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First impressions of Sydney. “A remarkably relaxing city – maybe too relaxing?” By Chris Arnade walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/first-i…
As always, I admire Arnade’s photographic skills, his ability to capture beauty in mundane streetscapes.
Good ideas are popular: But they’re impolitic. “In democracies, we’re told, politicians exist to reflect and enact the popular will; but the truth is, politicians’ primary occupation is thwarting the will of the people, in preference to the will of a small group of wealthy, powerful people.” Most people around the world support socialism and socialist policies. But politicians don’t represent most people; politiians represent the super-wealthy. Fortunately, the super-wealthy hate each other, which gives the people people opportunity to enact policies that benefit all. By Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/08/0…
How AI, Healthcare, and Labubu Became the US Economy. “… the US is becoming Las Vegas - but everywhere. We are essentially building a glorified, speculative fantasy while China focuses on the foundational, ‘boring’ work of scientific and technological advancement.” kyla.substack.com/p/how-ai-…
A bleak assessment by Kyla Scanlon. But she ends on a cautiously hopeful note. We have the skills and labor to turn the U.S., and the west, around. We need the will and leadership.
Walking Liverpool, Leicester, and a little bit of London. “Two smaller English cities connected by football, the letter L, and depression.” By Chris Arnade walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/walking…
Mitchellaneous Vol. CVIII: Thirteen things I saw on the Internet
Skittles gets a hat www.tumblr.com/archangel…
Habitat 67 in Montreal, designed by Moshe Safdie. www.tumblr.com/humanoidh…
Mary Tyler Moore called for marijuana legalization www.tumblr.com/oldshowbi…
Clyde Barrow, 1934. www.tumblr.com/mylittlev…
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 1942. photographs: John Vachon
Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws in 1974
Thanksgiving, 1958 reddit.com/r/TheWayW…_1958/
