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… it looks really cool and fun. It’s the same with Andor… when it creates something unashamedly adult, it’s really engaging. When Star Wars falls into the gap in between adult and kids – it flounders. Maybe they should produce stuff that sits at either end of the age spectrum and not muddy the creative…
The complex crises we face demand that we move beyond totalising attitudes to optimism and realism. We must embrace a more nuanced understanding that incorporates a range of adaptive strategies and actions. This model is intended not as a new, fixed framework for the way things are, but a device with which to loosen up…
… just maybe Hey there neo-liberalism. Careful the door doesn’t hit you on the ass on the way out.
While sales of petrol- and diesel-powered cars slumped in July, sales of fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids were up 37% compared to a year before. As a result, new-energy vehicles comprised 51% of total sales, according to the CPCA. For context, the International Energy Agency projects that electric models will account for one in…
Permission structures and vibes… Some super insightful comments here.
When I was young I said to my father that I didn’t see a lot of racism. He, a child of the Great Depression, replied, “wait till times are bad.” The “other”, the immigrant, is always an easy target. The actual villains are the UK’s ruling class and if violence is the method then the…
In the short run, enforced dominance can offer rewards, both financial and related to ego, mostly to senior management. But the short run is fairly short, and the resilience, productivity and utility that come from agility and serving customers and employees more effectively is worth the transition. The very thing that enabled these companies to…
hurdy gurdys, lutes, gregorian chants, thundering drums and punishing percussive foley fx. the ep-1320 is the first of its kind:featuring a large library of phrases, play ready instruments and one-shot samples from an age where darkness reigned supreme,the instrumentalis electronicum is the ultimate,and only, medieval beat machine. https://teenage.engineering/products/ep-1320 Teenage Engineering is the most exciting tech…
Every time the rich are criticised they run to the usual defence of “it’s the politics of envy”… … there is no such thing. It’s the politics of power. The rich have taken too much power and the working and middle class want it back.
I have a pathological aversion to personal debt. It has meant that I have remained a free agent for my 30 year career. I haven’t had fancy things, but I’ve alway had the freedom to walk. Turns out that scales to a country level too.. https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/06/debt-is-political-why-wealth-flows-from-poor-to-rich Debt and lack of taxes on the wealthy makes…
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