"Fascist governments are condemned to lose wars because they are constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism"

In a letter to multiple European ambassadors today, President Trump says that because Norway failed to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace” The letter goes on to demand “complete and total control of Greenland.”

What are the charges? Obstruction of injustice? www.bbc.com/news/article...

New True Facts : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq9J...

Monitor your energy levels and manage your inputs and outputs. Don't let external forces burn you to a crisp, intentionally or not. #fzThinkingOutLoud

I beg of you, somebody. I am not competent to write the retort to this, but it really invites a response. And yes, I would love if @georgetakei.bsky.social schooled him.

"Shibboleth Identity Politics"; a perhaps egregiously anti-democratic element of "the Woke Movement". [Just throwing it out there.] #fzThinkingOutLoud #Populism #CancelCulture #ExclusionaryPolitics #CultureWars #Technofeudalism #AnarchoCapitalism

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⚡️Over half of Ukrainians support holding referendum on peace deal, poll shows. Around 55% of Ukrainians support holding a referendum on a potential peace deal to end Russia's war against Ukraine, while 32% oppose this idea, according to the poll.

How We* [North America] Still Have Any Trees Left: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqls... #Economics #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #Industry #Forestry #BusinessExplainsTheWorld #fzWebVideos

And this Iranian regime claims it is protecting the Iranian People against the hegemonic influence of the evil United States. Bullshit, all of it. Pure, farking, bullshit.

In which I learn that the "AI Safety for Fleshy Humans" essay part three has been finished... aisafety.dance/p3/

Opinion:

The "Just the Browser" project has released a script that disables features unrelated to core navigation in popular browsers: winaero.com/just-the-bro... #fzLinks #WinAero #WinAeroBlog

Feed: "DESIGN THINKING!" Published on Monday, January 12, 2026

I once worked with a creative director who believed “Design is a contact sport.” I disagree! Their critiques often felt adversarial, leaving sore feelings and no solid ideas. #DesignThinking #CreativeProcess #Collaboration #FeedbackCulture #DesignCommunity https://medium.com/the-future-futuri#DesignThinking#CreativeProcess#Collaboration

Trump is not my president. JD Vance is not my vice president. And both of these are true because I am Indonesian. I am Indonesian. I have seen the videos. I know what I saw. youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo

People try to ascribe motives, strategy and logic to Trump but it's not acknowledged nearly enough that he's simply a spectacularly stupid man who happens to be extremely rich and entitled with it and therefore has gained a lot of power. He's a very clear example of the Dunning Kruger effect.

OTD in 2022 my parody embassy informed you that Russia has no plans to "attack" Ukraine. Which was sort of true. We had a plan. It was just really shit.

Peace advocates said the war has done nothing for the Thais and Cambodians who have lived together for generations along the 800 km border.

For 18 months, I had to keep the secret that I didn't just voice The Flying Dutchman in the SpongeBob movie, but I also played him in live-action sequences. The hours it took flew by thanks to superb makeup artists Gage Munster & Marcel Banks who were both so kind AND hilarious. 🤣 Thanks fellas! 🙏

100% this!👇

The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.

I'm glad at least this one is healthy though.

The great ("suspected") calicivirus purge. At our home. Sigh. No I will not be taking any questions at this time. #fzDiary

A reminder that ICE kills lots of people. That they are mostly brown or black, or non-citizens, doesn't mean you shouldn't have been outraged long since. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

If I may dare, for a tiny bit of levity: GEOTHERMAL DEATH RAYS!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=325H...

I booted up my laptop this evening at around 9pm wanting to perhaps get a round or two of Hot Wheels Unleashed 2... that was two hours ago just about, and I've wound up spending the time watching YouTube longs instead.

Ha! :"))

In case some of you wanting to read this brief piece can't do so because you've run out of free articles: archive.ph/z4L18

I love the model work in Alex Proyas' Dark City (1998). Also, the architecture that fits in with many places and eras, an atmosphere inspired by Fritz Lang and Murnau, a story reminiscent of The Maltese Falcon in a sumptuous sci-fi concept... and a great cast 👌 This movie is aging very well.

Gene L. Coon (1924-1973) was born 102 years ago today. The writer and showrunner was instrumental in the creation of Star Trek.

If you've been "hearing from the grapevine" that people in Venezuela have been "celebrating in the streets", well... it's more complicated than that. #Geopolitics #Venezuela #Maduro #Trump #RulesBasedInternationalOrder #ForcedRegimeChange #AttemptedForcedRegimeChange

Welcome to the public domain: KING OF JAZZ (1930) 🎷 🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor! Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon 🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

Today I learned that Peter Falk, aside from being famous for portraying Lieutenant Columbo, was also in real life quite an accomplished traditional media fine visual artist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_F...

The 9-second Goldfish Attention Span... is a myth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIU...

Whom did Manousos lose that made him hate the Others so much? Like, Carol lost Hellen right, whom did Manousos lose? #Pluribus #Plur1bus

Waduh California juga kena banjir bandang, seperti Sumbar, Sumut dan Aceh... #PerubahanIklim #KerusakanLingkungan

So if you haven't heard yet, new CBS editor in chief Barri Weiss, who is a Trump fangirl, pulled the 60 Minutes segment on the CECOT prison. But the Canada branch of 60 Minutes already posted the segment on YouTube before Weiss made the order.

What Sam Altman doesn't want you to know (about himself, about OpenAI, about his previous work at YCombinator, Reddit, Loopy, and so on and sonforth) youtu.be/l0K4XPu3Qhg?...

It's the most wonderful time of the year: Watching Muppet Family Christmas and then re-discovering how the Ripped from TV version someone uploaded to YouTube ends: youtu.be/Bi9qSKZuvC4?... #doomedbaby

Sixpence None The Richer: Tiny Desk Concert at NPR (December 2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSY_...

60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT: “Our story was screened 5x and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.” #CBSNewsMAX #BariWeiss www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

In case you need a backgrounder on Bari, this is probably the most enjoyable youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely", cover performance with flute & electric bass, from May 2015 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QK6...

Don't let any Nerd tell you what to watch, or what to not watch, in movie theaters with tickets you bought with your own money.

Are People Of the Internet trying to say that No One is watching Avatar: Fire & Ash in movie theaters this weekend..?