Thanks. Very helpful.

But still to.be honest, Marx always feels 100% solid to me when explaining capitalism, but on much less solid ground when predicting the future.

My 85 year old mom has a somewhat similar view, that NATO is really responsible for the war. She’s a long time USian antiwar activist - but maybe more importantly has been watching RT news.

I’m currently reading Zizek’s “Less than nothing” and he criticizes Marx for not being Hegelian enough. Resetting my thermostat now

Some of my favorite music today, is odd stuff I found on Napster. Got me into sea chanties

I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I kind of assume Carney is part of the new liberal establishment (think Clinton, Biden but also Bush) so recently overthrown by Trumpism in the US - but I’m not Canadian so it’s a little fuzzy.

Risotto

For someone used to desktop Linux, where respect for the user, consistency, customisability, and performance are still held in high regard, Windows 11 feels like an endless string of punches in the face.

To be fair, giraffes are stupid sexy. 🦒

I sense a challenge coming on…

I upvoted you for downvoting the guy who complained about being downvoted.

Greta Thunberg

“eels that come when called”?

Curtain pulled back a little on the ruling class and how they control ideas and corrupt apparent “opposition”

Dr. . Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician and author who specializes in longevity and life optimization.

Super tight with Epstein

Started improv a few years ago. Very good for my mental health.

Doctors being jerks are sometimes required to do professional coaching to improve attitude and communication. Having less hierarchical communication actually improves patient safety, because people are braver to speak up. So feedbacking to someone about the haughty doc might actually be in everyone’s best interest.

(Source doctor who actually had to do that coaching myself at one point and found it helpful)

PS would love to see some haiku

I used to play Diplomacy as a kid. Is this similar?

What does it taste like?

children’s beer made from fermented black rye bread

sounds crazy enough