02 January 2024

Tuesday Links - 2 January

The Other McCain starts things rolling with History You Probably Never Knew

Because I watch CNN (so you don’t have to), I’ve been watching this story recycled hourly for three days. Even if you don’t like Nikki Haley, sensible people must abhor the fact that she is subjected to such an inquisition, merely because she is from South Carolina. This continued effort to stigmatize the South, to fasten upon the Southern people this burden of blood-guilt, has become so mindless that even the daughter of Sikh immigrants from Punjab gets targeted, as if she bears personal responsibility for the, uh, misunderstanding at Fort Sumter.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 31 December 2023: Year's End Edition

Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cost-cutting and mergers as losses mount in their streaming services. (Ars Technica)

But not, so far as I can tell, giving much thought to making content people want to watch.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: (Like) There’s No Tomorrow

I haven’t listened to my lengthy collection of Conelrad electronica in a while, so this weekend I’m making up for lost time. He seems to have pulled his music off Amazon, but the whole catalog seems to be on YouTube now. If you’re looking for chill, relaxing electronic music with a bit of Cold War ambience, this is right up your alley.

Impro Guns - Weapons Seized from Crimean Network

A photo released by Russian FSB in December showing a homemade submachine gun along with a Nagant M1895 revolver and various ammunition supposedly seized from a Ukrainian linked cell operating in Crimea.

The O.K. Corral - A Feel-Good Story To Launch 2024

Four Houthi boats tried to board a container ship in the Red Sea yesterday. Unfortunately, the Houthis didn’t realize the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier was close by and their helicopter pilots were looking for a good time.

Again from The Other McCain - An Inauspicious New Year

It’s been three whole years since the last time Alabama won a national championship. I blame Joe Biden. And also the Bavarian Illuminati.

My brother picked up the tab at Buffalo Wild Wings, which somehow makes me feel even worse.

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