alissisyphus
@alissisyphus.bsky.social
mostly here to lurk and learn
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Historians drawing a succession of narrative from the same three data points over time
November 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Historians drawing a succession of narrative from the same three data points over time
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am i paranoid or is this the plan
March 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
am i paranoid or is this the plan
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bear market would be a good name for a gay bar
March 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
bear market would be a good name for a gay bar
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
50 reasons to want more walkable streets.
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Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
March 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Green: I will suffer whatever the consequences are because I don't believe in the richest country in the world people should be without good health care. I stood up for my constituents then. I'm standing up for them now. I would do it again.
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-do some reading to go deeper on an issue you care about
-research non-profits and local campaigns you might support
-other ideas?
2) Build resilience
-Clean your house, get organized
-Be quiet/meditate/pray
-See my friend @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 10 Ws
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-research non-profits and local campaigns you might support
-other ideas?
2) Build resilience
-Clean your house, get organized
-Be quiet/meditate/pray
-See my friend @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 10 Ws
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February 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
-do some reading to go deeper on an issue you care about
-research non-profits and local campaigns you might support
-other ideas?
2) Build resilience
-Clean your house, get organized
-Be quiet/meditate/pray
-See my friend @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 10 Ws
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
-research non-profits and local campaigns you might support
-other ideas?
2) Build resilience
-Clean your house, get organized
-Be quiet/meditate/pray
-See my friend @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social 10 Ws
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
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One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
This isn’t some rant saying “Germany has learned nothing from its past” - the reality is more subtle than that. Middle-class Germans live and travel with an incredible amount of ease and comfort, and they just got…sleepy. Many of them dismissed the far-right’s rage as just another set of complaints.
Just filed an article about the upcoming German elections (out on Sunday) and what strikes me is how timid much of the institutional pushback against the far-right has been. Some people have distinguished themselves but for the most part it’s just been really complacent - really disappointing.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.
I relate to this so hard!
I know something wild is about to happen. But because I can smell the smoke in so many areas (layoffs, etc etc), I don't know where the fire is about to go off and I can't stand it.
February 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I relate to this so hard!
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Every time your toilets flush and your streets aren’t overflowing with piss and shit? That’s your government working for you. Potable water, traffic lights, CLEAN STREETS, emergency services, PHONE LINES, safe vehicles, regulations when any of this shit falls apart.
That’s the silent part of gov’t
That’s the silent part of gov’t
February 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Every time your toilets flush and your streets aren’t overflowing with piss and shit? That’s your government working for you. Potable water, traffic lights, CLEAN STREETS, emergency services, PHONE LINES, safe vehicles, regulations when any of this shit falls apart.
That’s the silent part of gov’t
That’s the silent part of gov’t