Literature/policy/politics. Never caffeinated enough. Jill of many trades. Often document wild adventures in reading + binge-watching. (Postsđđœ purposefully useless & unhinged stream of consciousness.)
https://thenovel.substack.com/
V guardian:
Revealed: Saudi Arabiaâs secretive rehabilitation âprisonsâ for disobedient women
Girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse in so-called âcare homesâ after arguing with their fathers or husbands
Have always said #cats need to start their own version of zen or religion.
âMaybe independence isnât about earning more, owning more, proving more. Maybe itâs about resting when youâre tired. Saying no when it doesnât feel right. Leaving the room without explanation.
Become a cat. Not in laziness â but in self-trust. Not in detachment â but in presence. Not in solitude â but in sovereignty.â
âAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.â
#LeoTolstoy #Literature #books
From: @jeffjarvis
https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/114584990023421450
The amount of bad news that I could be sharing with you, if I chose to, is much greater than what you actually see here on my page. Every day I have to filter through all the items I find, looking for those that seem to me the most relevant and most important for readers to know, not simply those that are the most alarming or most sensationalist.
Iâm not trying to scare people â well, maybe I am trying to scare people â but the point is not simply for you to be frightened, but to take action in the face of a looming disaster.
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
âNot every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grownâups who are no
longer interested in anything but figures.â
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, #TheLittlePrince
The Little Prince at the Musée de L'Air et L'Espace
Le Bourget
France
#AviationPhotography #Aviation #Photography #Planespotting #Avgeek #Airplanes #Vintage #Museum #France #Art #Sculpture
Circe in The Odyssey: The Enchantress Who Defied a Hero
A goddess, a witch, a sorceressâCirce in The Odyssey has been called many things.
By Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
https://www.thecollector.com/circe-the-odyssey-enchantress/
The Odyssey at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727
Which is actually just unrestrained rants against liberal education, thought, art, or expression, and complete dismissal of scientific reasoning and values, or civic norms.
From: @sarahf
https://mastodon.social/@sarahf/114567209145142703
Kriszta Satori
John Overholt
Bread and Circuses
Alexf24
Project Gutenberg