Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 10/24/22
Open thread for the week before Halloween
Monthly Archive: October 2022
Boris Johnson Drops Comeback Bid, Rishi Sunak Poised For UK PM
Once Rishi Sunak stood this time – the aborted Boris 2.0 experiment not withstanding – there seems little doubt as to the outcome.
The Revival and Crash of G4
Once online video and high-speed Internet became commonplace, G4’s reason for being largely evaporated. The internet killed G4.
Saturday Morning Gaming: On the Precipice of a New Game
Gotham Knights was released on October 21st, 2022. I still wait for my copy. I can’t wait. I fully intend to beat it twice and review it once.
Justin Trudeau: “From today forward, it is no longer legal to buy, sell, or transfer a handgun in Canada.”
Canada’s national freeze on handgun ownership goes into effect today
POETS Day! William Wordsworth
In a poem in which William Wordsworth asks Milton to right the ship of England he imperfectly uses a form popularized by Milton
The Intersection of Midsize Sedan and Crossover SUV
What we found as we were pondering all of this is that we didn’t especially like the overlapping midsized sedan/crossover SUV consumer space
2023 Oscars Projections: The Post Fall Film Festival High
Instead of the Oscar projection field shrinking after the fall festivals, it remains just as large with some unlikely contenders benefiting
Weekend Plans Post: The Calm Before the Storm
Management has started telling everybody to schedule their vacation.
Liz Truss Resigns After Only Weeks as UK Prime Minister
Welp…that didn’t take long. United Kingdom Prime Minster Liz Truss has resigned after just 44 days in office.
On the Cusp of Wisdom
I’ll soon be among the rod and creel magi interjecting into other people’s conversations, with my far-off view, insights that begin with “Y’know, sometimes…”
Thursday Throughput: Big Whomping Space Explosion Edition
The picture below was produced by my colleague Andy Beardmore from Swift data. It shows the X-rays scattering off dust grains in our own galaxy.
Wildlife Management and Bambi
I enjoy hunting for a number of reasons. However, recently, two of those bedrock principles were challenged.
