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https://thepointmag.com/examined-life/behind-the-hood/

I've been thinking about the hoodie recently.

>>... no other garment is so charged, or so fraught, in this country as the hoodie. <<

My own dislike for the garment makes me uncomfortable. How much of my distaste springs from ugly prejudices about race, class, and age buried within me?

Then I start to wonder how much of my agonized reflection is not only an ultimately futile attempt to suppress my own aesthetic responses but also an unproductive focus on the individual psyche rather than on the structures of society.

Working with lots of young men in hoodies prompted these thoughts, as did...

#USCulture #Hoodie #Fashion #HistoryOfDress #Race #Class #Age

It's getting quite obvious now. Are you seeing it yet?

Youtube thanks you for adding and viewing video's, but now on to the real thing. Commit your data, you NEED to login.

Microsoft also planned required login for Win12. No online account, no access to YOUR pc!

Youtube is pushing this more now too. If you stay, they will extract your data, or deny you. Vote against by moving away from these platforms.
They only want your data. Forever!!

#privacy #youtube #microsoft #age #ageverification

Old Age

Silver in her hair,
not a sign of what was lost—
a crown of stories.

#haiku #poem #poems #poetry #old #age #oldage

I've finished my testing of #AGE vs. #GPG #encryption and published the results here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/gerowen/p/age-vs-gpg-pgp-encryption

@wiktor You asked to be kept abreast, here's the post.

#Privacy #Security