Maedhros

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/24/boeing-reveals-new-very-disturbing-documents-737-max-jetliner-faa-house/2743402001/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/12/24/boeings-ceo-was-fired-and-may-walk-away-with-585-million-after-two-plane-crashes-killed-346-passengers/#60b53a9de4b6

The biggest issue for me is that all the added backstory to Yen and Ciri strips away the dialogue and the side-characters from Geralt's short stories. I think they would've been wiser to start off with 3-4 (edit: episodes) solely focused on Geralt before properly introducing the other two. Overall though I'm quite hyped for the next season. Especially if they get a bigget budget. Some of the cgi stuff was quite bad.

Episode 1 was terrible. Luckily it got better after that.

Watched Rise of Skywalker. The triology will go down as pretty forgetteable for me, with the strongest scenes all revolving around Kylo and Rey's relationship.

Haha, I get your point, but there is a good deal of skill involved too. You have some guys who consistently finish in the top 1k (of around 6-7 millions) every season. It took my friends 4 seasons to realize that they don't really stand a chance against the know-how guys in our money leagues.

(Sorry for triple post) When being the best Chess player in the world the last decade isn't enough https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/dec/16/chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-top-of-world-fantasy-football-rankings-premier-league

Last episode of Watchmen was satisfying enough. One of the best tv shows this year for me, and much much better than the film.

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/05/europe/finland-fake-news-intl/ How Finland counters fake news

Fun fact about her is that she is the child of two same-sex parents. Surely that's a first as far as state leaders go? Also, TIL there's a political party in Finland called "Swedish People's Party of Finland"

Who said anything about not paying anyone enough? He clearly thought he was being paid more than enough, which is why he suggested lowering his own wages. He made a suggestion to the "city council", and they voted in favour of his suggestion, so it's not like he forced it through on his own. His only condition was that the money would go to certain things like elderly care, youth clubs and alike. Why not give praise to someone who's willing to sacrifice something to the benefit of others? Whether he does a good job remains to be seen, so any speculation on that front is pointless. Not really interested in starting a discussion on money and motivation, and how one should reward good work. My post was more a case of "feelgood - a Politician who isn't motivated by greed and power" type of post. Unless of course his wage reducement is all a ploy in order to gain sympathy and more voters! You never know.

https://norwaytoday.info/news/sokndal-may-have-the-youngest-mayor-of-all-time/ Mayor of my neighbour town/village is the youngest of all time in that job, at least in Norway. But more interesting, and not available in English articles, is that he reduced his wages by 25%. Politicians should be servants, not a means to enrichen yourself. Well done! ...in before "but now he's more susceptible to bribery!"

The Mandalorian gets worse with every episode. Too much fan service, and too much reliance on common tropes. The potential is there, but they're not really doing much with it.

Everyone was raving about how great Marriage Story was, so I gave it a watch with my wife. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johanson both deliver good performances, and the film is good. Both the strength and the weakness of the film is that it stays very grounded.

It's a human thing, not only an American one. Though having a two-party system will of course give nourishment to the dichotomus way of thinking.

Great episode of Watchmen, wish I could watch the next one right away.

Made the final arrangements for my birthday wine tasting. A new yearly event where I invite my closest friends, and we have a (relatively) formal blindtasting of wines from my cellar. 4 whites, 4 reds and two dessert wines are good to go - the oldest from 1966.

Mandalorian is one of those series where I manage to ignore its flaws, turn off my brain and enjoy the ride.

Freezing cold here. Then again, it's Norway. Went to an Edvard Munch exhibition - http://kodebergen.no/en/exhibitions/edvard-munch-there-are-worlds-within-us and then a Nikolai Astrup one afterwards - http://kodebergen.no/en/exhibitions/nikolai-astrup-–-out-shadows Both great in its own way. Munch's self portraits are pretty amazing, couldn't find good pictures online of any except this one

Liking the first two episodes of Mandalorian. While not without flaws, it has its own style and does well at what it tries to do with tight and "to-the-point" storytelling.

https://www.thelocal.se/20191115/china-threatens-sweden-over-prize-to-dissident-author Good job Sweden!

It sounds weird to you because you think of freedom as "freedom from constraints", whereas I think of freedom as "the ability to do something" - it's a pretty classic divide in how one interprets "Freedom". Read up on Negative/Positive freedom. Having free education will realistically give poor people easier access to education = more freedom for them. Free healthcare doesn't have to be garbage, nor does free education. Your analogy is quite good btw, if I were a dog I'd rather be an owned dog with a good owner than a stray dog.

As a word it is quite meaningless when people interpret it so differently yeah. Socalism to me? Free healthcare and education should be a human right, and something we should aspire to have together. Why not make life easier for all of us if we can? If I were rich I'd gladly pay high taxes to help benefit a system like that, just like I do now with my average wage. If that's "socialism", then socialism sounds more "free" to me than a system that can potentially enslave and cripple you with debt for the rest of your life. I can't say I often feel envy, but rather a strong feeling of wanting everyone to have the same opportunities I've had. Use the collective to make life better for the individual. Sacrifice some freedom (tax), to gain more freedom (free healthcare/education, long m/paternity leave, longer holidays, etc). On a sidenote, I also think working hours in pretty much all jobs should decrease. FREEDOM!

It has to do with justice more than envy. People who work their asses off shouldn't struggle economically - yet many do. So yes, Waaaaa, it's not fair! Most people can't seem to understand that democratic socialism isn't about leaving a capitalist system, or preventing people from getting rich. You want the best of both worlds.