Thursday, July 23, 2020

‘Give Me Freedom or Give Me Death’

Corrupt the Concept is a card game that “invites players to rethink concepts… that we take for granted” — from the philosophy outreach program Corrupt the Youth


WOW: Historic Moon Landing Footage Has Been Enhanced by AI, And The Results Are Incredible.

This is similar to what Peter Jackson did with old WWI footage for They Shall Not Grow Old.



Help Melk Take Time Off to Recover from Dental Surgery – Donate Today!Payday Report. This appeal, to cover $300 in dental expenses, says so much about what is wrong with America.

Notes on Nationalism George Orwell 



At almost unprecedented levels, we are working with our partners to disrupt the lives of criminal Australians living abroad.

Just one recent example is the strong, working relationship between Dubai Police and the AFP, which in June this year helped the Organised Crime Squad in NSW close a seven-year drug importation investigation.

It is alleged Australian organised crime syndicates had fled to Dubai to avoid being apprehended by Australian law enforcement.



WE ALL NEED TO ADMIT THAT AMERICA HAS A TATTOO PROBLEM: The Girl With The Draggin’ Tattoo. “I’m a 38-year-old single man. There’s this very pretty, very nice female trainer I see at my gym. I’d ask her out except that she has a huge tattoo of a diamond on her neck. Ugh. Total deal breaker. If it were a hidden tattoo (leg, hip, etc.), I’d deal. But I just can’t imagine myself or any guy bringing a girl with a huge neck tat home to meet the parents. Why would a woman do this?”

(Classical reference in headline.)




The tradeoffs between two ways of expanding how the history of political philosophy is typically taught — thoughts from Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam



Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament – Russia – Presented to Parliament pursuant to section 3 of the Justice and Security Act 2013. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 21 July 2020. “…The Report covers aspects of the Russian threat to the UK (Cyber; Disinformation and Influence; and Russian Expatriates) followed by an examination of how the UK Government – in particular the Agencies and Defence Intelligence – has responded (Allocation of Effort; Strategy, Co-ordination and Tasking; A Hard Target; Legislation; International Partnerships; and Engagement with Russia)…


Doing Deals Better with Diagrams – Ron Friedmanndiscusses how transaction lawyers who routinely rely on dense text to understand complicated ideas can benefit from using the release of StructureFlow to diagram and track complex deals.