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#PlayEnergetic Posts: R Reiss
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/nyregion/earth-day-energetic-game.html
https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/energetic/energetic-in-new-york/
#PlayEnergetic Posts: R Reiss
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/nyregion/earth-day-energetic-game.html
https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/energetic/energetic-in-new-york/
From an opium den or wherever the publisher of the NYT sits, here's a pretend version of timely news for late 2025:
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
From an opium den or wherever the publisher of the NYT sits, here's a pretend version of timely news for late 2025:
Helping make that point, it's brilliant casting by Gilliam to have Michael Palin, the most lovable Python, play Lint.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_...
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Helping make that point, it's brilliant casting by Gilliam to have Michael Palin, the most lovable Python, play Lint.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_...
..and most co's and institutions have capitulated in the US. It's a sliding scale, but Jack Lint is everywhere. So the key is figuring out what he's afraid of, and solving that. Sam Lowry looks good in the film but in the wild there are few Lowrys & many Lints.
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This is one advantage of having the historical memory of authoritarianism, as I have from Brazil: you know that, when the regime is gone, the people who collaborated and acquiesced look terrible in retrospect. It may look reasonable and justifiable now, but believe me, it will age like milk.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
..and most co's and institutions have capitulated in the US. It's a sliding scale, but Jack Lint is everywhere. So the key is figuring out what he's afraid of, and solving that. Sam Lowry looks good in the film but in the wild there are few Lowrys & many Lints.
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Whether the idea came from Stoppard, Gilliam, McKeown, or Alverson, or all the writers on Brazil, Jack Lint is the character to think of today:
villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Lint
Every oppressive or dysfunctional system has a staff.
I'm more empathic than this summary b/c most ppl work in co's...
villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Lint
Every oppressive or dysfunctional system has a staff.
I'm more empathic than this summary b/c most ppl work in co's...
Jack Lint
Jack Lint is one of the main antagonists (along with Mr. Helpmann) in Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil. An old friend of protagonist Sam Lowry, Jack works as a torture specialist for Information Retri...
villains.fandom.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Whether the idea came from Stoppard, Gilliam, McKeown, or Alverson, or all the writers on Brazil, Jack Lint is the character to think of today:
villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Lint
Every oppressive or dysfunctional system has a staff.
I'm more empathic than this summary b/c most ppl work in co's...
villains.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Lint
Every oppressive or dysfunctional system has a staff.
I'm more empathic than this summary b/c most ppl work in co's...
These are not people who are concerned about consequences.
luxurylaunches.com/transport/ma...
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luxurylaunches.com/transport/ma...
luxurylaunches.com/transport/se...
Forget Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht; his 'little' support vessel that carries his jet skis, helicopter, and boats, is so big that when docked in Greece, it overshadowed everything at the harbor with i...
luxurylaunches.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
These are not people who are concerned about consequences.
luxurylaunches.com/transport/ma...
luxurylaunches.com/transport/se...
luxurylaunches.com/transport/ma...
luxurylaunches.com/transport/se...
Major problem:
yalereview.org/article/dasg...
yalereview.org/article/dasg...
Rana Dasgupta: Trump Is Only a Symptom of a Deeper Problem
This analysis of the changing American nation-state argues that Trump's presidency is a distraction from bigger problems.
yalereview.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Major problem:
yalereview.org/article/dasg...
yalereview.org/article/dasg...
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
All three by war veterans
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
All three by war veterans
Reposted by City Atlas
Powerful message on national security from Lt Gen Richard Nugee
"We are not yet acting as if peace and tackling climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Cascading risks mean we face instability at home, the potential of an ungovernable state, the very breakdown of the norms of society."
"We are not yet acting as if peace and tackling climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Cascading risks mean we face instability at home, the potential of an ungovernable state, the very breakdown of the norms of society."
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Powerful message on national security from Lt Gen Richard Nugee
"We are not yet acting as if peace and tackling climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Cascading risks mean we face instability at home, the potential of an ungovernable state, the very breakdown of the norms of society."
"We are not yet acting as if peace and tackling climate change are two sides of the same coin.
Cascading risks mean we face instability at home, the potential of an ungovernable state, the very breakdown of the norms of society."
The Royal Society also lands at about the 60% supply level in this report:
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Other locations around the world may have more options, and others (Japan, South Korea) may be more like the UK.
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Other locations around the world may have more options, and others (Japan, South Korea) may be more like the UK.
Large-scale electricity storage | Royal Society
This policy briefing explores the need for energy storage to underpin renewable energy generation in Great Britain. It assesses various energy storage technologies.
royalsociety.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Royal Society also lands at about the 60% supply level in this report:
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Other locations around the world may have more options, and others (Japan, South Korea) may be more like the UK.
royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Other locations around the world may have more options, and others (Japan, South Korea) may be more like the UK.