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using on the interrelation of personal experience and history and how one s perspective on that changes as one grows older while lamenting the modern day tendency to view historical events through a contemporary lens without a long term perspective i still mostly hold the opinion that ahistorical analysis is problematic but remembering the tragedy of september 11th 2001 and reflecting on what i recall of the emotion of the time and how that resonates to this day it is clear that there are some things that touch upon our common humanity in a way that transcends temporal boundaries one might think that such a bond would prevent us reenacting the disasters of the past and while the last quarter century would seem to belie this notion it does give me some hope for the future share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture tagged with culture history super bowl lxi prediction september 10 2026 by johnny leave a comment it s been evident for a few months that the giants were not going to win the world series but now that they have been definitively eliminated i guess it s time to turn my attention to the nfl and put my reputation on the line with a forecast of who will come out on top when the football season concludes in inglewood next february i m going to stick with the team from san francisco despite their less than ideal preseason featuring catastrophic injuries a literal car wreck and that tawdry incident in ohio and notwithstanding the fact that actual professional sports writers have more or less dismissed their chances of even reaching the playoffs they ve had to travel 12 000 kilometres to melbourne for their opening fixture tonight so i m not sure how much we ll be able to read into the result but a victory might go some way towards restoring my confidence in my powers of sporting prognostication share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture tagged with culture sport gloria steinem rip september 4 2026 by johnny leave a comment looking back at the numerous obituary themed posts we have featured over the years i see that only three have had a female subject elizabeth windsor margaret thatcher and ruth ginsburg and none of them were even really about the woman herself but rather used her demise as a jumping off point for some other observations this is of course shameful for a blog that links to think of itself as progressive especially at a time when the struggles championed by gloria steinem are more relevant than they have been for years as reactionary forces seek to roll back the gains won by the women s movement in the last half century perhaps a relevant observation on steinem s life and work is to note that she was always aware of her own relative privilege and leveraged that in support of those more marginalised certainly an example we could benefit from following share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture politics tagged with culture politics final eclipse august 13 2026 by johnny leave a comment we ve enjoyed clear skies for most of this month so i had hoped to have a good view of yesterday s solar eclipse but as the day went on the clouds rolled in and by the evening the horizon was entirely obscured i can t say that i was terribly disappointed but i did experience some sadness as i contemplated the fact that i m not likely to be around to witness the next performance of this cosmic dance due in 2081 of course i could just get off my ass and travel the non cosmic distance to spain where i d be able to catch a total eclipse as soon as next year iberia has been getting uncomfortably hot of late though so i ll probably stick to watching it on the tv share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture tagged with culture science change at the top july 20 2026 by johnny leave a comment so spain emerged triumphant at the world cup as we predicted more or less though their victory over reigning champions argentina was one of the less thrilling games of the tournament the winning goal was pretty impressive though there s a new top dog here in the uk too it s still not entirely clear how andy burnham plans to steer the nation back towards the sunlit uplands but he is making some vaguely promising noises so i guess we should give him the benefit of the doubt for a while at least share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture politics tagged with culture politics sport only halfway through the summer july 14 2026 by johnny leave a comment having patted myself on the back for the success of my bold prediction that three of the best teams on the planet would do quite well in the world cup i guess i should acknowledge that another of my sporting forecasts that san francisco would win the world series is looking rather less accurate i ll admit that my confidence in the giants shot at glory was based more on sentiment than cold calculation but i was expecting that the all star break would see them still in contention for the playoffs rather than sitting with the fifth worst record in the big leagues fortunately baseball has the attractive feature of lots of games in a season so even a terrible team will win once or twice most weeks and there are certain to be some highlights for fans to cheer like rounding off an unlikely late inning comeback with a walk off grand slam so i ll keep on tuning in late at night in the hope that the giants will rally for a thrilling run to the postseason or failing that at least beat the dodgers a few more times share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture tagged with culture sport world cup 2026 prediction update july 12 2026 by johnny leave a comment so we re at the semifinal stage and 3 out of my 4 picks are still standing which is actually the best possible outcome for my forecast since i had misread the bracket and missed that france and germany couldn t both make it this far the surprise package are england but i can t see them getting past argentina france versus spain looks likely to be close but i ll stick with my prediction that the french will make the final and lift the trophy share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under culture tagged with culture sport 800 july 9 2026 by johnny leave a comment i may have missed the opportunity to mark our 19th birthday back in may with a special post but i have been paying enough attention to notice that this is the 800th piece we have produced since our debut in 2007 when we reached the 700 tally towards the end of 2022 i estimated that it would take us around three years to knock off the next century but we proved incapable of keeping up even that modest pace we are going marginally faster than we did between 400 and 500 though and the milestone of 1000 posts while still distant is tantalisingly imaginable which is just about enough motivation to keep me going i also quite enjoy looking back through our old content much of it is nonsense of course and of limited interest unless you happen to be me but there is some good writing to be found and i like the thought of my future self fondly perusing our current pieces in years to come i guess with our twentieth anniversary looming i should start working on some sort of grand retrospective but if my blogging experience has taught me anything it is that such ambitious projects usually come to nothing and it s the smaller spontaneous posts that work out best so i think i ll aim for the more achievable goal of just sticking around share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading filed under blogging tagged with blogging century july 4th 2026 july 4 2026 by johnny leave a comment i have vague memories of the events marking the bicentennial of the american revolution back in 1976 i was quite young so the only clear image that i recall is a photo of an aircraft carrier with sailors lined up on the deck in the shape of 1776 1976 but i also remember that in the wake of disappointments like watergate the fall of saigon and the ford administration generally the prevailing mood was rather downbeat fast forward 46 years and i found myself sitting on a beach in california pleasantly baked watching the fireworks and feeling that the us after a few rough years was back on a broadly progressive course no doubt my optimistic outlook was influenced by the summer warmth and the agreeable company but it s still disheartening that just four years later it looks like everything is going to hell again my american friends are actually considerably more relaxed about the situation than i am reassuring me that good sense will reassert itself in november and i guess they have the advantage of being in the country rather than residing an ocean away so perhaps i should just chill out and 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