POW camps in the Korean war explain a lot about the total capitulation to Covid today. Nearly 40% of US prisoners died, the highest death rate in US military history. But the camps were only weakly fortified, prisoners had adequate food and water and were usually not tortured. /1
One of the saddest things about losing Leslie Jordan is realizing how few gay men of his generation survived the AIDS crisis. All that talent, fabulousness, and culture we never got to see. Imagine 70,000+ more Leslie Jordan’s. 🏳️🌈
You know the Liberal Party sense trouble when they crack open John Howard's sarcophagus, dust the mothballs from him corspe, and stick him in front of a few TV cameras.
@iamhodgy@geerlingguy Back in the 1970s, Bill Gates was trying to think of a name for his company. He put his hands to his forehead in dismay and looked down: there it was! micro and soft.