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    Jellicoe’s Beard Via Minatogawa, a Dialogue of Engines – 1

    This will (I hope!) take a while, and I’m not going to bother being scrupolous about the sources of my ideas. I will also be scrupulous, in the philosophical sense, of the origins of my ideas but out of pride in my education, and since – like everything else I leave on the Internet – it becomes part of my legacy.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 24, 2025
    • Burn it to the ground
    • 29 Comments

    Rocks – UhOh and Apology

    In an earlier posting about my osoraku dagger, I made a comment to the effect that rocks are pretty yawn-riffic. “Ha ha ha,” laughed the fates and fired up their favorite app: “Comeuppance”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 23, 2025
    • Art, Badger Forge, Science
    • 34 Comments

    Some Disjointed Thoughts on the Current Crisis

    Where are fossil fuels most useful? Here’s a hint: it’s one of the dumbest reasons you could possibly think of.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 17, 2025
    • Burn it to the ground, Capitalism is a disease, Climate Change, Nationalism is Bullshit, Politics
    • 20 Comments

    For the Flat Earthers Out There:

    Imagine how odd it would look if all the heavenly bodies we see are more or less round-ish, and only Earth was flat?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • October 14, 2025
    • AI, Art
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    Osoraku – 2

    Back in 2022, I made a dagger blade, when I was out at Dragonfly Forge in Oregon. I posted about it [here] when I got home with it.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • October 13, 2025
    • Art, Cops
    • 5 Comments

    DIY Coffins for Your Stuff

    I’m publishing some of this so it gets in the search engines. [Read more…]

    • Marcus Ranum
    • October 6, 2025
    • Art, Badger Forge
    • 7 Comments

    More F-35 Hell

    I’ll stop soon. Because I doubt the program will live much longer.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • August 2, 2025
    • Militarism, Technology, War is a Racket
    • 17 Comments

    Getting Rid of Spare F-35s

    This one is not well-sourced but it’s F-35y news so I’m going to push it.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 27, 2025
    • War is a Racket
    • 8 Comments

    Shameless AI Art!

    Personally, I feel that brands should hire me – to destroy their brands. Why? It’s great branding!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 7, 2025
    • AI, Argument Clinic
    • 18 Comments

    Lots of F-35 News Lately!

    I know you’re as fascinated as I am – admit it. It’s like every horrible project we’ve all ever been involved with, rolled up in one, and with the entire budget of several countries at stake. [Read more…]

    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 6, 2025
    • Militarism, Propaganda, Science, Technology, War is a Racket, We are Fucked
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