["Indian belly" as a meme distracts from systemic famines during British colonial rule that resulted in millions unalived and future generation bodies storing energy maladaptively.]
["Indian belly" as a meme distracts from systemic famines during British colonial rule that resulted in millions unalived and future generation bodies storing energy maladaptively.]
A collection of small, low stakes and low effort tools.
No logins, no registration, no data collection. I can't believe I have to say that. Long live the handmade web.
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.
one consequence of not reading often is falsely believing that most of your experience and options is defined by that other thing you're doing; like traveling, you can choose to see other perspectives and also absorb the the idea that there is space to do so.
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.]