(0639) Reminder that the equinox is Wednesday 23 September at 01:06 BST. My main takeaway from the news this morning is that there’s not a lot on WW3 on X … that seems to have fone quiet except for Steve’s regular piece at Mon 4.

 

10. Moo corner

9. Many women might dismiss this from Gia Macool

… fashion and society columnist but it’s still worth glancing down:

Women are to blame for cancel culture and the woke agenda. Here’s why:

It’s called the tipping point. Helen Andrews calls this the Great Feminization. When an institution hits a critical mass of women, the rules of engagement change.

Women have taken up judgeships, political offices, and leadership positions across society. Then they form larger collective groups and start ranking:

• safety over risk
• empathy over rationality
• cohesion over competition

That’s extremely destructive, and I’ll tell you why. This is the distinction:

• Most men want to fight it out.
• Someone challenges the idea.
• They argue.
• One side wins.
• It’s over.
• They move on.

Women in a group often don’t fight it out.

• They shut it down.
• Disagreement isn’t treated like a debate.
• It’s treated like a break in the relationship.
• The group closes ranks.
• The man with the opposing idea becomes the problem.
• So a lot of men learned to keep their mouths shut.

To women, it is no longer right versus wrong:

• It becomes heartfelt feelings.

If a woman doesn’t like what you said, the natural move is: “I’ll never speak to you again, and neither will any of my friends.”

• That’s how cancel culture has been working.
• A lot of Boomer and Gen X men tolerated this.
• They didn’t see where it was heading.
• Give an inch, they take a yard.

Society has to stop indulging it. That means making some women upset and dealing with the tantrums for a while.

The irony? A lot of those same women desperately need someone to fix what they’ve helped destroy.

8. The Mall of America

7. How green was my vehicle?

6. Twofer from Alex downunder