philohawk retweeted
I always enjoy taking apart electronics (or watching others) with the exception of modern phones. There is something grotesque about how unserviceable they are, the peeling of adhesive, every step feels like breaking it because you probably are. Closer to an autopsy or dissection
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This is what “separation of church and state” is tied up with …
& why figures, such as Hamilton, wanted an independent Fed
& why figures, such as Hamilton, wanted an independent Fed
Monasteries were medieval banks, as the inheritors of the temple economy. Abbots were effectively landlords and bankers, which is why peasant revolts targeted monastery properties to burn the records and archives
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“Discipline and Punish” comes full-circle
Curious to consider that many of the “gulags” in the Soviet Union were reclaimed monasteries— the practice being effectively that of “forced monasticism” — which was practiced all across christendom as a form of imposing “internal exile”— this is the idea of - “life sentence” in prison etc.
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Rhizomatic-Ur is coming.
All of these announcements have been about breaking up the federal government to run it decentralized out of each major city.
All of these announcements have been about breaking up the federal government to run it decentralized out of each major city.
Hegseth:
We are launching Fortress America.
Every major military installation in America is going to generate its own power, independent of the civilian grid.
If an adversary takes down the grid, our bases stay lit.
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philohawk retweeted
“You will own nothing and be happy” was already contained in the founders decision to substitute the “pursuit of happiness” for Locke’s “property”
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philohawk retweeted
My theory is the Bible has a built in 4-1 structure so Pentateuch is genesis to the other 4, then the four gospels to acts and revelation to Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Daniel
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AI-Urbanism incoming
"You're living in a dying community."
Former mayor of Massena NY, James Hidy, speaks up at a public meeting about whether the town should allow data centers to be built there.
"You have no revenue coming in ... within the next 3 years, [town government] will have to start "[Massena] has has crumbling infrastructure... we're losing people left and right in this community; look at the number of boarded-up houses, look at the number of businesses that are going out of business..."
Mr. Hidy appears to be warm towards allowing data centers in Massena not because they're ideal, nor because they even tend to generate that much in revenue or jobs -- but basically because Massena is dying, and cannot afford to say no to any form of investment in the community.
His comments about Massena's decline are hauntingly accurate. His speech is sobering and his remarks on Massena are irrefutable.
This is what I am talking about. These places are dying. If they are to be resuscitated it's now or never, and judging by those heckling the former mayor as he offered his public comment -- the answer is likely to be "never."
(Video from Donald Tresohlavy on FB)
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The Medium is The Message
Have you ever thought that it's really weird you can’t add pictures to laws? I see so many laws that would be clearer and more logical if we could just include a map or a blueprint.
Congress recently passed my initiative to bring legislation into the 21st century and explore e text of bills–this is a long overdue step in the legislative process.
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“I had a little bank account
Not very much, a small amount
Which to the savings bank I took
All they gave me was a book
[…]
Oh, what a dirty trick
This soup line makes me sick
Where can that banker be?
He's eating soup with me”
Not very much, a small amount
Which to the savings bank I took
All they gave me was a book
[…]
Oh, what a dirty trick
This soup line makes me sick
Where can that banker be?
He's eating soup with me”
The dream of “economic collapse” is actually the Kingdom of God, where the state vanishes and things become free. True collapse is hyperinflation, $25 for bread
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philohawk retweeted
Disagree. Constantine’s church merely appropriated it and then confiscated the property of real Christians
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Close, but it will be right-populist and based in pagan-volkism all masked by Thoreau-Emerson sensibility.
“Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.” Olson, 1946
“Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.” Olson, 1946
The world-historic El Niño hasn’t really started, and we’re already burning like never before. And yet there’s so much we can do to reduce harm and make life better. It might take a minute, but I think a huge wave of left-populist climate mobilization is coming.
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