Chopping wood and carrying water. Trying to think clearly about thinking together. [www.wrecka.ge/bridges-scru...](
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For your own sanity, you have to remember that not all problems can be solved. Not all problems can be solved, but all problems can be illuminated....
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Bridges & scruples
For your own sanity, you have to remember that not all problems can be solved. Not all problems can be solved, but all problems can be illuminated....
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Clear description of the moment from Timothy Snyder plus suggestions for elected officials, media, federal workers, and ordinary citizens here—the latter mirroring what organizers have been saying for months. [snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...](
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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I was going to post something else this week, but the structural inability of global corporations to govern platforms seems inescapably relevant. [www.wrecka.ge/bad-shape/](
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Bad shape
The idea I keep coming back to is that the big platforms, like Dickens' Marley, were dead to begin with, and are now something particularly bad, wh...
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The idea I keep coming back to is that the big platforms, like Dickens' Marley, were dead to begin with, and are now something particularly bad, wh...
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I'm sure I missed some things, but here is my best fast crack at a roundup of the 100+ books/series/authors people recommended in this thread requesting non-cozy, kinda literary, ideally wintery mysteries that aren't police procedurals. [gist.github.com/kissane/cd8d...](
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a load of mystery/detective book recs from a Bluesky thread in December 2024
a load of mystery/detective book recs from a Bluesky thread in December 2024 - mysteryrecs.md
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a load of mystery/detective book recs from a Bluesky thread in December 2024
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Seeking: Non-Cozy(tm) not also not completely nihilistic literary-ish mysteries or detective stories (not crime fiction) with fantastic audio editions. I’ve exhausted the usual suspects ranging from Chandler and Sayers and Tey through CJ Sansom’s too-gruesome but wonderful Shardlakes.