Shirley Tillotson

On the Lou's Basement trail in the McIntosh run trail system

A sinuous line of compacted snow crawls across a landscape of granite and winter-stripped bushes

The pressure of many feet compacted the snow and now they've slowed the melting

The traces of winter's walking

Denmark responded to 1973 oil crisis by reducing car-dependency. Let's do that now. - Streetsblog Chicago "The government had to introduce car-free Sundays. And then people realized that the car-free Sunday was the best day of the week."

FYI the 1970s oil crisis was the impetus for Copenhagen turning into a cycling city

The best Vegas 😅

Hunter S. Thompson's Vegas, I take it?!

False-spring patio "season" (day?) coming soon. Has to be a south-facing patio

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Yes, same. Norwegian is a bit odd, but Welsh strikes fear

I like learning languages, building on a foundation of French and German laid down in high school.

Just here to say "Holy shit, Norwegian!"

What a workout! 🇳🇴♥️🇳🇴♥️

That's quite the map, James. Thanks!

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I know, right? I don't think I have spoken its name for decades

*interesting not interdisciplinary! Although the latter is true, too

It's an interdisciplinary moment we're in -- I do
expect that the above-mentioned committee is meeting even now.

And Poulantzas would probably like a word now, too

Channeling the voice of Karen, Queen of the Bourgeoisie.

Perfect. No notes.

Some days, reading the news, I wonder if I share a certain "Thank god I live in a backwater" comfort with, say, the Falkland Islands?

I love watching people use LLMs in public. They’ll reply to a breaking news article and say “@grok is this true?” Babe where do you think it’s about to pull its answer from

I remember my second university ID number (only used the first one for a few months), but my email address on Pine? Gone forever.

I'm surprised I even remember the existence of Pine!

Fifteen years and a lot of living

Nova Scotia’s HST to Drop in 2025

Here's the announcement of last year's tax cuts

Nova Scotia’s HST to Drop in 2025 | Government of Nova Scotia News Releases share.google/wcfp1g2Vw6Xk...

In NS, the gov't withdrew a new tax (non-resident homes) that met with stiff opposition. The Premier even said something like "I was wrong"

Pathbreaking!

If he were now to reverse the recent HST cut, even if saying "Good idea then, but hooboy, things have changed," it would be impressive

Fleeced, and it's not just sheep-shearing

I was mostly at this point a week ago. 😎

The Trump White House is a well-oiled political machine.

I think you'll find it clarifying. Whether it delivers the hope you'd like? A little bit, I'd say

I think you'll find it clarifying. Whether it delivers the hope you'd like? A little bit, I'd say

Yep. And the discussion toward the end of combining charisma and cold-bloodedness made me go "yep"

Carney's particular vulnerability to doing a poor job is (oddly) like Trump's -- that he hasn't worked his way up thru a legislature.

I also loved the 'windbag' section

What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? Learning from Max Weber In the third part of our series David and Paul Sagar explore what the German writer and sociologist Max Weber can teach us about the pitfalls of political life and political philosophy. Why is doing…

Max Weber's essay Politics as a Vocation. Might be relevant. I'm listening to a discussion of it and it really made me think of Carney's situation. pca.st/episode/b557...

Is he a shipping economics expert?

Ooh! ALL the acronyms 👏 Thanks!