Last day of school before the winter break! 🎉
Amazing review from @brainvsbook.bsky.social
This series is like if Silent Spring and Das Kapital had a baby and raised it in a pulp SF novel from the sixties, but then sent it to shojo manga finishing school.
Want!
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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 📚