Raithe

I've been reading a bunch of translated Chinese Wuxia / Xanxia novels the past couple of years, and they can be interesting. However, one thing that flags up an awful lot in any set in the "modern" day world is a slew of casual racism against other nations, some very off-putting stereotypes of other countries, and this sense that China is actually an innocent, naive, very bullied underdog that is picked on by everybody else in the world. It's hard to figure out if it's all a cultural thing by the authors, or just stuff they put in to make sure they don't get censored (or even censured) by The Party...

There is also the psychological hit of things. Any group is likely to tighten it's ranks when people are calling them names. The more you scream that a group is collectively X.. the more likely that group is to defend itself en masse rather than give out the ones within it that are utter ****. Altough running a couple of days late..:

I do have to chuckle over the Lincoln Project's latest ad... "It's taken nearly 4 years to get the crowds to the size he wanted..." Apparently, they really are getting under Trump's skin and into his head.

Quote for the Day: "It looks like we are watching many of the police collectively having the experience of being pulled over for a crime they didn't personally commit because they "fit the description" and are actively resisting while being yelled at repeatedly to "stop resisting!". And they really don't like it."

TheMindCircle - Bonsai Master creates impressive mini-forests

Not actually sure how accurate.. but it did amuse me:

Heh, an interesting point someone made..

NextPittsburgh - In the market for a pirate bus?

Someone had to do it...

The Guardian - Covid-19 misinformation ; Pro-Trump and QAnon twitter bots the worst culprits