No, he shouldn’t have done it. No he shouldn’t have invaded, deposed the government, and seized the resources. No he should not have flaunted international law and the sovereignty of nations. But that’s what great powers do – and the greatest tragedy is that this latest act legitimizes such acts by other great powers, from the invasion of Ukraine to the (eventual) taking of Taiwan into China. It reminds us that colonialism hasn’t ended, and that the international order is allowed to exist only if it doesn’t interfere with the desires of the wealthy and powerful
🔗 Derek Peden - Posts need to be more specific
I do the same thing. Sometimes I am so cryptic that when I revisit an old entry - I have no idea what was about. So yes - I understand.
That said - not sure I am going to change that much. Rightly or wrongly.
On Bluesky: I can’t tell you how tired I am of copying and pasting the same text into five different silos. When will this ridiculous system that claims to be the web, get its shit together and start acting like the web (ie interop). #
This is one reason I use 🔗 Micro.Blog for 🖇️John.Philpin.com
Straight from the presidential playbook : When in trouble, distract the voters away from your own performance by an act of war. This time it’s the people of Venezuela who are paying the price.
The leading edge is defined by the fact that most of us aren’t on it.
💬 Seth Godin
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ DIKW - 8 years ago
Having just rewatched the first - would be churlish not to revisit the second. Same conclusion.
Was a rewatch - and not bad - just prefer the Reacher on Amazon Prime.
Ciclotrama 156 (Palindrome) by Sao Paulo–based artist Janaina Mello Landini.
🔗 Scripting News: I’m never too old to make a young developer’s mistake.
Do it myself … and I’m not a developer.