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  • Clutter article… clutter is horizontal hoarding is vertical

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    In Defense of Clutter https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/clutter-marie-kondo-hoarding-holiday-shopping/672557/?utm_source=feed

    Interesting distinction

  • Jet powered leaf blower

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    youtube.com/watch

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  • Winter Solstice Walk 2022

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    For the last 3 years or so we have taken a hike in the dark on the longest day of the year. It has become a wonderful tradition (credit to lisa for the idea).
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    Henry Ford, Elon Musk, and the Dark Path to Extremism https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-henry-ford-extremism/

  • Crunchy to Alt Right

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    The Crunchy-to-‘Alt-Right’ Pipeline https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/fringe-left-alt-right-share-beliefs-white-power-movement/672454/?utm_source=feed

  • Anthony Goicolea. 21c, Cincinnati

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    Jettisoned, 2009. Chromogenic Print

    A first-generation Cuban-American who grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, Anthony Goicolea learned family rituals and histories about a world he would never know -pre-Castro Cuba. His first trip to the island nation was as an adult in 2008, after which he created a series of works in which fiction intertwines with the remaining facts he found there. Within the sparkling, watery surface of Jettisoned, the artist reveals the truth of his photographic illusion: hands hold up the cinder blocks surrounding the boat. Frequently used in Cuba to shore up crumbling infrastructure and create shelter, these cinder blocks attest to the mythology of Goicolea’s invented memories, from which he spins tales both unreal and true.

  • New breakfast “bar” table

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  • When Lodgers Were Evil

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    J Story article “When Lodgers were Evil” by Livia Gershon 

    I have an interest in housing and zoning. My whole adult life I have lived in a multi unit house and have in interest in how the rules of society become fabric of society and what is possible vs what is taken for granted in terms how the ways we live and act.

  • The implications of no-fault divorce

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    I heard a conversation about how the history of no-fault divorce has large implications for the dialogue on Christian marriage (which is part of the dialogue of same-sex marriage). I haven’t even read this article yet but I wanted to book mark it as well as the podcast with David French to explore at a later date.

    The J Story article written by Ashawnta Jackson 

    If I remember correctly, it was this podcast where David French discussed the implications of no-fault divorce for the national conversation of what marriage is. The no-fault portion of the conversation starts at roughly 9 minutes in.

  • ISO recommendations for books that nurture a more civil politic

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    I want to create a small book shelf of books and resources (audio could be included) that help people come to a more civil and gracious perspective on politics.

    My personal journey, over the past four years or so has started with a desire to better understand JS Mill and then seek a wider influence of perspective from daily news. The Dispatch has been wonderfully balancing in my life (I’ve even ditched the New York Times but certainly kept Atlantic in the cue). I find that I am less angry when I hear of contrary opinions and I feel like I am slower to judge.

    This is just a draft.

  • First Conversation Post

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    I am giving the blog/website another go. I’ve been doing this since at least 2008 when Google Plus was available, Google Reader was strong, and Facebook’s faults were becoming increasingly obvious although that seemed to be cemented during the election of 2016 with Cambridge Analytica. I digress.

    I am optimistic that I am a good age to discuss social media. The common assumption is the high schoolers and the young 20’s direct what is cool and what is used for social media but I wonder if that is shifting as older people are now much more familiar with digital environment. We know that that demographic doesn’t even have a formed brain. If we followed the direction of that demographic in diets we would all be eating candy and pizza… maybe the older generations know something? Now that the generational playing field is leveled in terms of computer literacy the younger generations need us for direction? There is an advantage of having lived life before the age of the internet. Right now the habits of the youth point toward mindless scrolling and entertainment being the most valued reason to be online. Could we suggest something better?

    And this is where I get to blogs and websites. I have a lot to say (but for now just wanted to get a start to a post so that I could build a website template).

    I (will eventually) welcome your thoughts on this.