He is probably too busy destroying the property of his poorest constituents for anything else.

No shit

Hi There. I’ve been a full time caregiver to my extremely ill wife for like ten years now. I don’t have any backup and I have to be on every single day. I bring this up because I know it is extremely taxing to do this sort of work. And I love that I can help the person I love the most in the world every day be a little less miserable. It sucks but that is life.

Now, I am in a marriage and even then most people think I’m crazy for doing what I do. As far as I can tell, you don’t have any bond but friendship with your friend. That is great and I’m so happy that you were able to be there for them. You did an amazing thing for them and I’m so happy you exist. You are an amazing person for doing it. But they were able to get the help they needed.

You are under no obligation to continue, you’ve already gone way beyond. If they are doing things that harm themselves, you do not need to burn yourself up to help them. This would be true even if they were just relapsing without the self medication. You personally deserve time to yourself.

Just tell them that you love them, and that you think their decision to take substances other than their meds is harmful and as long as they are harming themselves you will continue to be distant. (If that is what you feel).

Anyways, I can’t tell you how great you are and I’m glad you exist. But you deserve to live for you sometimes too.

Margaret Killjoy is just a joy to read. Her hook for this article, an anecdote about arguing with a pedant on the train, is just such a good way to introduce the article.

The problem is that none of these designs have ever been used to power the grid. Every nuclear project in the recent past has blown by cost and time estimates. Wind and solar are not only cheaper than nukes, they can also be installed much quicker and predictably. Nukes have a place, but we need clean energy now.

Right? Just off the top of my head, I listen to podcasts on the Channel Zero Network of Anarchist Podcasts. Started at Margaret Killjoys “Live the the world is dying” and now, due to ads on the network for other shows, I listen to about a half dozen shows on the network religiously. That seems like an organization that is trying to grow, and doing it successfully.

Margaret Killjoy is my hero

The shitty thing about this is that the businesses will probably be fine. This sort of heat causes chronic dehydration which won’t kill their workers immediately.

But it will kill them through destroying their kidneys and the like. But I’m sure these psychopaths will think they will just be able to hire some other poor person to fill the spot.

His early death was an unbelievable loss.

Debt and The Dawn of Everything are amazing books.

His argument here resonates with me viscerally. I was a milquetoast liberal at the start of the Obama era but progressively got more radical as nothing changed for the better. The Trump years, and especially Biden’s term has turned me into a self identifying anarchist.

I still vote, because I see the Republicans as so much worse the the dems. But I see that as harm mitigation and not actually something they will result in positive change. I focus on helping my community become more resilient.

I don’t know who this is, but good journalists don’t really need to be experts in the field they are covering. This is a very rare thing, but it happens.

For instance, the people at the podcast ScienceVs cover many things very well. I don’t think the host even has an advanced degree. There is at least one PhD on staff.

Reagan was a giant fucking piece of shit.

What a fascist fuck. He doesn’t want to give aid to a democracy being invaded by his fascist friend. So he add riders that are bs.