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the sublimeSaw a plane flying by in the far distance (it's a really clear day), and looked it up on flightradar to see where it was -...

the sublime

Saw a plane flying by in the far distance (it's a really clear day), and looked it up on flightradar to see where it was - about 50-60km distance horizontally, flying at 35 000 ft.

Then I checked the height of Mt Everest/Sagarmatha/Qomolangma to compare. Realised that yeah, if the Himalayas were at that distance from me they'd be just so absolutely massive even at this distance that it's silly.

And had a moment of vertigo. Nature is so _big_.

Also I miss living close to mountains.

angerListening to the last episode of Trash Future which talks about Neom, and I just started thinking about if even half of the resources...

anger

Listening to the last episode of Trash Future which talks about Neom, and I just started thinking about if even half of the resources that has gone into that fucking useless vanity project had been spent on climate mitigation instead and got suddenly and incredibly furious.

doomerismSometimes it feels like the modern scientific process is all about meticulously demonstrating and recording how fucked we are and...

doomerism

Sometimes it feels like the modern scientific process is all about meticulously demonstrating and recording how fucked we are and how easy (and how incredibly hard) it would be to do something about it.

Well season 3 of #TheWheelOfTime is off with a bang is it. Lots of interesting stuff in there, and quite a step up from previous seasons...

Well season 3 of #TheWheelOfTime is off with a bang is it. Lots of interesting stuff in there, and quite a step up from previous seasons (which I honestly really enjoyed as well). Recommended to folks who are fans of epic fantasy, though book fans may need to keep in mind that it's a Different Turning of the Wheel occasionally.

Snart dags att spela med @livs_ord på Art Desk i #Umeå. Kl 15 på Galleri KMJ, Brogatan 5!

Snart dags att spela med @livs_ord på Art Desk i #Umeå. Kl 15 på Galleri KMJ, Brogatan 5!

It's #BandcampFriday, and I have a bunch of projects I've been involved with up on there!First off is my old reggae band JAMBB, who...

It's #BandcampFriday, and I have a bunch of projects I've been involved with up on there!

First off is my old reggae band JAMBB, who has a live EP and a couple of track up there: https://jambb.bandcamp.com/album/jambb-live-at-jaq-studios

And then there's my newer folk/jazz/world band RYA! - we've released three singles off our upcoming, with a fourth coming Very Soon, and the album coming around this time next month! It's the most ambitious and well-written music I've been part of making, I think. https://ryamusicumea.bandcamp.com/ #music

ukraine, questionIs there any reliable reporting coming out of Donbas these days? I doubt even the separatists wanted a war of independence...

ukraine, question

Is there any reliable reporting coming out of Donbas these days? I doubt even the separatists wanted a war of independence or realignment to drag on for over a decade, but hard to know what the sentiments are from outside.

> Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are...

> Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
> This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

gaza, mediaAs is, phase 1 will be continually extended as long as negotiations are ongoing for phase 2, but negotiations for phase 2 are...

gaza, media

As is, phase 1 will be continually extended as long as negotiations are ongoing for phase 2, but negotiations for phase 2 are supposed to take place concurrent to the IDF leaving Gaza entirely and the continuing mutual release of hostages. Israel doesn't want to release any of their hostages, and _definitely_ doesn't want to pull out more troops from Gaza.

So they have refused to even initiate negotiations about phase 2.

gaza, mediaIt's amazing that the framing is 'why is Hamas refusing to extend phase 1?' rather than 'why is Israel refusing...

gaza, media

It's amazing that the framing is 'why is Hamas refusing to extend phase 1?' rather than 'why is Israel refusing to initiate negotiations about phase 2?', which is what is actually happening.

moving linesGotta say it's pretty funny that the full power of the US federal government only managed to keep the BTC and TSLA prices...

moving lines

Gotta say it's pretty funny that the full power of the US federal government only managed to keep the BTC and TSLA prices from freefalling for less than a day.

history, geopoliticsI wonder if the 'assault' on Zelenskij could be compared to the treatment of Yasser Arafat throughout the Oslo...

history, geopolitics

I wonder if the 'assault' on Zelenskij could be compared to the treatment of Yasser Arafat throughout the Oslo process, with the US continually pushing to simply accept the 'lost' territory and forfeiting any 'right of return' or even national sovereignty.

uspolAnd this is what liberals chose rather than being 1% less genocidal.

uspol

And this is what liberals chose rather than being 1% less genocidal.

Ramadan mubarak to all.

Ramadan mubarak to all.

liberal geopoliticsApparently it only counts as 'abandoning your allies' and whatnot if it's about white people.

liberal geopolitics

Apparently it only counts as 'abandoning your allies' and whatnot if it's about white people.

global pol, metaEvery fucking social media site is really entirely unusable at the moment god damn.

global pol, meta

Every fucking social media site is really entirely unusable at the moment god damn.

uk left internal polOtherwise, refer to my toot on the topic of The Left Should Be More Woke

uk left internal pol

Otherwise, refer to my toot on the topic of The Left Should Be More Woke

uk left internal polThis was a pretty good video on the recent Ash Sarkar stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPXjr3uesxsThe big thing...

uk left internal pol

This was a pretty good video on the recent Ash Sarkar stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPXjr3uesxs

The big thing missing is the origins of "woke" in, afaik, AAVE

The Left should be More Woke, actually, and proudly so.

The Left should be More Woke, actually, and proudly so.

#Reading Langdon Winner's 'The Whale and the Reactor' from 1986 and there's just so much of it which is still entirely and...

#Reading Langdon Winner's 'The Whale and the Reactor' from 1986 and there's just so much of it which is still entirely and completely relevant. If anything, the dynamics and contradictions he identifies have mostly only continued to intensify