Swarming

I don't think burying this and pretending it didn't happen is helpful when Jews around the world are telling us right now that they are terrified and under attack

Why does Russia think anyone cares what it says at this point? Until the war ends, nobody is required to do anything for Russia.

Nothing but respect for my country deciding to impose economic sanctions on itself 🫡

Classic Mastodon moment

I don't think he's completely wrong. A lot of people felt similarly. I know SkillUp felt similarly that if you had a really good PC and could overlook the (unforgiveable, admittedly) bugs, it had a lot going for it.

Definitely. About two years ago, I read Michel Houellebecq's Soumission. And it's still just sort of constantly in my head. I don't read it as a kind of reactionary book at all – in fact it's a strangely utopian book, pessimistic about the possibility of secular politics to rectify deep metaphysical questions in our societies, but strangely curious and probing about whether Islam could in fact at least answer them. The ambiguity at the heart of that novel still puzzles and interests me.

I should read it again...

I've been going back and reading Freud's Civilisation and its Discontents again. I still think it has some pretty profound wisdom about the nature of desire, conflict, violence, and what it takes to make civilisation possible!

What is the ideal resolution for a community banner so as not to unnecessarily 'weigh it down' with a super high-resolution image?