China in the Maldives

[George.]

52 arrests... how long can they take that level of casualties?

[George.]

So the Kvarken is not dredged?

[George.]

Word is there are another about 900 dolphins trapped in what remains of lake Tefé. They are trying to organize a translocation but even that will have...

[George.]

Nice place for a base if they ever need to protect their shipping lanes from Africa. They have the know-how for converting coral attols into military...

[George.]

Big stores grow because they buy their products in huge quantities at a discount. This doesn't work if you let each store cater to local tastes....

[George.]

How long does it take a tree to grow to harvest size at your latitude?

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How are the auroras?...

[George.]

How would we recognize it if it is not carbon-based? We can barely recognize it if it is.

I mean on an exoplanet, of course. If it is in...

[George.]

Yes, that might qualify....

[George.]

Still waiting for someone to point out a combination of atmospheric chemicals that would be an uncontroversial biosignature.

[George.]

Wait, it is still September! Is this constitutional?

[George.]

El Niño + the farts of our engines:

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...rompts-fears-f...

[George.]

Nobody heard the chain saw?...

[George.]

I agree. There will always be a need for enforcement at the margins. Even rich people who don't need anything steal if they can....

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Harvest is obviously a euphemism. Normally it applies to plants, not animals. Farmers don't "harvest" chickens or pigs.

Why people...

[George.]

Antimatter bombs, to destroy your enemy without radiation problems for the occupation.

Even Archimedes and Galileo's work was used to kill...

[George.]

Women? Hatshepsut....

[George.]

Then how come so many people picked Jesus?...

[George.]

Not convincing at all:



1) a fifth of the Sahara is two and a half times more than needed for all the world's energy use;...

[George.]

Looks like 80% of the interesting people in all of history lived in the US or Britain in the past couple of centuries.