The Monday Read
101 Edition This week I have been mainly watching Batman films on Netflix. The Nolan trilogy, then the much less well done Snyder ones. Not the best for productivity, but sometimes you just need to veg out a bit and turn the brain off, eh? This week’s links I found this overview of current and […]
The Monday Read
Happy New Year This is the 100th Monday Read! Well, 2021 is here. The arbitrary line drawn in the sand is unlikely to fix the problems we had in the past, but can provide motivation to make a fresh start or change something. The forum was pretty active over the break: Thank you to everyone […]
The Monday Read
Merry Christmas Edition So close to the end of 2020 So a belated Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you are enjoying a bit of a break over the new year. 2020 will soon be over, and although I learned a lot this year I won’t be sorry to see the back of it. Here’s […]
The Monday Read
Snowpocalypse Edition Well, let it stop snowing already, please. Bah, humbug. After that tremendously warm autumn, winter is here with a vengeance. It is at least seven degrees colder today than it usually is in Sendai in December, and it’s been snowing on and off for days. Hellish to drive on, we have fresh powder […]
The Monday Read
Let it snow? edition Apparently it snowed this morning briefly, but I didn’t notice because I was asleep… oh, well. We wrote up the (existing) forum rules again this week: And the forum has been very active this week: This week’s links This is pretty insane: https://marginalrevolution.com/…/new-crispr-based-covid… This explains a lot https://www.theatlantic.com/…/wear-your-mask…/615796/ I enjoyed reading […]
The Monday Read
End of year is approaching edition Only about fifteen more years until the end of 2020, eh? Looking forward to seeing the back of this one. Russia just started vaccinating people, and the UK is going to start next week apparently. Nice of them to test it out for us! I’m not in any hurry […]
The Monday Read
Winter is Coming Sadly the too-warm days of mid-November seem to be giving way to the seasonally-appropriate colder days of late November. It was nice while it lasted. I’ve been enjoying Twitter snark about government policies here. The suggestion of ‘Go To ドクター’ was a good one, as was the Rising Wasabi’s ‘Go Back’ campaign. […]
The Monday Read
Labor Thanksgiving Day edition Hope you are either enjoying a nice day off or doing some great work 😉 It is still worryingly pleasant for this time of year, but I hear cold weather is coming soon. Hopefully we’ll have some snow this year after the extremely disappointing season last year. The forum is still […]
The Monday Read
Weirdly warm weather Pretty sure it’s not supposed to be 20-some degrees in mid-November, but I’m not complaining! The forum was pretty active this week too. Click on the image to go straight there ^-^ This week’s links Old video (2016) from Mr Money Mustache about how and why to retire early: https://youtu.be/8-Li_sFNc4Q This is […]
The Monday Read
Social Media Edition RetireJapan has an Instagram account, and I’m trying to be a bit more active over there, so if you are into that kind of thing please consider giving us a follow and a signal boost. This week’s links Seems pretty tawdry: Greg Kelly’s prosecutors have painted themselves into a corner I love […]