Buck Hardcastle
Bio
Viscount of Hyrkania and private cartographer to the house of Beifong.
Stories (101/0)
Cowards all the way down
Tucker Carlson is a rambling nincompoop and bootlicker to dictators. He recently did another bad take on the war in Ukraine. He explained that Ukraine had no hope of winning (lie) that Russia was just too big, with a "relatively huge economy" (lie) and that there would have been peace between Ukraine and Russia already except that USA had vetoed a peace deal back in April--this is such bullshit it's hard to know where to begin.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Swamp
A Review of Four AI Art Generators
Artificial Intelligence generated art is a hot new tech right now. It is despised by many artists. Well I'd love to personally commission some artists to create things for me, but I don't have the budget for that. It's been awhile since I've done an article on Red Sonja, my favorite comic book character, I decided to see what images I could make of her. The AI art that I hear about most is Midjourney A.I., and I could get good results with that, but that one costs money and again, no budget here. So here are some results from four AI art websites with free options.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in Geeks
Glory to Ukraine
Grifters who are supposedly policy geniuses (and ones who are obviously not) advised Ukraine to try to negotiate or just outright surrender when Russia invaded. Ukrainians did not take this advice because they understood they were in an existential battle for their very existence as a people. There was no point negotiating with Russia because Russia is a bad faith actor who could not be trusted.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Swamp
Return of the Iconic Swimsuits
Stars in swimsuits--there's never a wrong time for a list of those. Yes, push down that invasive voice telling you to write another political opinion piece about the decline of democracy and the loss of shared realities--nobody needs another one of those! Instead, bikinis!
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in Geeks
The Future of Invention in 1879
The Atlantic recently fully digitized their archive going back to 1857. This is an examination of one article from the August 1879 issue entitled The Future of Invention by W. H. Babcock to see the hopes and fears about technological change.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in Futurism
Visions of 1991 from 1970
"The prophets, the messenger angels of the Gospels, Delphic oracles, Arab stargazers, Tibetan lamas, medieval astrologists, wandering Gypsies, saints, poets and charlatans--all have tried their hand at probing the future. Then came the science-fiction writers, plagues of them, and they are still coming. Is, then, another book devoted to this overworked subject worthy of special note? Yes, if it is unique."
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in Futurism
Tubal Ligation and Giving the Game Away
Tubal ligation is an elective surgery to permanently serialize a woman. It is low risk, can be done on an outpatient basis and can be done immediately after childbirth. Its availability recently became a topic on twitter.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Swamp
We can't solve our domestic problems by abandoning Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine no longer dominates headlines in America. Gone are the days of Russia's rapid advance towards Kyiv only to be forcefully pushed back. Now the battle front has condensed to slower moving frontlines across Ukraine's Southeast. By concentrating their forces Russia has made itself more formidable. However, its war machine doesn't look suited for the long term. They've lost twice as many troops in the Spring of 2022 than they did in their nine year war in Afghanistan. Russia has expanded the age limits of soldiers and is sending in reservists. They've dug out antique T-62 tanks to send into battle.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Swamp
Never Trump Republicans are not the friends of liberals
David French is a Never Trump Republican and journalist He is a regular contributor to The Atlantic, a mostly left wing outfit that seems compelled to include conservatives even though right wing outfits never feel compelled to include liberals. French regularly offers analysis on the news of the day, and since conservatives do so many horrible things, many of those news stories are about horrible conservatives.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Swamp
Pastor, Nude Model, Con Artist
Nikole Mitchell’s story is low hanging fruit to a reporter. ‘My sexuality is sacred’: Bisexual pastor-turned-stripper has never been happier (New York Post). Pastor turned stripper says her 'dreams came true' in end of year Instagram post (Daily Star). Church pastor turned stripper left husband and rakes in cash selling explicit snaps (Mirror). Bisexual pastor turned stripper discovers true joy (Toronto Sun). Former church pastor now makes $100K a month as life-coaching stripper (New York Post, again).
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in Humans
The John Oliver Crypto Currency Bundle 2022
Last year did a piece on crypto currencies mentioned by John Oliver in a 2018 segment. In retrospect, the Last Week Tonight actually went to easy on crypto, describing them as hard to hack, which has shown to be untrue. Not only have thieves and conmen preyed on crypto bros, but the institutions that were supposed to be the bedrock of the industry have shown little regard for users.
By Buck Hardcastle2 years ago in The Chain