Greenland is not a fantasy chess piece. It is a self-governing territory within Denmark, and Denmark is in NATO. Article 5 has only been invoked once—after 9/11. Even imagining a scenario where alliance geography and obligations collide with U.S. ambitions should jolt people awake. A loud alarm bell worth hearing.
Rick Rosner: “Modern advertising learned that short beats clever when attention is scarce. Slogans compress into cues: they stop functioning as language and become reminders. Once a product is decent, advertising mostly says, ‘We are still here. Come get us.’ That is why it works.”
“When bad actors face no practical constraints, that is always dangerous. Language let us compress reality into symbols, freeing our minds to roam more widely. That same generalist power makes us adaptable—but it also means our systems can fragment when pressure rises. The slope does not always look slippery, until it does.”
“I set alarm clocks and scattered Legos across the carpet, then put the clocks across the room so I had to step on Legos to shut them off. The pain was supposed to wake me up. Instead, I stepped on Legos, turned off the clocks, and went back to bed.”
I started watching Landman on Paramount Plus, set in Texas's boomtowns, a modern tale of fortune-seeking among roughnecks and billionaires in the world of oil. Paramount Plus has decided to be the manly-man streamer. Taylor Sheridan seems to write about rugged people doing rugged shit and that seems the demo.
“The mRNA vaccines only interact temporarily with RNA and protein production inside individual cells. The mRNA never enters the nucleus, never touches DNA, and is broken down quickly. Nothing permanent happens. But here’s what really gets me. Even if you accept their framing, why does nobody point out that COVID.”
“It is called papering the opposition.”
“I kept thinking about leverage—the mix of insight and access. Chappelle is exceptionally smart and perceptive, and his life has given him exposure to an enormous range of people and experiences. The point is that Chappelle has access and perspective. MAGA politicians and Trump have access, but not real insight.”
“Putin is unlikely to agree to that outcome. Trump is seventy-eight and was never known for sustained intellectual discipline. He is not unintelligent, but he is mentally undisciplined. He will likely keep acting in increasingly blatant ways until the midterms or remaining institutions restrain him. Through courts, lawsuits, or polling.”
“I would choose cryonic preservation. Your blood and water are replaced with cryoprotective solutions, then your body is cooled to liquid-nitrogen temperatures to avoid ice crystals that destroy tissue. Revival remains speculative—no one has ever been brought back—but if identity can be preserved, I believe it is worth attempting.”
Rick Rosner 