What I love about extra-terrestrials is their commitment to the earthling aesthetic of the time. If an alien built a house in your street, it would be in character with neighbouring properties and se… (View Post)

Twitter view numbers aren't real. (View Post)

I don't think it's really clear that the border closures were what did the trick. If you're close to zero then it plausibly helps a lot, but Japan was never close to zero; They got the… (View Post)

OK, kind of changed my perspective on the GOP race watching the debate. Previously I thought Pence was obviously doomed because the base want to hang him and he didn't excite anyone anti-Trump. … (View Post)

Apparently one of Russia's pilots just took advantage of the generous deal Ukraine is offering on used helicopters. Either that or he got very badly lost, which seems to be the story the Russian… (View Post)