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@davidbrinMr Brin, I'm looking for a book rec. I know you've thought about this. Spec history is not my area. Looking for alternate...

@davidbrin
Mr Brin, I'm looking for a book rec. I know you've thought about this. Spec history is not my area. Looking for alternate present day from alternate history:if the Confederate Project had prevailed and nation/city states had survived civil war, maintaining might=right, extreme property rights->slavery, debt servitude. Nat socialism maybe. Feudal/Oligarchs...

anything exploring what *present* might be. TV ver. of Man in High Castle was georgous but never seemed smart about that. Thx

The difficult we do today. The impossible takes a little longer. MOTTO OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERSCame across that in a...

The difficult we do today. The impossible takes a little longer.

MOTTO OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Came across that in a #jonKabatZinn book on mediation.

Life is filled with things that seem difficult or impossible. Yet we overcome them so so so very often, as individuals and as groups. Yet we all go through life thinking the difficult has slowed us and the impossible has stopped us. When in fact, it's the slow and the impossible once dealt with, that makes our lives glorious.

A few days ago, very dark foggy but not cold New England afternoon. Went to fly kites and instead of wind, ended up with this :)

A few days ago, very dark foggy but not cold New England afternoon. Went to fly kites and instead of wind, ended up with this :)

Yet another amazing passage written by Jon Kabat-zinn :... in these waters of clarity and of anguish ... humanity yearning to know...

Yet another amazing passage written by Jon Kabat-zinn :
... in these waters of clarity and of anguish
... humanity yearning to know itself
... sometimes even succeeding
... ultimately hugely generous... although hardly ever undertaken for that purpose
... Possibly... celebrating—who and what we are, and might become.

from part 1 of "Coming To Our Senses"
#jonkabatzinn #mindfulness

“We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in...

“We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.”

~ John Stuart Mill
Found it when poking around on:

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/rights-opinions-individuality/

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Self-Reliance"Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative...

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Self-Reliance
"Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation;

but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.… Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

Found in #JonKabatZinn 's book #whereverYouGoThereYouAre
Which is proving t be an amazing read.

#RalphWaldoEmerson
#mindfulness

Quote from Jon Kabat-Zinn:"Perhaps it would be good to realize, in the sense of “make real,” the full dimensionality of our analog...

Quote from Jon Kabat-Zinn:
"Perhaps it would be good to realize, in the sense of “make real,” the full dimensionality of our analog genius as a species, before we lose it completely to our increasingly addictive digital precocity."
#jonkabatzinn #mindfulness

Wow. "A recent analysis... from the end of 2019 to the end of 2023, the lowest-paid decile of workers saw their wages rise four times...

Wow.
"A recent analysis... from the end of 2019 to the end of 2023, the lowest-paid decile of workers saw their wages rise four times faster than middle-class... more than 10 times faster than the richest decile... Wage gains at the bottom... have erased a full third of the rise in wage inequality between the poorest and richest workers over the previous 40 years. This finding holds even when... “We haven’t seen a reduction in wage inequality like this since the 1940s”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/us-economy-excellent/678630/

5:45 PM @ 57th between 5th and 6th Avenues

5:45 PM @ 57th between 5th and 6th Avenues

4:45 PM @ Broadway and East 23rd St, NYC

4:45 PM @ Broadway and East 23rd St, NYC

https://open.substack.com/pub/sethcotlar/p/those-funny-fluoride-fighters-were?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1n5s9o

https://open.substack.com/pub/sethcotlar/p/those-funny-fluoride-fighters-were?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1n5s9o

How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts. | Council on Foreign...

How Much Aid Has the U.S. Sent Ukraine? Here Are Six Charts. | Council on Foreign Relations
https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-aid-has-us-sent-ukraine-here-are-six-charts

ComplainingThis bothered me enough to post, which sais a lot. I really really really don't like that the georgous *Windows login...

Complaining

This bothered me enough to post, which sais a lot.

I really really really don't like that the georgous *Windows login screen* badgers me about gaming. I do real work on this machine, or at least try. It's just annoying. Not to mention that sneaky current events feed that shows up if I swipe from the left. It's garbage I can't ged rid off. Garbage MS is tossing at me to make money, by making me less ... Multiply that by 1.4 billion users, that's a awful lot of less-making. Argggg!

I'm a New Yorker helping a friend in San Fransisco change apartments. I love that the landlords out here want us to know crypto-currency...

I'm a New Yorker helping a friend in San Fransisco change apartments. I love that the landlords out here want us to know crypto-currency assets won't be accepted. #cryptocurrency #californiadreaming

#nytimes, Really? On the front page? @NewYorkTimes

#nytimes, Really? On the front page? @NewYorkTimes

Sunset from the 80th floor of 3 World Trade Center looking west at 7:14 pm, 21+ years after 9 11. The WTC area is now a stunning testament...

Sunset from the 80th floor of 3 World Trade Center looking west at 7:14 pm, 21+ years after 9 11. The WTC area is now a stunning testament to recovering and rebuilding.
#911memorial #wtc #nyc #silversteinproperties

"Smucker's Not 'State Actor'." I just liked the headline. Sounds like the were just told they can't have a...

"Smucker's Not 'State Actor'."
I just liked the headline. Sounds like the were just told they can't have a military or invade anyone. Not that they aren't already in half the kitchens already.
(ignoring the Vax part) from Law360 blog.

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. —MARK TWAIN

A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read. —MARK TWAIN

Martin Luther King, JR:Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and...

Martin Luther King, JR:
Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

#martinLutherKingJr #theAtlantic

Pulled with gratitude from: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/552461/
#MLK

Union Square Market, #nyc North West corner. 5pm Sunday December 18. #photo

Union Square Market, #nyc North West corner. 5pm Sunday December 18. #photo