Voltaire’s Slippers

“China has taken on more debt than any other major economy since 2008.”

One thing that the Iran conflict hasn't impacted is China tech stocks. They just keep on falling

@jamiburns45 Here’s one article I found on this strange subject. Not the most in-depth, but it has the benefit of being free. x.com/nypost/status/…

@bc33130 Wow!!! Never heard of this until now. This is crazy! Maybe he really is a time traveler! 😮 haha! How wild!

No 10 seems to have posted a video of the whole cabinet in a deep depression?

It’s a bit mad isn’t it? These people speculate DJT’s literally the reincarnation of one great historical figure or another, or a time traveller. Many elaborate theories abound (even the CCP banned the topic & related imagery after it went viral, out of concern it would garner Trump too much respect). I was surprised when I first heard about this, but I probably should have known better – no story’s too strange these days! Soon as I’m back online, I’ll see if I can dig up an article about it for you. I was also surprised to learn Elvis was blonde. Did you know that already? I could tell his hair was darkened, but I never guessed he had anything but brown hair…. 👀

@DraxTemerity @OldRoberts953 Ha! I’m no different. I’d like to think we’re just generous with our enthusiasm! 🙃 Hope you have a good evening and week as well!

@bc33130 @OldRoberts953 You're very welcome. With Korean TV I've become one of those awful people who bang on endlessly about stuff they like and bore everyone else rigid. Have a good week🙂

Never mind anything else, I am reminded of how awful television looks these days. Horrible cold grey sad alienated crap.

@DraxTemerity @OldRoberts953 This is amazing! Great timing too, I could really use some good stuff to watch. Many thanks for taking the time to share this, I really appreciate it! Looking forward to viewing these!

Here's a list I did for a friend. They're all on Netflix: D = drama Com = Comedy RC = RomCom CR = Crime Crash Landing On You D Clean with passion for now RC Hot stove league D Wok of love RC Inspector Koo CR Stranger CR The Good Detective CR Extraordinary Attorney Woo D Welcome to Samdal-Ri RC Behind Your Touch CR / RC Mad for each other D The Potato Lab Com When the weather is fine D

@DraxTemerity @OldRoberts953 That’s much appreciated, thank you so much. I will poke around NF and see which ones catch my fancy, and I’ll take you up on that offer if I don’t manage to hit pay-dirt! I’m guilty of not exploring NF’s catalogue enough. Great to know about Rakuten Viki as well. Cheers again!

@bc33130 @OldRoberts953 Netflix has got lots of S. Korean stuff. If you want recommendations let me know, give me some time and I'll list some of my faves. They're all subbed and dubbed. Another outlet is a SE Asian streamer called Rakuten Viki that's got Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai etc.

@DraxTemerity @OldRoberts953 Sounds good to me! Where would you say is the best place to find it?

@OldRoberts953 If you want some cheering up, watch some S.Korean TV every so often. The dramas are gripping and twisty, and the rom-coms are fun. High production values, clever plots and writing, great acting (lots of recurring character actors) Like our TV used to be.

@Br0mslee @DominicCardy 💯Well said.

@bc33130 @DominicCardy It is far easier to fool someone, Than to show them they have been fooled. For them to face reality, means admitting their whole worldview is incorrect. They are too terrified and cowardly for that.

We can make this the Canadian century, if we want.

@Br0mslee @DominicCardy Exactly. A problem needs to be honestly acknowledged before it can be addressed (unless you get very, very lucky once in a while). Same thing here, same preference for illusion over reality on the left: It feels like they’re trying to gaslight the rest of us.

@bc33130 @DominicCardy Some people prefer comforting illusions over facing harsh reality, Nietzsche wrote a lot about this.

@Br0mslee @DominicCardy Good question. Maybe wilful ignorance is bliss? x.com/michaelaarouet…

@DominicCardy In your opinion, Do you think Canada is Doing well? Better or worse , over the last 11 years?

@cam182411 @SteveSkojec Brilliant! Some amazing shots here (one of the few benefits of the modern surveillance state I guess!). Thanks for this Cam. Looks like we’re going to have to wear helmets when we go stargazing!

@SteveSkojec @bc33130 here’s a thread with videos of the recent ones.

There have been a LOT of fireball meteor sightings lately. There's supposed to be a new meteor shower, but I've never seen anything like this. I compiled videos from every event I could find and put them all in ONE thread. I count 8 separate sightings. 🧵👇🏻

@jacobreynolds Perhaps it’s convenient for many to focus on the style rather than the substance? Somehow I doubt there’d be such a misplaced emphasis were the subject matter more congenial to the left.

Is there a single substantive critique of Matthew Goodwin's book? All the reviews, from both left and right, are obsessed with the writing style and ChatGPT controversy. It seems as if the whole discourse is a giant virtue-signalling exercise.

@jacobreynolds Under Gove, The Spectator has lost its way. He’s always been more of a Lib Dem than a conservative. Disappointing as an MP; disappointing as an editor.

You can have different opinions about Matthew Goodwin’s book but one of the UK’s most significant conservative outlets commissioning a left-wing grifter to critique him suggests there is something sickly wrong with the U.K.’s right wing political scene.

@EdgarHolroyd Absolutely spot on. Strangely I had the same thought earlier today. These two cards (trump cards, as they see them) are being weaponised in an analogous manner. It is corrosive to political discourse.

In the United States, it's called "the race card". Black people object to being arrested, and black politicians brush off their incompetence by citing racial attitudes. Here we have the very British version of the "Islam card", Labour has even now introduced legislation to make such claims even more potent.

@cam182411 Wow that’s exciting, had no idea a comet was so close. (I’ll just have to find some way out of this light pollution!) I found this video when I tried but failed to track down the TX (I think) meteor I saw this morning. x.com/breaking911/st…

@bc33130 It does look like that. What’s also interesting is the possibility of seeing this comet soon, on general conference and Easter weekend no less!

Another one. These are happening almost daily at this point. Interesting.

@JTAlexander_ Or communist ketchup spilled on a stiletto?

Their logo looks like the Communist State of Florida humping a shoe.

@SiccusHort49938 @robert_spalding

@robert_spalding Who gives the numbers ? A party to the war ? Everytime an American ex military opens their mouth, one can see why US military always loses wars.

Starting to notice there is no mention of numbers in these reports. This allows the media to make this seem as threatening as possible instead of acknowledging the severe degradation in capability. The message here is that the military effort is a failed endeavor. This creates pressure to prematurely end, which would be beyond insanity. Since we have aall ready embarked on this effort allowing the regime to continue as the world’s largest state sponsor of terror would be irresponsible in the extreme. finance.yahoo.com/sectors/energy…

The US is banning foreign made consumer routers over security concerns. This is clearly directed at China, as the CCP uses every technology it controls to spy on people. Smart move. pcmag.com/news/fcc-just-…