@christy I found "Eight Months on Ghazzah Street" a genuinely interesting novel that explores life for western women, living amongst a disparate, unhappy community of expatriates in Saudi Arabia in the late-1980s.
Kris McCracken
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I fall down a lot.
@damonyoung I walked right past this very spot on my lunch time stroll today!
@frankejames Yesterday was the final straw for me. I feel for those reliant on the site for communication.
@pluralistic Fantastic read. Sharing far and wide.
@gretathunberg Great to see you here!
@aral. Agreed! The reduction of people to numbers is exactly the kind of de-personalisation that has led us to this time and place, globally.
@antimnguyen It's an odd one. I'm cautiously optimistic that those expats from the Birdsite contribute to a positive and productive community rather than replicate the very worst excesses of collapsed empires.
Mark Foden"We’re coming to the end of the line, here. There’s nothing left for working people in the rich world to sell off or promise away."
Cogent, also bleak, piece from Cory Doctorow on what is occurring
The End of the Road to Serfdom
https://doctorow.medium.com/the-end-of-the-road-to-serfdom-bfad6f3b35a9
@pluralistic
@damonyoung managed 21 kilometres in sunshine the whole way (Geilston Bay out to Howrah and back), despite leaving at 6:30 am. A glorious morning for it!
@damonyoung I've been a Jabra convert for years now. Currently running with Jabra Elite Active 4 and loving them!