".. if you have made money under dubious circumstances in the former USSR, and you're looking for someone in the West - in the 'rule of law' states - where you can park that money in a real estate project - which is the great engine of money-laundering - Trump is absolutely perfect."
FMK: Harry Mudd, Captain Lorca, and Contreland. Ben and Adam answer this and many other burning questions as they revisit their time with Star Trek: Discovery on a retrospective episode of #GreatestTrek
Listen to the full episode at gagh.biz/greatesttrek
"... it felt a little bit to me like a cross between a political program and a bit of a game show. The "raise your hands" and all that stuff. I just wanted something a bit more serious I think."
A good summary of what recent housing policy changes add up to;
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"If you look at what this government have done, right, so they've dialed back the state house building program, they just cut half a billion $ out of that last week in the budget."
"Steel production generates almost 10 percent of global carbon emissions and has long been considered 'hard to abate'. Enter Boston Metal, a startup that aims to make carbon-free steel using only (sing it with me!) clean electricity. In this episode, CEO Tadeu Carneiro explains 'molten oxide electrolysis' and its potential to transform the industry."
"One of my favorite nuggets of writing advice comes from James D Macdonald. Jim, a Navy vet with an encylopedic knowledge of gun lore, explained to a group of non-gun people how to write guns without getting derided by other gun people: 'just add the word modified'."
...a gun person’s imagination gnaws at that word 'modified', spinning up the cleverest possible explanation for how the gun in question could behave as depicted.
Thanks to Nocturne Podcast for having me on the show recently along with my co-author, Aparna Venkatesan, to talk about our word "noctalgia" in the context of ongoing efforts to preserve dark skies in West Marin, #California.
Any other let’s plays that also publish their work as a podcast so I don’t have to hack a method of turning YouTube channels into podcasts? I know about gorillas play through but I’m looking for others. I turn all YouTube channels into podcasts anyway to avoid the ads and other cruff, but anything on #PeerTube? #Gaming#Games#YouTube#Podcasts#Podcast
"To the extent that this is an argument between left and right, it is the left right now, most often raising the complaint that its speech is being suppressed. They see students arrested on trespassing charges as being denied their right to protest peacefully against Israel's recent action, and for many its record over decades."
"We must consider the possibility that what is really happening is that the language of free speech has been co-opted by dominant social groups, distorted to serve their interests, and used to silence the marginalised. All too often when people cry for justice, and are represented as threats to free speech, what is really meant is just, be quiet."
"I am the Minister of Resources. I look forward to leading the debate, changing the law, enabling gas and oil exploration - wealth development - to take place yet again in NZ. Mining is coming back as well, and if there is a mineral, if there is a mining opportunity, and it's impeded by a blind frog, goodbye freddy."
On today's #GreatestGen, the Enterprise crew visits a new planet and a small group decides to pitch a few tents to stay the night, but things start to turn when the camping trip turns into an acid trip.
On today’s #GreatestTrek, Burnham and Moll teleport onto a set leftover from Apple TV’s Foundation, and engage in a little Mortal Kombat to determine the future of the Federation, and life itself.
If you’re a fan of #podcasts, there are over dozen of them dedicated to #JaneAusten and the Brontes. If I’m missing any, let me know so I can update the list!