how James Bond decided to swap his gender or any of this LGBT stuff.I'm going to write a post about or of the favourite spies of Winston Churchill - the British prime minister during the Second World War. A female spy, a g...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Primus - "Mr. Krinkle"

10 Apr 2026 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  What compels me to purchase four tickets in advance, I’m not really sure. Suffice to say when you’re of a certain age and the bands are of a certain popularity, you know you’ll have no trouble finding takers. The band, Primus, is after all right...

Criticism in justification of crimes

10 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/aav8nnTufAeiBTRM Have you ever heard the phrase "If we are criticized and scolded, then we are hated and we are doing everything right"?This design is convenient as a psychological defense and as a tool for m...

Modern British Intellectuals

10 Apr 2026 3 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aavz61TBn3O56mp_ Which British bloggers do I recommend watching on YouTube, and which content do I watch myself? 1. Unsolicited Advice. Joe Folley is probably the only philosopher on my list who...

Weekend: The Void Traders Hate.

10 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments CubanCrypt

There are two types of people when the alarm clock rings on a Monday morning. The first hits the snooze button, counts down the days until Friday, and dreams of the weekend like someone dreams of a vacation. For them, Monday is an obligation. Friday...

I analyzed my revenge trading: How dopamine-debt keeps us broke

9 Apr 2026 3 minute read 1 comment Harry's interaction

I haven't told my mom about the $41k yet. Probably never will. It was 3:14 AM — I remember because I looked at the clock on Bybit right as the liquidation hit, like my brain wanted to timestamp the exact moment I became an idiot — and I'd moved my s...

How Elon Musk's Favourite Economist Joke Accidentally Explains The Economy

9 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments i'mature

Sourced from YT channel Future Vision: https://www.youtube.com/@FutureVision99 Ha ha, that’s a funny joke - two economists eat sh*t, get nothing in return and GDP rises by $200! But swap “eat sh*t” with “do something useful” and the joke now describ...

Oil Drops Overnight After Trump–Iran Breakthrough

9 Apr 2026 3 minute read 2 comments CondividiSulWeb

Global tensions eased suddenly after Donald Trump announced what he called a “great day for peace” following a temporary ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran. The truce, brokered through Pakistani mediation, immediately shook global...

The magical atmosphere of Hogwarts

8 Apr 2026 2 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard

Zen blog post in Russianhttps://dzen.ru/a/aavu_hTEGC_3Y1A1 Admission to Oxford and Cambridge. I used to look at those who went to Oxford and Cambridge as super-people who were going to fly into space, this goal seemed so ambitious and unattainable.An...