no peanuts in church…

"You might as well face the music. You've tried everything else…" -Sun Ra.

  • Interesting Times, Already…

    Yes, I believe that Pluto in Aquarius is going to be a Thing. (Whether that’s because astrology has genuine macro/historical properties, or because enough people believe in it that it unconsciously becomes true, or due to some weird truth-in-between is left as an exercise to the reader). That said, Pluto leaves Cap (the sign of Continue reading

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  • So, THAT Happened…

    No hot takes. Everybody does hot takes in this, the Age of the Feuilleton. Any of my ‘hot takes’ were made, casually, in real time, on Threads or Bsky. I’ll confess to about 18 hours of “huh…?” and hoping for audit data. Initial results weren’t consistent with reports of record numbers of new registrations and Continue reading

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  • Schrödinger’s Republic.

    After 30 years of constant assault from the Right wing, they have finally gotten their wish. This election is basically a referendum on whether or not we get to keep this Republic, as currently constructed. And roughly half of the voters seem quite happy to buy what they are selling. In fact, the polls would Continue reading

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  • Causes, Effects…

    The American Prospect has an article detailing the “Chasm” between Blue Connecticut and Red Oklahoma. The tl; dr takeaway is best expressed graphically. From the article: CT and OK went from having identical life expectancies in 1959, to a gap that started back in the very early 1970s and continues today. Virtually all of this Continue reading

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  • Friday Tidbits

    Home, sick. (As opposed to “Home, working’). Currently in that ‘can’t do much yet, can’t sleep any more, either’ phase. So, a few bored Friday afternoon tidbits over a slowly-eaten hard boiled egg. Looks like both Antarctica and the Sahara are “greening”. One due to general warming, the other due to unusual changes in rainfall Continue reading

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