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How to alienate people from the green transition. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th May 2026 We will not persuade. We will not explain. We will not listen. We know best and we will force you to comply. This, I’m sorry to...
I wanted to write a post here, but then I realized there is a plugin conflict going on between Gutenberg (just updated, roughly 3 hours ago from the time this post is written) and Yoast (last updated 7 days ago). While the conflict...
June 3, 2026 Let’s see how our “professional listener” is doing! For what it’s worth, I was picturing this woman as a psychiatrist, psychologist, counselor or such… Her inspiration art: She REALLY doesn’t care if any of her clients or...
Do you have Ikigai? I feel that I do. I’d like to simmer it down into a single simple sentence — just a few words for clarity — though. For me, it involves seeking a sense of flow while engaging in cultural production (though maybe...
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Sharlene from Real Life Reading that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up...
“London Under” by Peter Ackroyd was one of the titles mentioned in Nicholas Royle’s wonderful book, “Finders, Keepers“, and I made a note at the time to explore it a bit further. I’m a fan of Ackroyd’s writing and my enjoyment of his...
The five volume compendium "Turning and Mechanical Manipulation" by Charles and John Holzapffel started with Volume 1 in 1846 and ended with Volume Five in 1884. A planned sixth volume was never completed. The series is a treasure trove...
The questions of whether containers really contain has been an active topic of debate since pretty much as long as containers have been in use and the answer, like most things in security, is it depends! Security isn’t an absolute but...