Link. Doing the right thing even when it really hurts.
Daily Archives: October 15, 2021
The Quad and Containing China.
Link. “Quad members collectively outnumber, outgun and surround their adversary.” Australia, India, Japan, US.
“can do nothing about flank collapses on volcanic islands except have a good early warning system”
Link. There are lots of low probability disasters lurking. The mega-tsunami wasn’t on my radar. (MN safe from that, but not from Yellowstone)
“71 percent of the vaccinated trust hospitals and doctors “a lot,” for example, while only 39 percent of the unvaccinated do”
Link. We need to resurrect anthropology. We will have to rename and relaunch because the original flamed out.
A guide to using charts – pie, line, bar and more.
Link. Uses Numbers as example. Marvelous reference.
“the forerunners just weren’t there any more. No mass extinction of American megafauna (large prey animals) until the Clovis hunters arrive sixty centuries later makes it almost certain.”
Link. The first First People did not survive.
“Chinese economy is utterly dependent on foreign trade, and China’s geography makes it extremely vulnerable to blockade.”
Link. Details on how China invades and the role of a massive missile attack on Taiwan’s defenses.