In part I blame advertising. Obviously selling to parents is profitable. Parents want the best for their kids and are mostly prepared to pay for it. So there's lots of advertising to convince pa… (View Post)

My first wife was very into keeping score. A terrible way to live. She used to allege that I was washing dishes slowly to avoid doing other chores. With my second wife I know that she wants to do thi… (View Post)

I would tend to think that the anti-child crap is an attempt to justify/rationalise the lack of children, rather than a cause of it, though it could make it harder to increase the number of children … (View Post)

The Ukrainians are testing out ground drones to hold the front line in place of infantry with claims of good results. https://t.me/noel_reports/38884 Robotic warfare. For 45 days straight, a ground d… (View Post)

Lots of small British businesses refuse to sell to customers in the EU because of the customs paperwork and tariffs. The key issue, as I understand it, is with country of origin rules. Suppose I want… (View Post)