As the t-shirt goes "it's weird being the same age as old people." You remember the late 1980s, as the Soviet Union under Mickey Gorbachev tried to shake itself from torpor with "pereistroika" and "glasnots" - or rather, Gorbie thought he could make that happen. But it didn't turn out like that, for short and... Continue Reading →
The levels of delusion required… magical thinking dialled up to 11
We really are doomed, aren't we? That anyone can write this below, or read it, with a straight face. The tragedy is that the writer is whip smart and saw all of this unfolding almost thirty years ago - I learned so much from his book Divided Planet (I read a sneering 1997 review by... Continue Reading →
Sympathy for things that will kill us? Am I Buddha or Quisling? #2cotAED
When does the search or understanding, or sympathy, tip over into collusion and fellow travelling? When does the wish that we could all “just get along” tip over into inaction in the face of behaviour that will get us all dead? If you’re looking for answers to those questions, stop reading now, cos I’m all... Continue Reading →
Lightbulb jokes, narcissism and our species-be-doomed
I really like lightbulb jokes (I like cheese jokes too, but here I will focus on lightbulb jokes and you will thank me later). I like the one "how many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?" Answer - only one but the lightbulb has to really want to change. I like the one... Continue Reading →
The grid is not stable: Sudoku, the 1997 film Cube, the Daily Heil, phenomenology – all human life is here
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
Of Bion & Brearely, Google & the Gulf of … America, biodiversity as an unword. And the HUMILIATION aspect. #2cotAED
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
“The beatings will continue until morale improves” – Starmer’s gang and their limited cognitive toolkit. Also Trump.
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
A Senator pleads with Republican colleagues to defend the Constitution (crickets, obvs). Also, Zelensky not running away in 2022, Sun Day in September… #2cotAED
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
Sense-making the ecological and technofascist debacles – Podcasts etc worth your attention
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
Signs of the times – temperatures, Greenland, tariffs etc
This year I am going to write something short, mostly daily, about what is going on – “2 cents on the Arrived Ecological Debacle” (2cotAED). I have to write it; you don’t have to read it. If you DO read it, feel free to tell me how wrong I am (and hopefully why). Re: the debacle aspect:... Continue Reading →
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