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Do not ask your children to strive (by William Martin)

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Boy. Cott.

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Reminder

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The Shoah after Gaza (a long read by Pankaj Mishra, in the London Review of Books)

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Arshak Michakyan: Op-Ed about Russian discrimination.

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Want to do...?

Stop Worrying

Oof. Mate. (Cartoon by Asher Perlman)

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Escargot-go-go!!

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The Comedy of Survival

Comedy is not a philosophy of despair or pessimism, but one which permits people to respond with health and clear vision despite the miseries the world has to offer. Its mode is immediacy of attention, adaptation to rapidly changing circumstances, joy in small things, the avoidance of pain wherever possible, the love of life and kinship with all its parts, the sharpening of intelligence, complexity of thought and action, and strategic responsiveness to novel situations. It permits people to accept themselves and the world as they are, and it helps us make the best of the messes around us and within us. --Joseph Meeker The Comedy of Survival

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When people ask if I'd change anything about a book I've already written, I want to explain to them that I'm not the person who wrote that book any longer, and even if I tried right now I'd write a different one.

Everything you make as a writer* is a combination of what you want to say and who you are at the time you are telling that story.

— Neil Gaiman —

[image by Mila Marquis]

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Mnemonic

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Disqualifying Trump Is Not Antidemocratic

But ignoring the Constitution to please his supporters would be a complete breakdown of the rule of law. By Adam Serwer

More disturbing is the reasoning from the commentariat in favor of keeping him on the ballot that amounts to a backhanded endorsement of Trump’s belief that he is above the law.

The arguments in favor of obeying the Trump Rules are much broader than they appear: Their proponents are not simply arguing against Trump’s disqualification. They are arguing that neither the Constitution nor the law should apply to a figure popular enough to disregard them. This logic echoes Trump at his most base and grotesque. Insurrection? When you are a star, they let you do it.

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Refaat Alareer, If I must die, written in 2011, published online on November 1, 2023

If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings, (make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bid no one farewell not even to his flesh not even to himself— sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love If I must die let it bring hope let it be a tale

(transcript by the American Friends Service Committee)

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Sarah Kendzior writes about social media, autocracy, and the attempt to eradicate memory.

Full article here: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/out-of-words

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Progress and time.

What works for you?

Put it on the calendar -

Do it first thing in the morning(yes before you brush your teeth w/ yo stanky breath) -

Do it in between things, waiting for things -

Do it right after an evening ritual -

Do it with morning coffee -

Do it as a night cap -

Attach it to another habit -

Chip away in bite sized pieces -

Beast mode on a weekend, Fri 7pm-Sun 7pm GO -

Make it your default state -

Use it as a reward -

Do it for exercise not glory -

Do it or no snacks today