People had children in Europe during the Black Death. People had children during the Dark Ages. People had children in times and places in which those children would have to beat long odds just to live long enough to walk, and were virtually certain to die before they hit 40.

My wife and I have talked to our boys, sure. We’ve tried to emphasize that we’re very privileged not to be the kinds of people that Trump and his administration will target most violently, and that this means we have a responsibility to help take care of the people who will be targeted as best we can. And we’ve…

One of the Guardian’s political cartoonists (can’t remember if it was Martin Rowson or Steve Bell) drew Donald Trump as a toilet. My five year old daughter saw them and burst out laughing. “Look Mummy, Donald Trump is a toilet, hee hee! I don’t want to use a Donald Trump toilet because he is naughty. I want to use a…

No. Patrick left out the part about being 19 in 7th grade.

They just need to make sure Gatiss doesn’t write any of them. He can play Mycroft, just keep him the fuck away from any pens, pencils, typewriters, word processors, or sharp objects that would allow him to bleed and use that as ink.

In the summer between seventh and eighth grade

Just watch the first season, and maybe the second. It’s all downhill after that.

I don’t know, I actually tend to like menus/overworlds like the Wii U one more because it gives me a better sense of progressing by opening new areas instead of just seeing new options added to a menu. For example, I liked wandering around the observatory in Super Mario Galaxy 1 much more than the menus of Galaxy 2. …

But with the WiiU version, you don’t have to pass through already played stages and can just walk right to the one you are looking to play/replay. That seems more intuitive.

Maybe just get better writers, m’kay? The “twist” ending of the first episode of this season was so awfully rote & tropey that I haven’t even bothered with the other 2 episodes. And all the sneering from Mycraft in the world isn’t gonna change my mind.

Actually, code snippets were shown. The same code, by both sides. When they blew it up to make it legible, differences became clear. Read Carmack’s FB post.

Lawsuits are really stupid.

He’s more insightful and better prepared off-the-cuff than Trump is reading a prepared statement.

I think it’s easiest explained with a baseball metaphor.

You could add Persia to that list. Yes I know, Iran, but understanding their strategy requires appreciating that they still see themselves as the descendants of the Persian empire. In both cases you have governments playing a very long game that involves every tool at their disposal - diplomacy, proxy conflict,…

That is certainly part of the issue, but IMO, not the end game. China obviously wants Taiwan, but they want full and uncontested control of the trade lanes that go through the area. Taiwan sitting out there is a thorn in their side, and regaining control of it would aid in what appears to be their version of an Iron…

The South China Sea expansion is about resources and trade, but primarily China plans to use those islands to impose a naval embargo on Taiwan. Starve the island first, then invade when it’s weak. The noose is real and it explains why Taiwan is willing to blow up the regional stalemate. Time is not on their side.

I give you the award for the dumbest thing I read on the internet today. Who has argued for a war with Russia?

Who said war with Russia would be good? There is a difference between supporting a democratically elected government like Ukraine and defending a sand bar.