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Aug 25, 2022

The Penal Treadmill

As energy costs continue to spike, expect this barbaric trend make a come back. — One barrel of oil has the same energy output as 5 years of human work. 150 years into humanity’s big experiment with oil, we’ve lost track of this critical fact. We’re energy blind, thinking of energy in terms of dollars instead of the energy return on investment, or EROI, leading…

Prison

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The Penal Treadmill
The Penal Treadmill
Prison

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Aug 24, 2022

A Single Gold Tooth

Why Western powers want to ignore the Democratic Republic of the Congo. — 1960 was the Year of Africa. 17 nations declared independence from their colonial parasites and held democratic elections. But parasites don’t give up the host easily. In the newly formed Republic of the Congo, Pan-Africanist poet and scholar Patrice Lumumba was elected as the first prime minister, taking office in…

Congo

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A Single Gold Tooth
A Single Gold Tooth
Congo

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Jun 2, 2022

I Just Sold My Car

And I’m not going to replace it. — So I just sold my 2015 6-speed manual transmission Volkswagen GTI. I got so much out of that car. It’s been all over the US. Down to Key West, up to Montreal, and back and forth across the continent several times. I drove it in LA, parked it in Manhattan…

Cars

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I Just Sold My Car
I Just Sold My Car
Cars

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May 23, 2022

Liman of Earth

If aliens asked nicely, would you go with them? — What if aliens asked you to go with them into deep space? And they aren’t space elves — humans with pointy ears — but truly alien beings, like squid or giant cassowary, with eyes as deep as space and vocal sounds that makes us want to suck our thumbs, curled…

Aliens

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Liman of Earth
Liman of Earth
Aliens

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May 17, 2022

Welcome to John Hancock, Please Write Small

From my days as a bike messenger in Boston. — This is 200 Clarendon Street in Boston’s Back Bay. It’s the tallest building in Boston, looming over Copley Place, Trinity Church and the Boston Public Library. Back when I was a bike messenger in Boston, in the early years of the new millenium, this building was known as the John…

Boston

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Welcome to John Hancock, Please Write Small
Welcome to John Hancock, Please Write Small
Boston

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May 17, 2022

What I Learned Working for $2 a Day

When I was younger and traveling in Guatemala, someone broke into my room, dug through my bag and stole my credit card from inside my passport. Before I noticed it was gone, they’d spent all my money. Should I have filed a police report and stayed on the phone long…

Guatemala

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What I Learned Working for $2 a Day
What I Learned Working for $2 a Day
Guatemala

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May 13, 2022

Be Suspicious of People Who Don’t Know They’re Fools

None of us know as much as we think we do. — A few months ago I wrote a short piece called You’re Not as Informed as You Think You Are. It’s about how we think we know the whole world, when in fact, we just know our own extremely tiny corner. Let’s say you’re a subject matter expert on solid waste…

Knowledge

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Be Suspicious of People Who Don’t Know They’re Fools
Be Suspicious of People Who Don’t Know They’re Fools
Knowledge

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May 12, 2022

Please Don’t Talk on Your Phone at the Coffee Shop

The future of humanity hinges on these little details — Several years ago, Pre-covid, I was at a coffeeshop in Tucson, near the military base. There were only a handful of customers, and quiet. This is the conversation I had with a guy after asking him to take his 5th loud phone call outside: Me: Do you mind taking your…

Remote Working

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Please Don’t Talk on Your Phone at the Coffee Shop
Please Don’t Talk on Your Phone at the Coffee Shop
Remote Working

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May 11, 2022

On Having Famous Parents

James Cromwell brought attention to an important issue, but here is something we overlook far too often. — Props to James Cromwell for gluing his hand to a Starbucks counter in protest of alternative milk charges. With this single action, he brought a lot of attention to a valid issue, which is that plant-based products are generally healthier, somewhat more sustainable, and produce far less suffering than the…

Nepotism

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On Having Famous Parents
On Having Famous Parents
Nepotism

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May 10, 2022

Were Our Ancestors Violent or Peaceful?

I don’t really care. — Last night, doing some chores, I was listening to Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature: Recent finds in anthropology and archaelogy, however, have proven beyond a shadow of the doubt that our ancestors (going back tens of thousands of years, well before civilization) engaged in warfare that was as…

Anthropology

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Were Our Ancestors Violent or Peaceful?
Were Our Ancestors Violent or Peaceful?
Anthropology

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Liman Albridge

Liman Albridge

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Half Ben Franklin, Half Tyler Durden. Emphasis on half. I get weird over at occultedordinary.com.

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