stay alive another week
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If you haven’t already, you should read “They Thought They Were Free” by Milton Mayer. Great sociological study on post WW2 normie Germans. Second half of the book has a bit too many liberal idealist generalizations for my taste but the first half is quite humbling. Lots of eerily poignant passages sprinkled throughout which are relevant to our present crisis.
someone said all Marxists are systems theorists with a tendency towards violent revenge fantasy
eL oh oL
a recording of an old conversation about nostr from when it was just invented: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olq8mA51_ng
dork.
You can hear the vibrations of gravity tonight, if you listen closely.
Remember kids.. money doesn’t allow the commodity to circulate. The circulation of commodities allows money to arise.
My favorite kind of news article is the type that authoritatively assumes a current state of my reality and then proceeds to explain the solution to said artificially constructed problem. I really can’t escape mansplaining, can I.
Remember kids, we exist to create memories for our children. Our superpower is our ability to compress time. Don’t let them take that away from you.
This guy gets it, a decent materialist/systems level of analysis on the state of things and what needs to change. Listening to his explanation is cathartic.
rude.
spotify algo <3
My best friend finally bought his first house! I’m happy for him. 🥹
This is so awesome. Congratulations to all the researchers involved. Now make the treatment affordable, government orgs, that’s your job. Sickle cell mostly affects those in low income populations who already struggle with access to affordable healthcare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/health/fda-sickle-cell-crispr.html
Ladies, find a man who will give you an engagement ring with a diamond made out of the compressed ashes of your enemies. Conventionally grown diamonds are so last decade. 🙄 (stay classy with these ridiculous articles wsj I keep coming back for the rage bait)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/lab-grown-diamond-rings-look-real-wedding-engagement-8dad8364