This is a great compilation of essays for someone who has already gotten a taste of the red pill and wants to think other thoughts which cannot be thought in today’s cultural milieu.
We have two hundred years of data on how democracies (American and otherwise) transition over time. They start out with limited powers and limited budgets. They soon extend the franchise, then extend it again. Then they grow their budgets, grow their power, and grow more socialist…but they never go into reverse. Sometimes they are replaced by dictatorships (e.g. Weimar Germany, Chile), and those dictatorships are in turn replaced by lean democracies, but democracies themselves never shrink themselves. Green lights turn yellow. Yellow lights turn red. Red lights turn green. And yellow lights never, ever turn green. — From one of the better essays by Clarkhat (Travis Corcoran)
I think I have finally reached the point where I’ll say that the Text Widget that has the links for two maps showing my Virtual Walk is finished. It has been a real struggle to get it looking the way I wanted. I spent a lot of time searching the web for coding that would draw two routes on the same map. Found a lot of coding that didn’t work so I asked Brave AI how to do it. That took a half dozen tries with most of the answers being the same coding that I had already found in my web searches. Brave AI did come up with an answer that did not work but it pointed me in a direction that I was able to make work — sort of.
I was still not happy because when the link was clicked the second route would flash on the screen before it joined the map that had the first route shown. So, I went to ChatGPT and asked how to fix that and got working code very promptly. I then asked a couple more coding questions and got working code again. ChatGPT is now my ‘go to’ place with coding questions!
Went back and asked questions about a SVG Marker that I was trying to use. Spent far too much time trying to make it work on the Google API Map. The SVG path was just too much for Google to handle so ChatGPT and I agreed that I should find a simpler path. This I did and now have SVG Markers for all the locations on the map that shows the route that I have walk (virtualy) and my current location. I’m rather proud of it.
Central to the concept of professional wrestling is the practice of kayfabe, or committing to the illusion that clearly staged events are real and true. It’s a narrative device that asks audiences to suspend their disbelief, not in a way of passive acceptance, but rather active participation in the creation of what is possible.…
Letting voters get caught up in the fandom makes the unprecedented policy decisions all the more possible. From tariffs that threaten to raise daily costs on voters who say they voted because of the economy, to DOGE cuts resulting in job and program losses that are upending economic security for many, to a proclamation for National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month from a sitting president found liable for sexual abuse in 2023, the second Trump administration has taken to operating in a way that constantly asks constituents to not just accept but actively buy in to a reality that runs counter to the facts on the ground. It’s kayfabe for government: Creating a world for men to freely express emotion and set policies with no limits — and no consequences — for violating once accepted standards and norms. — Trumpmainia: How Professional Wrestling Influenced The Presidency
It is not only in domestic affairs but Trump has taken everything he learned from professional wrestling as his approach to foreign ‘diplomacy’ as well. His bombastic statements are far beyond what even a narcissistic person would usually be accused of. He even out performs Hulk Hogan except for ‘tearing the shirt open’ stunt.