#Figures

note to self: never announce an epic thread, just do it. i kinda regret tweeting this because i accidentally put a lot of pressure on myself (and i tend to
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Today is the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Often overlooked, compared to Hiroshima, as merely the "second" atomic bomb, the Nagasaki attack is far more tricky, and important,
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A fascinating thread, and as a fellow Japanese person it's interesting to see how Yellow Peril manifests itself in the worst way possible as the genre gets more co-opted by
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1. Insurance fraudPretty boring, huh?But what if I told you there were allegations of an $18 million insurance scam at one of America's best-known mansions? More interested?What if I told
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It's time for: The eShop experiments!Over the last 9 months, we've put multiple games out on the Nintendo eShop. I'd heard beforehand that the eShop can be tricky, so I
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Hello friends, I am back! I have been doing a ton of financial research and am very disturbed by what I have learned. Please enjoy a long (irresponsibly LONG) story
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Who the fuck recommended The West Wing thing to me? like while I'm down for leftist critiques of the West Wing, I'm not down for leftist critiques from white men
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Depuis quelques jours, on voit fleurir l'expression "messes clandestines", revendiquée par certains catholiques qui mobilisent le souvenir du culte réfractaire pendant la Révolution. L’occasion de revenir sur l'histoi
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I'M SO EXCITED TO LEARN WHAT THE PANTONE COLOR OF THE YEAR WILL BE FOR 2021 BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET SO LET'S REVIEW SOME HISTORICAL COLORS OF THE
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2020 Mega Betting Thread What I’ve Learned About Betting in 2020I thought I would update my 2019 Betting Thread as there has been much to still learn & assimilate, new
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UFOs 2020: This thread is intended as a catch-up for people whose attention is newly drawn to recent published revelations regarding interest, by some organs of the U.S. government, in
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So we start with the 1st line & hit the buffers as we hit the “reallocate funds fallacy”. This has been explained so many times. Cancelling #HS2 means no money
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To borrow an idea from John Mulaney, if there is an idea you are willing to engage with, and one that you are not, odds are the one you are
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So, I don't have the energy to formally blog about the Hugos and Worldcon, but I still have some thoughts to share about the SFF community in relation to both,
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Attending #changinghealthcare webinar. Apparently 6 audience members surveyed think the NHS learns from every past success.6.More than 0. Chair @RichardTaunt reveals lessons learned from the week.Slide:'We're not good at learning
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No-one has been "banned", & it's nothing to do with our "education system".The irony of dangerous extremist Nigel Farage - our very own shit-stirring 21st century Oswald Mosely - describing
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