Making an effort to post these links more regularly, but my track record for routine isn’t the greatest.
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On the spaghetti monster of midlife. – identifying with this at the moment as I stare into the future. "But I had just enough awareness to see all of this going on and rather than switch back to what I knew or try to find a way to neutralise the feelings, I felt I had to ‘trust the process’ and see where it went."
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James on Nick Cave on Cynicism but also talk by Amy Hupe on the meaning(lessness) of work but also Paul Watson on sci-fi and transitions all tying back in with my earlier post on Hardcore Hope Navigation.
I mean, there are enough of us thinking about this shit. Why aren’t we collaborating more, huh?
Oh yeah, I tried revitalising myself with a new personal manifesto too. "22. Never take what you have for granted. Never get used to what you have. Always see with fresh eyes."
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John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord. Watching the video of the 2020 chord change, I’m appalled that the crowd clapped mid-performance 😉
… Unrelated, I love the idea of this taking place in a tiny church, but love even more the idea that resilient, solar-powered devices could be hidden away in tiny places to do similar things for decades. Imagine coming across a shrine in the middle of nowhere pumping out drone chords. See also: Brighton’s 1998 Twins Statue that does this.
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Project 2025 on Wikipedia – at least the Right has a coherent plan to conquer the future?
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New directive to empower consumers – what does it mean for repair?
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Local authorities in England face deadline to publish overdue accounts (£FT) and Council financial crisis "out of control", MPs warn. Bigger shit is coming. Seems like a good time to be reading Butler’s Parable of the Sower (which, coincidentally, begins in the year 2024).