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Recent Tweets about proposed legislation to “institutionalize a permanent, science-based, multidisciplinary national institution for climate resilience and disaster risk reduction [to be] named the UP National Climate Resilience Institute” make me very happy as that is a very important matter for the Philippines. A scientist like Dr. Mahar Lagmay who spearheads such work is making Continue reading…
i have to start journaling again and this blog has always been my journal
By Karl Garcia Rodrigo Duterte was not the first Filipino leader to invoke Singapore as a model, and he will not be the last. Long before his 2016 campaign promise to “make the Philippines like Singapore,” the aspiration already existed across the political spectrum. Ironically, many of Duterte’s strongest critics also want the Philippines to Continue reading "Why the Philippines Was Never Going…
Melancholy is the vibe ride now. Or some impending doom
I got into Kpop because of the Pandemic. Twice was on repeat during that time. Caught the last stuff from IZ*ONE mostly because of the sixteen connection, now mostly follow all the alumns. Follow Le Serrafim when I need a banger. Follow I VE because they probably have the musical sense I most vibe with. Follow Continue reading "KPop Musings"
I was studying then suddenly woke up in a submarine. Submarine was in the stlye of Golden Compass aesthetics and it was all glass and bronze like materials. I was wearing a wetsuit crossed with a space suit in the same ancient civilization style. Something looks back at me in the class of the submarine. Continue reading "Dream 2026 01 03 0317H"
By Karl GarciaOriginally inspired by GetRealPhilippines.com’s essay, first published on August 20, 2002. In the early 2000s, Get Real Philippines (GRP) struck a nerve. At a time when political instability, corruption, and moral fatigue defined the national mood, GRP’s essays offered a bracing diagnosis: the Philippines was not merely suffering from bad leadership—it was crippled Continue reading…
The Curious Origins of the Word ‘Scapegoat’ By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The term ‘scapegoat’ is well-known: it refers to an innocent person who has to carry the blame for something on behalf of other people. As the Oxford English Dictionary defines the word: the ‘scapegoat’ is ‘one of two goats that was chosen by lot Continue reading "rePost: The Curious Origins of the Word…
My dad has end stage kidney disease. For some miracle God helped us find a donor. The application to the ethics committee is not proceeding because of all the issues with birth certificates, baptismals, marriage certificates misspellings. The administrative state is infuriating, depressing. I feel so impotent.
Imagining the feudal Philippines with an AI architecture
Feeling alone right now. Seems everyone is in take mode. I think I need a break. You can t give what you don t have and I am feeling spent right now. Just have zero fucks to give. ZFG.
Feeling melancholy. Life just seems so unfair. So sad that I even went off on the kids. My kiddos if you are reading this and you are older. Your old man says sorry. Just so incredibly sad.
By Joe America Those who read or comment here now and then recognize that The Society of Honor no longer gets the thousands of reads and active commentary that it once had. Times change, and with them, reading habits. I’m inclined to observe occasionally, “life’s a path, not a destination”. A few or us continue Continue reading "The Future of the Society of Honor"
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Whenever I say I like living in the Philippines people say “well, you’re white and rich so you don’t know what it’s really like.” But if I say, “Man, the Philippines is screwed up” they say something like, “Well, it’s because you Americans colonized us and treated us badly.” Continue reading "The Philippines is a great place to live"
I was scrolling through tiktok and got to a video. Was in tears in SECONDS. Songs I had on repeat 2020 still trigger the pain of that year.
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I wrote the other day that social media is a disease and we are all sick. It is a global pandemic that is so severe that people don’t know they are sick. In the old days, prior to about 1985, we had three main inputs to our brains. What Continue reading "Social media, the disease, and we, the diseased"
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America What does the Philippines stand for? That’s the question I asked Twitter people who argued that eagles and landscapes represent a “neutral” position on Philippine money, whereas people are “political”. I had objected to the Marcos Government pulling people off the paper money. They said I was wrong. Yet Continue reading "What does the Philippines stand for?"
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Dynasties rule the Philippines as modern day colonists. They are the self-dealing lords of corruption, entitlement, favor, and incompetence. They approve construction projects and purchases to gain commissions rather than help the people. They give incompetent family members and friends lucrative jobs while skilled people go to other lands Continue reading…
By Giancarlo Angulo Note: wrote this Aug 5 so I wasnt able to incorporate what is written in this piece: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/08/12/2377262/awash-unused-funds Here’s your text with grammar and clarity improvements: Policy Making is Hard (PhilHealth Edition) The goal of society is to move things forward—understand, explain, and communicate for a better Philippines. One way to…
Analysis and Opinion By Joe America This blog has always been for the Philippines. The basic distinction between here and elsewhere is a choice between building or whining. We choose to build. To build ideas. To build understandings. To build solutions to problems. As the principal writer here, I’m starting to focus on the 2028 Continue reading "“O’ Rise Ye Land of Happy Fools”"