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- 20:34, 4 October 2025 2025.10.04 Federal Troops In Portland (hist | edit) [2,308 bytes] RooK (talk | contribs) (Created page with "category:2025 Rant <font face="consolas, courier new"> It's really weird. Just, you know, profoundly weird. Acknowledging for a moment the footage from 2020 looked bad - as shown on cable news. But even then that was basically constrained to a couple blocks downtown for actual protests. Meanwhile there were other simultaneous marches about police brutality throughout the city that were completely peaceful and not newsworthy. I suppose that if one were to conflat...")
- 22:40, 19 September 2025 2025.09.17 Bertrand Russell On Fascism (hist | edit) [1,318 bytes] RooK (talk | contribs) (Created page with "category:2025 Rant <font face="consolas, courier new"> As mentioned on BoingBoing today:<br> In 1962, Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, invited Nobel-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell to a debate. Mosley aimed to persuade Russell of fascism's merits. Russell, who was 89 at the time, replied: <blockquote> Dear Sir Oswald, Thank you for your letter and for your enclosures. I have given some thought to our recent correspondence. It is al...")
- 19:27, 6 September 2025 2025.08.15 If Not Stupid, Then Why Stupid-Shaped? (hist | edit) [371 bytes] RooK (talk | contribs) (Created page with "category:2025 Rant <font face="consolas, courier new"> Seriously, there is so much political stupidity going on. ETA:<br> Examples? Hell no. It would be like admitting a vampire into your home to post anything like a meaningful set. If there is permitted to be accurate news and history recorded of this era, simple searches will reveal enough to explain. </font>") originally created as "2025.06.25 If Not Stupid, Then Why Stupid-Shaped?"
- 20:30, 25 June 2025 2025.06.25 Corporate Culture (hist | edit) [682 bytes] RooK (talk | contribs) (Created page with "category:2025 Rant <font face="consolas, courier new"> Big changes at work. Not going to talk about that overly much - it's too boring to even write out. BUT. An aspect I find interesting is who is excited about these major changes, and who is worried about them. Now, obviously, both reactions are simultaneously valid and possible. I feel both myself. But whether the excitement is more important compared to the various individual level of concern does speak t...")