The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1022
Josh discusses the rehabilitation of the ‘R’ word. Stelios explains how North Korea is putting the kaaboom back into civil engineering projects and Dan explains how to become personally very wealthy out of the coming robot revolution.
Reading List
Symposium #28 | The Linguistic Subversion of Wokeness - Lotus Eaters
I wrote about whether the r-word is coming back, what would cause it, and why it matters - Constance Grady - Twitter
People are using it again - Mashable
The return of the slur - Business Insider
New MP Lauren Edwards says sorry for ‘f***ing Estonian retards’ tweet in 2009 - LabourList
My teacher told my parents I was ‘retarded’. My grandmother taught me to read - Irish Times
Used in Deadpool and Wolverine - Kym Possible - Threads
The autistic community has noticed (in the comments) - Lived Experience Educator - Instagram
Reddit has noticed - Reddit
Attempts to reclaim it - BBC
“Ableist words” - Josh Ferme - Twitter
Trump Calls Kamala Harris ‘Retarded’ During a Donor Dinner: Report - Rolling Stone
Donald Trump makes horrific remark about Kamala Harris during wild rant at billionaires' fundraiser - Daily Mail
Trump Called Harris 'Retarded,' Railed Against Jews Supporting Her: Report - HuffPost
America shares an alliance with North Korea - Viva Frei - Twitter
Kamala Harris Is Too Stupid To Be President - The Federalist
Independent Article - Independent - Source
Reports that the North Koreans will blow up their roads - Jurgen Nauditt - Twitter
North Korea has blown up roads on its side of the border with South Korea - Nexta TV - Twitter
Kim Jong Un held a meeting about a military plan - SentDefender - Twitter
Kim Jong-Jo threatens South Korea - SCMPNews - Twitter
South Korean Admiral says South Koreans should respond if provoked further - SentDefender - Twitter
Reuters video - Reuters - Twitter
The previous position - Reuters - Twitter
North Korea ends all economic cooperation with South Korea - GlobeEyeNews - Twitter
Kim announces Putin to be his friend - Zlatti_71 - Twitter
Dirt-filled balloons - KoryoDynasty - Twitter
South Korea responds by sending trash-filled balloons North Korea’s way - Nexta TV - Twitter
Balloon wars are sophisticated - MarioNawfal - Twitter
Balloons are disrupting flights - QuantumDom - Twitter
South Korean president threatens North Korea with extinction if it uses nuclear weapons - Visegrad24 - Twitter
The world's FOUR nuclear war flashpoints: How Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are pushing us to the brink of WW3 and Armageddon - Daily Mail - Source
We Robot Highlights - YouTube - Source
Gardening - Amazon - Source
By 2035 The night will belong to the robots - Discord - Source
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