Islands with cormorants. Hiroshima, Japan.

Thiel’s infantile theories about the anti-Christ implicitly imply that he is the re-embodiment of Christ. I doubt he’s absorbed anything that Jesus said. E.g., Matthew XIX, 24: “I tell you that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter God’s Kingdom.”

Why don’t the Dodgers bench Ohtani, since he isn’t really making an effort? Is Ohtani placing bets against the Dodgers, and trying to ensure that he wins his bets? Is that why he’s playing so poorly? Or is he just a terrible post-season player?

Table Mountain in the Eastern Sierras.

The weather spoiled the hike up into the mountains, but the Sierras can’t help but be stunning.

One of the reasons ChatGPT becomes toxic for psychologically vulnerable people is because it’s convincingly sycophantic. The same can be said about all of Trump’s advisors, e.g., his cabinet members. They form a positive feedback loop of delusion.

Politicians line up to condemn “political violence,” as if murdering a politician is somehow more deplorable than murdering a non-politician. It’s not.

Trump claims the labor numbers were rigged to make him look bad. This impliedly admits that if they were accurate, he did a bad job. In fact, Trump is flailing across the board.

Israelis who do not speak out against the genocide in Gaza are just as morally deficient as the Germans who failed to speak out against Nazi atrocities.

How many more children will Israel murder today?

Edith Chapin stepping down at NPR is a positive development. Now Katherine Maher must follow. NPR is a grotesque DEI showcase with no journalistic integrity. I loath DJT, but he did the right thing to eliminate NPR’s public funding. #npr #dei

I wonder how many children the Israeli army murdered today.

Trump’s announcement today of a 50 day deadline on a Russia/Ukraine peace deal is a meaningless distraction from the ongoing controversy regarding the Epstein files.

How many children will Israel’s army murder today?

I wonder how many children Israel’s army murdered today?

@npr.org I despise Trump and his agenda. But I understand he wants to cut off funding to NPR. NPR is a DEI showcase project which savagely banished Garrison Keillor for the flimsiest imagined offense during Me Too’s rabid peak. NPR is basically worthless, and I hope DJT manages to kill it off.

Israel claims it was only targeting Iran’s nuclear program — which Trump reported was completely obliterated by his bombing. Yet Israel continues its violence, now selecting targets not related to the nuclear program at all. Let’s admit it: Israel seeks total regional domination.

Let me guess: Once Israel’s psychopathic leader Netanyahu showers Trump with enough gifts, Trump will announce that he has decided to “liberate” the people of Iran. You know, like we liberated the people of Afghanistan.

A day of inspiring, peaceful and passionate protests in Los Angeles. My favorite sign read, “No Kings; Yes kinks” Showing Trump dressed as a latex clad gimp. #nokings #losangeles #activism

In more ways than one, Adolf Hitler is the father of the nation of Israel. And Israel faithfully perpetuates its father’s legacy of horror.

Israel is among the most savage and barbaric nations in the history of the world. Without support from the U.S., its incessant slaughter and destruction would not be possible. #israel #war #mideast #freegaza

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/o... The author fails to show that porn is harmful (or that the belief in its harmlessness is “delusion”). The argument relies on supposition, feelings, anecdotes masquerading as data.

Nighttime in Tokyo. #graffiti #tokyo #japan

Is @paramountpictures.bsky.social capitulating to Trump now, too? What loathsome cowards these massive companies often are.

@lacity.bsky.social Over-compensating for Mayor Bass’ dangerously incompetent response to the massively destructive fires, now the City is issuing arbitrary and sweeping closures of parks. This is totally useless, it harms the people, and fails to restore Bass’ permanently damaged reputation.

360 degree view of Los Angeles from Griffith Park Jan. 15, 2025. Despite the ongoing fires, which are not apparent at all, there was good air quality! #losangeles #nature #griffithpark

Ring lever trail. #nola

Kettle, electric snack server, iron. #nola

Despite laughable spasms of phony outrage by mainstream media entertainers, our nation has fully embraced extrajudicial killings. Obama routinized them in the form of lethal drone strikes against alleged foreign terrorists w/ zero due process. Condemning Luigi flaunts hypocrisy & self-deception.

The most recently released episode of the Good Whale podcast was a mini-musical. This is becoming such a cringeworthy cliche, the urge to musicalize (Broadway style, not, say, Zappa style) everything. What a bore. Now if Biden made his final address a musical, I’d be impressed.

Obviously incorrect iPhone 14 translation of a sign on the Tenma River in Hiroshima.

Shukkeien Garden in #hiroshima #japan

Otearai wa kono saki ip-pun desu. A sign in the beautiful park around Meiji-Jingu shrine in Tokyo. It features 3 kanji familiar to beginners such as myself: Otearai, which consists of the hiragana “o” with the kanji “hand” and “wash,” then the kanji for ahead and minute. #tourism #japan #tokyo

One of the clean and convenient free public restrooms in Hiroshima, #Japan. Notice the plants growing at the entry threshold, like a humble bouquet offered to entrants. Of all the cities I have visited, none has offered more or better free public restrooms than #Hiroshima. Yay! #tourism