Shogun
Watched the first three episodes of this show, pretty good. I was unaware how much this was based on real events! Saw a review in the WSJ:…
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Songs of war, songs of life
Sometimes there’s a “just right” aesthetic about a piece of art. If you get it, you get it. It’s a gut level infantryman song. Obviously dated because it’s about events from over two decades ago.…
Graphs going up
I still keep my NYT subscription -- one reason is the comments The original article is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/biden-trump-consumer-confidence-economy.html…
Futuristic Sci-Fi
I saw this for the first time 15 years or so ago, but the sheer shock -- of trying to reconcile what I was watching with the current time and when it was made, and everything happening at that time, a…
War Journalism
It's rare to see this, but ideally there'd be much more of it. A gritty account of a few days at the front, courtesy the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-counteroffens…
Progress in America
Went to Disney World One of the exhibits was a slightly reworked version of a 1960s era show -- the "Carousel of Progress" Essentially, it takes you through several formative decades in Am…
Two interesting takes
(Sharing articles I read this week) Getting a paper newspaper subscription has its benefits! Reading things slowly, or skimming through pages, is it’s own reward.…
On War & Propaganda
I found an apt user comment in the New York Times comments section for an article this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/europe/ukraine-missile-kostiantynivka-market.html?smid=nytcore-io…
Suits and Bluey
War humor
Random Note #356470
(reviving an old draft) Twitter (and all hyper-popular social media) has really emotional content. People almost never have a calm discussion. Indeed, it is as if they've been whipped until it c…
A Russian mosaic
An uncharacteristically brilliant article from the New York Times, and very ... evenly-balanced one today https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/europe/putins-forever-war.html Here are some quote…