Gehan Amaratunga
@AmaratungaGehan
Different prof
A 2015 press cutting on Larkin’s rejection of nomination for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. ‘My idea of hell on earth…is a literary party, and I have an uneasy feeling that the post carries with it a lot of sherry-drill with important people.’
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis: Why does the US see China as a threat? Why is the US waging a trade war against the entire world?
Frank Zappa, 1981: "Schools train people to be ignorant... They give you the equipment that you need to be a functional ignoramus." "They prepare you to be a usable victim for a military industrial complex that needs manpower." "As long as you're just smart enough to do a job,…
If you CANNOT read this within a few seconds, your brain is lacking neuro-plasticity. Don't try too hard. Soft focus and let your neurology figure it out. The words will come automatically, because your brain is a holographic supercomputer.
Interestingly, our brains construct an incredibly complex jigsaw puzzles using any pieces it can get access to. These are provided by the context in which we see them and by our memories Reading this may result hard at first, but then...
AI is to perpetuate the known, propaganda. Soon if AI says "misinformation" you will be jailed or lobotomised. The Brave New World.
The incredible (so very 2025) story of how Grok (X’s AI bot) was muzzled by its creator (X) for having detected the pro-Israeli bias of the BBC and other mainstream media. It seems that Grok was optimised to rely more on primary sources and mostly ignore political…
The best antidote for 2025 😀
Italo Disco: The Soundtrack of Summer 2025. Grab your Campari & Vibe. What Is Italo Disco? Italo Disco is the ultimate rebellion-through-joy movement, a pulsating, synth-soaked dance genre born in late-1970s Italy that’s now storming back as the soundtrack of Summer 2025. It’s…
BREAKING: Turkish President Erdogan on Netanyahu “The most horrible photos and videos from World War II are innocent compared to the videos and photos we get from Gaza. During the Holocaust in Germany, they were not so inhuman, unconscious. Netanyahu's genocide, his cruelty, he…
Ozzy Osbourne had 2 bottles of vodka and then sang for 3 hours every other night for three decades.
Dammit, why are Netanyahu, Trump, and now Ted Cruz making me like Tucker Carlson??? This is EXCELLENT interviewing. If only more US interviewers asked pro-war politicians questions like this.
Ted Cruz on Iran. Full interview tomorrow.
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If you want to master something, teach it. - R. Feynman
Lee Jae-myung was elected as the new president of South Korea. This result was expected by the outside world, but of course this was something the United States did not want to see. Compared with his predecessor, Lee Jae-myung belongs to the "moderate" and "pro-China faction".…
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004. Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
'Never rely on an authority in science. Even the greatest genius can be wrong — whether he has one or two Nobel prizes, or none.' -Erwin Schrödinger
CO2 is life, not death
Journalist Alex Newman provides a flawless 90 second summary of the man-made climate change scam.
Unintended consequences of ultra-nationalist hubris. Let's hope India's northern neighbour does not fall succumb the same delusion.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Dar confirmed the script, Rubio picked up the phone, Riyadh balanced the optics, Ankara drafted the quiet clause. The Americans, Saudis, and Turks rushed in to cool India’s fever, not because Pakistan asked but because Delhi couldn’t stabilize the…
Brexit is democracy. Not tidy but it is coming good, as we learn again to manage ourselves. Rather than follow edicts from those who had no real interest the UK thriving.
“It’s been chaos but somehow democracy works” Wetherspoons Chair Sir Tim Martin says Brexit has ‘created 1.3 million jobs’ and helped the UK to ‘outgrow Germany and France’ #Peston