We're going to be having a general election at some pint before next February. It has to happen because requires by the constitution. And whomever is helming the Titanic that is Fine Gael is going to lose it spectacularly. An implosion that'll make Oceangate seem like a 'pop' in the ocean. It seems to me then that Varadkar has decided it's time to go down with the ship like the Captain of the Costa Concordia.

His legacy includes being Irelands first openly classist Taoiseach. Overseeing the continued successful inflation of housing prices into stratospheric unaffordability. Gutting of frontline military, healthcare and policing services to the point where the State can maybe get one ship to sail. And the creation of a rent-seeking economy that has seen one of the States primary export be well-trained and motivated people who just can't take the sense of being utterly leeched of life anymore.

And, begrudgingly, significant successes in navigating the waters of Brexit and the first few months of Covid.

It seems the final straw was the utter lack of a bloodbath over the Ides of March. Not even You, Brutus?.

There isn't even a fart of a squabble to take over. That seat's fucking glowing radioactive, ready to burn the next poor arse to sit on it to a crisp. Malcador had an easier time on the Golden Throne. The next election will be bloodbath enough. It doesn't matter how great the economy is on paper, everyone's fucking misereable, the gloom-times are getting gloomier and maybe Bertie had the right idea all those years about what we should go do about it. Nobody sane will touch it, lest their career be tainted forever.

I don't give a fuck. I'm voting Social Democrats. They'll never win anything but I can't bring myself to vote for the others.

Quote: Macross Is Coming to Disney+, With Some Major Caveats
For the first time in the West a singular platform will become the streaming home of the legendary anime franchise—albeit with some frustrating absences.

The USA gets a four-day work week ... which is likely to die in committee somewhere.

Canada gets legalization of marijuana ... but we actually got that passed.

This shows something about where our two countries' priorities are. I'm just not sure what it shows...

So I was just poking at Google's Gemini tonight, and asked it about a couple writing projects. It surprised me by knowing about Fenspace:

   

And it had a surprising grasp of at least the broad strokes:

   

Sith Lord Sentinel from SW5E - Darth Tzael





Wanted to show off - which do you think is best?

A day late, but...


Happy Pi Day to you
Three point onferone nine two
six five three five eight ni-yen
seven ni-yen three two

That's to sixteen digits
the pi don't stop 'cause it's
an irrational number
so around here it fits

So have some piii~~

One chamber in the government of the country that takes pride in free enterprise -- the USA -- has passed a bill forcing somebody in another country to sell a business or stop doing business in the USA.

Yes, there's a law in China saying companies based there have to give data to the government. The only difference between that law and the one in the USA is that the Chinese government doesn't need a warrant.

Oh, look: somebody who used to be in the cabinet is thinking of buying that company. It must be nice to be able to have your political buddies force a competitor to put their business on the market.

Meanwhile, no news as to whether China will force Coca-Cola to sell off its Chinese operations in retaliation.

Giving my shoddy drawing a thread of it's own.

Chibi Neph wanna fight!

Once again. We have reset to early morning on ma ch 7th. It's like groundhog day

Variety article here.

So... at least since Warners bought it two years ago, RT has never been profitable. They tried to sell it, but got no buyers, so they're closing it down entirely. About the only good news coming out of this is that they want to retain the rights to and keep making RWBY, Red vs Blue and gen:LOCK.