But to implicitly give up on lifes ability to provide it at all, or pathologise those who live in the hope of finding it, or seek it, feels like a profoundly modern statement of collectively acculturated disillusionment.
Some people just want to feel peak dionysian experiences, people who want more than medium, and it is frustrating that life cannot provide that every day.
As much as there are problems in life for people with addictions and the need to experience strong feelings, there is a kind of tyranny of the "happily uninspired", or "acceptantly mediocre", that comes with the pathologisation of those that want more .
Global plastic production projected to double or triple according to this. Any chance we could *not* do that
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yeah honestly the 6 7 thing is so disappointing. Somehow things can be a thing these days without actually having any meaning at all
You know you're getting old when not only do you not understand what the kids are into, the music they listen to or the fashions they wear, but you actively don't want to either
One effect of our age of the rich: the flattery industry is booming. Call them luxury hotel concierges, personal trainers, Trump cabinet members, Musk "loyalists", wealth managers etc, but the essential job is flatterer. Me
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
For anyone going through a difficult period of their life right now, this interview with Anthony Hopkins is incredibly inspiring.
youtu.be/1mbe4F3YBqw?...
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Growing inequality drives stock market disconnect with broader economic reality...
"the number of so-called "everyday millionaires" has more than quadrupled since 2000 to about 52 million people.
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The scale of wealth makes it difficult for markets to go to ground for very long."
Moscow is making great efforts in building its Runet — a closed and strictly controlled Russian internet. The Barents Observer has compiled an overview of what is happening in the Russian segment of the internet
This threatened law suit is ridiculous. But very irritating that the BBC put itself in such a vulnerable position and will now have to spend so much energy and attention defending itself,
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Moscow's forces push south of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, Russian commander says reut.rs/43piAIr
“A country long defined by its own history of political violence, paramilitarism, and vigilantism, Ireland now faces a different kind of threat. This time, the targets are non-white immigrants and Muslims.”
Brilliant reporting by @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social.
Using never-before-seen videos, rare testimonies and leaked military files, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes abuses and battlefield weaknesses in the civil war raging across Myanmar. Watch: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
"Clearly echoing Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force, the Africa Corps is the Kremlin’s new expeditionary formation in Africa. ...Like Wagner before it, it is still laden with neo-Nazi and white supremacist symbology."
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
US blocks $22b sanctions-prompted sale of Lukoil to Gunvor, a Swiss commodity trader cofounded by Putin ally Gennady Timchenko in the 90s. Timchenko fully divested for a decade but US treasury says Gunvor still a "Putin puppet"
www.ft.com/content/19e5...
"China now makes a lot more from exporting wind turbines, electric cars, solar cells and the like than drill-baby-drill America makes selling fossil fuels." | The Economist
Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents.
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield | "Drone warfare is reshaping global security by enabling low-cost, high-impact operations, for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China, and others."
Funny that
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
“The ship is expected to reduce emissions versus a traditional cargo ship by up to 80 percent. The vessel has two rigid sails mounted on Solidsail rigs designed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique” maritime-executive.com/article/sail...
The Orwellian bleakness of the Russian war machine.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
A demonstration of sanctions evasion creating a fake company to issue Western insurance to dodgy Russian shadow ships passing through NATO waters.
www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/...
Mass atrocities by #RSF since capture of El Fasher #Darfur #Sudan should be wake up call for the world. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should
📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
