Or, more likely, lots of 'people' she follows online, and lots of people following her, are bots. It leads to the insidious decline of online conversations. You start off by saying something like: &q… (View Post)

I think it gets complex. Is China's 'communist' regime hard right? Putin's regime appears to be, but he also apparently appeals to leftists both within and outwith Russia. I think it's another exampl… (View Post)

And cuts to the British Council. (Mrs J loves the British Council. After the had returned from a couple of years in London (then Iran...), she knew a passable amount of English. As a teenager she sta… (View Post)

Yes, we are very vulnerable because we are a relatively free and open society. Our enemies are not free and open. To counter this, we should not trample on freedom and openness. Oddly enough, that is… (View Post)

The problem with marrying your sister is that she's from a bad family, and her brother's a git. (View Post)