I really enjoyed I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger. It does lean towards dystopian if you observe the world at scale, but the utopian bits are the community and solidarity that develop in the darkened crags of the world. I found it to be a peaceful read.

my heart aches for trashnight :(. I concur— I’ll follow you wherever you can stream. Maybe not rumble or whatever

Refreshing to have someone making the bus free instead of throwing those people under it

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

my m4 macbook pro seems to be pretty performant at games using crossover. right now im playing baby steps at 1440p on the highest settings. frankly I have no idea if that’s good or not, as i am a lapsed pc gamer

Most medical care treats the social determinants of health. It treats poverty and chronic stress and high inequality instead of preventing it. Since when is treatment a better approach than prevention? And teachers can only do so much to overcome those same obstacles. UBI is the foundation for these

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I came here to say this. I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime