“2001: A Space Odyssey” poster, 1968. Art by Robert McCall.

I despise the shallow idiots who stroke the egos of private-jet-flying eco-messiahs.
https://substack.com/@aetherczar/note/c-165444071

An Early Christian silver ring from the territory of the Roman Empire.

"Daaaad! You have no idea how rough it is for kids these days."

"Sit down, my children, and listen to a tale of Darwinian survival of the fittest from my childhood."

Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe, France

"Adelard of Bath travelled extensively throughout Greece, Sicily, Spain, Anatolia, Syria and potentially Palestine, always seeking information and manunoscripts and knowledge. And that is the only reason why the astronomical work of Al-Khwarizmi survives at all – the book is lost in the Arabic original, and every subsequent copy derives from Adelard’s Latin-language translation; the same applies to Al-Khwarizmi’s work on Indian arithmetic, only surviving in other, contemporary Latin translations, or to the large majority of the work by the philosopher Averroes (1126-1198), entirely lost in the original Arabic."

https://open.substack.com/pub/mankind/p/quick-take-how-the-christians-saved?r=lp6h7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

What’s actually special about the Driftless Area.
https://redd.it/1nxuasu
@r_mapporn

China Warns the USA

China is no longer content to permit the USA to throw its economic weight around without consequences. Beijing has made it clear that it won’t yield to Washington’s latest tariff threats, urging the United States to seek a negotiated settlement instead of escalating tensions. The warning came as part of an official statement released by […]

https://voxday.net/2025/10/12/china-warns-the-usa/

There were some requests for a trannoscript of my lecture from last week. I copied the trannoscript and edited in the slides. This is a top-level overview of much of the material that will be in my three-volume Fields & Energy book.

I’m going to begin by talking about... a little bit of history and background on the origins of electromagnetic science. I’ll talk about some of the different models we have for how electricity and magnetism work. I’ll discuss what went wrong in science going into the modern physics era. And I’ll talk finally about how fields and energy have the potential to fix some of the problems with our understanding of physics.

https://aetherczar.substack.com/p/fixing-physics-with-fields-and-energy

☕️DIZZYING DICHOTOMIES ☙ Saturday, October 11, 2025 ☙ C&C NEWS🦠

It's another "Good News" roundup in today's weekend edition, with tons of progress toward fixing things the media swears aren't happening. That and much more.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/dizzying-dichotomies-saturday-october

Definitely Fake, Usually Gay

When Clown World and its manufactured talking heads are dismissed as fake and gay, this is not metaphorical rhetoric. In many cases, it is the literal truth. Conservative Host Leaves Longtime Wife to Marry Gay Lover Robby Soave, a well-known political commentator and co-host of The Hill’s Rising, has become the latest subject of D.C. […]

https://voxday.net/2025/10/12/definitely-fake-usually-gay/

A totally weird way of fishing

Did you know? 🎓

Tensegrity: The Art and Science of Balance

Tensegrity is a fascinating design principle where rigid rods carry compression while cables handle tension. What makes it truly striking is that the rods never touch each other — instead, they seem to “float” in space, held together only by the balance of stretched cables.

This concept began to take shape in the early 20th century. American architect Buckminster Fuller coined the term “tensegrity”, and it quickly became a symbol of futuristic design and structural innovation.

In the video, you’ll see a famous example — the so-called floating table, a mesmerizing object that brings this principle to life. 🛋️✨

@science

Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT