Listen to @uncannyjapan.bsky.social talk about how to make salt and the Salt God in Japan. Take a look at this shiogama 塩釜 at Jūrin-ji temple, built southwest of Kyoto in 850 and home to the famous poet Ariwarano Narihira.
See the full album here: flic.kr/s/aHsmMUh…
Shannon Falls, just south of Squamish on the way to Whistler. 3rd highest waterfall in BC
I just got burned 🔥 🔥 🔥 by my 12 year old: “You ain’t got no rizz! The only thing you pull is push doors!” 🚑 🚑🚑
Just found out one of my favourite authors Pankaj Mishra has a new book coming out in Feb: The World After Gaza. Instant pre-order. 💸
His essay on Gaza in the LRB from earlier this year is magisterial. 🎓
Up to Day 8 on my #RevolverCoffee Advent Calendar. Been some fun ones in here so far. ☕
Reminded of Ibn Khaldun’s writing on solidarity and mutualism. That was in the 14th C. Asabiyyah is an important word to add to our political lexicon in this century too.
I read Limitarianism earlier this year, which I recommend. This visualization adds to her argument: eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-w…
H/t to @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Finished The Talented Mr. Ripley 📚
The interiority is remarkable. I wonder how people in 1955 took this book!? It must have blown minds and caused a controversy of some sort: witch hunt/book-banning/congressional hearings? The travel was super real too, she must’ve lived in Italy. 🤔
Was just doing the math: in a few weeks is the anniversary when I left home and secretly went to Japan as an 18 year old. (There is a whole story there!) Anyways, I am now a year older than my father at that time. Wow! THIS is how young he was! 🤯
From Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social
both the neoliberal consensus and the Palo Alto consensus have collapsed, leading the political economies of Washington DC and Silicon Valley to move in very different directions.
Day 2 of #RevolverCoffeeAdvent and I really like this one! No spoilers, but it is from one of my favourite regions. ☕️
Smooth flight over the Rocky Mountains 🏔️
Current status: Airport, about to fly back to Vancouver. ✈️
A little bit of snow in Kelowna. Just here catching up with fam and friends before the hols. ⛄️
November Newsletter is out, on the theme of making connections #newsletter
OMG this is epic… from the @uncannyjapan.com Discord
Completed my challenge of 35 books! 📚
Picked up my advent calendar from revolvercoffee.ca in Gastown today ☕
Comes with a little booklet for tasting notes! 📝
“He has no fear of cowardice”
Some 🔥 lines in this section of The Saint of Bright Doors by @vajra.me 📚
🚨 THIS WEEK 📢 for the Metagov seminar we are hosting Kaliya Young and Day Waterbury to discuss their new paper “Exploring the Remarkable Regenerative Patterns and Practices of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).”
#Metagov #SummerOfProtocols
In Against the Dark Forest internet writer and thinker Erin Kissane (who has just been killing it recently) re-assesses then challenges the notions of the Dark Forest (and by association the Cozy Web). People in my corner of the internet will already be familiar with the writing of Yancy Strickler, Maggie Appleton and Venkatesh Rao, all cited in the piece. Figure: Maggie Appleton’s now famous illustration of the layers of the web.