I am no economist, but I think China 🇨🇳 is heading towards a major recession, if not an economic depression. They are already experiencing power shortages due to Xi Jinping fiscal policies (he is drastically trying to reduce China’s 🇨🇳 reliance on coal). Flooding is now disrupting coal mines which means this winter will be very bad for China 🇨🇳. Despite my dislike for the government of China 🇨🇳 (their people are awesome but the politics there is fiscally insane), the country is the 2nd biggest economy in the world so a recession there will affect the world.
I wish @BlueOrigin would aspire higher (like @nasa) instead of reaching out for the low hanging fruit of affluent space tourism. Look at what @spacex is doing right now. They want to build space settlements on Mars & the Moon! Blue Origin seems to have given up on the dream of orbital space flight after being rejected by NASA. It’s quite disappointing honestly.
So @prowritingaid has been flooding my @instagram feed with attack ads against @grammarly for some odd reason. So I visited their website to see what features ProWritingAid has that would be worth switching away from Grammarly. The savings in cost are significant (ProWritingAid is $20/month while Grammarly is $30/month), but to my surprise, ProWritingAid does not offer any mobile app support at all.
My iPad Pro (my primary device) receives no love from them, while Grammarly has been supporting iOS devices since…near the beginning‽ I am not sure as I discovered them on the App Store. Either way, I hope ProWritingAid decides to develop mobile apps, as that is where the future is due to their…mobility. 🤷🏾♂️
I could not sleep so after a few hours of waking up I decided to checkout the @NatGeo Fauci documentary on @DisneyPlus. Let’s just say it’s very enlightening & despite the hate from anti-vaxers I am glad Fauci is currently leading the @NIH in spite of political opposition from fools (many who share the same faith as I do). Folks can check out the documentary here, but I do know some people will still cling to conspiracy theories after watching it instead of using the brain God gave them for discovering truth.
Christmas is going to be crazy in 2021! Sheesh! This is a logistical nightmare on a literal global scale!
Wow! 2000 Americans are dying per day from COVID-19! That’s trending towards last years numbers! I am already vaccinated but there are many people refusing to vaccinate due to overblown fears (yes, there are side affects, but they are very rare).
In hindsight I am glad I received the @moderna_tx vaccine over @pfizer as the @CDCgov confirms Moderna vaccine takers may not need a booster shot.
Dr. Robert Atmar, who’s leading a pivotal COVID-19 booster study at Baylor College of Medicine, said that while he wouldn’t be surprised if J&J vaccine recipients got a booster recommendation soon, “for the Moderna, it is an open question.”
The protection Moderna’s vaccine offers against hospitalization seems to last longer than that of the other vaccines. (Business Insider)
This is good news for those who want to avoid receiving annual booster shots against COVID.
You can read the full report from the CDC here, but this is good news overall.
I find it nostalgic yet crazy that @netflix is creating live action shows out of cartoons I saw as a kid. Hopefully @CowboyBebop does not disappoint! I wonder if they would consider doing Trigun‽ Hmmm…
First Foundation & now Invasion‽ @apple just earned another customer for @AppleTV!!!! There is not much good science fiction around & it looks like I will be treated to two amazing shows from Apple of all places.
This is crazy! China 🇨🇳 is vilifying foreign companies, sometimes inciting violent reactions. It also does not help the Asian giant that Japan 🇯🇵 is also encouraging Japanese companies to exit China 🇨🇳 as well.
Yes! I am so glad my @patriots won today! Good game against the @nyjets overall, but we have to do better as we host the @saints next (latter who just came off of a loss to the @panthers).
Yeah, being $300 billion in debt is not a good situation to be in (especially in China 🇨🇳).
I wonder when (not if) the company will default‽ This will obviously affect global markets who are already trembling due to the global pandemic which SHOULD HAVE ENDED already but half of humanity is refusing to vaccinate—but that is another topic for another time.
I do hope China 🇨🇳 does not encounter a recession for one simple reason—the dictator at the top will start lashing out at neighbors. China 🇨🇳 already has skirmishes with India 🇮🇳 & is now threatening Taiwan 🇹🇼, Japan 🇯🇵, Australia 🇦🇺, Philippines 🇵🇭 & Vietnam 🇻🇳. The United States 🇺🇸 too although we have our hands busy at the moment in Iraq 🇮🇶. Sigh…I hope this does not lead to war. That would really suck!
Spoiler Warning!!!!!!
Ad Astra is probably one of the most unique science fiction films that I remember (I saw it en route from Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 ironically) due to it’s premise that we are alone in the universe & that their are no intelligent carbon based (or molecular based) aliens to communicate throughout the cosmos.
Although the ending was depressing, I liked how the astronaut ended up coming to his senses & realized the value he had in relationships with his estranged wife (who he later on got back together with) as well as his father (who chose death by Neptune over failure to find intelligent life).
A great film overall, although it is slow paced action wise & is much more an intellectual film than a shoot them up, blow them up movie.
So Australia 🇦🇺 feared nuclear submarines from China 🇨🇳 & decided against diesel submarines from France 🇫🇷 & went with nuclear submarines from the United States 🇺🇸 & United Kingdom 🇬🇧 instead, enraging France 🇫🇷. Got it.
Nuclear-powered submarines have a longer range, and they can travel underwater at a higher sustained speed than their diesel-electric-powered equivalents. That may offer advantages in a head-to-head with the Chinese military, which has significantly grown its navy in recent years and plans to expand its fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Australia’s defense minister, Peter Dutton, also defended his country’s handling of the French submarine contract on Sunday, describing his government as “upfront, open and honest” about its concerns with the deal. He noted the changing security dynamic in the Indo-Pacific region, where he said “the Chinese are pumping out submarines and frigates and aircraft carriers at a record rate.” (Washington Post)
My question to France 🇫🇷 is simple: why not offer to sell nuclear submarines to Australia 🇦🇺‽ They do have them available.
