I have just abandoned For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, and I want to tell you why. Most nights, before we go to sleep,…
Exploring the boundaries of possibility
Category: History
I am an advocate of hope. For me, the future is not scary, and nor is change. 137,000 escaped poverty yesterday (source). And another 137,000…
This post is a little bit of prediction – pretending we can see the future clearly, and describing what it will be like. Specifically, I…
Let’s face it, the UK is confusing, and so is its flag. The video embedded below is my first made-for-watching YouTube video and explains how…
I recognize that most of the impacts from climate change can only be mitigated by governments making regulation changes. Without those regulations, landfill might continue…
Today, Russia invaded Ukraine. We have known for a while now that Russia was pondering invading. Ukraine, though not a perfect democracy, has expressed an…
The US used a vaccine mandate to survive the war of independence. This from today’s New York Times (the full article, though behind a paywall,…
I don’t know much. Nor do you. Every minute more knowledge is gained by humanity than any one person could learn in that minute. And…
If you’re like most people, you will have seen the image in this post and thought something like “Why is the world upside down?” If you’re particularly keen, you may have noticed that the countries in the extreme north are also smaller than usual. So: What am I up to?
Yesterday, I posted a proposed flag of New Hampshire that meets some more of the good design principles of flag design. See that post for…