Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen
Germany has a network of "repair cafés" where you can learn to fix your broken stuff instead of buying new things.
Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen
Germany has a network of "repair cafés" where you can learn to fix your broken stuff instead of buying new things.
[Talking about the world's problems is optimistic, rather than pessimistic, because it implies we could and should be doing better.]
[Standing up to power relies on believing change is possible.]
[The powerful speak with a tone of inevitability to convince you that change is not possible.]
[There is no secret sauce: any prolonged collective act of non-compliance will do.]
politicians play, civilians pay
aspiring to one day clown with such mastery
Lessons Learned from Personal Recovery Stories
[Healing can be perceived as a threat to the wounded if it indicates that they resist changing.]
The secrets revealed in SpaceX’s IPO filing
SpaceX bought $131 million of Cybertrucks from Tesla in 2025 at the “manufacturer’s suggested retail price.”
In 2025, SpaceX also purchased $506 million worth of Megapack energy storage products from Tesla. l
Musk’s xAI has paid Tesla about $731 million since the beginning of 2024 through February 2026.
Simon Wardley: An Introduction to Wardley Maps
[Maps depersonalize the strategy, which makes its discussion less political.]
posted to Occasion
"If a book's pages became increasingly similar until you were just reading the same page repeatedly, you'd probably put it down."
The "Controlling Girlfriend" Trope and the Patriarchy of Male Excuses
[Women assumed to manage everyone's emotions means responsibility for "his promise", "his drinking", "his mother's promise", family anxiety, a friend's insult, public embarrassment, party mood, and her own hurt.]
Hostel Curfews, Patriarchy & Women's Right to the Night
[Sipping tea at night or hanging with friends without permission is political.]
[The night should belong to everyone.]
To remember to protest even if you are alone
[I do it not to change the country, but so that the county doesn't change me.]
Travel for people who love you is the only ethical way to travel at all.
[Go only where you've been invited by people who love you.]
[There is nothing to do in cities. The best part is leaving.]
[Consent and relationship are not things you can buy.]
[Tourism is visiting a "story" of the place that isn't relational.]