I'm having trouble just lately with trusting that anything is ever going to get better from now on, for me or for the world at large. I've been so low-energy for months, too, though that is partly my own fault. These thoughts and feelings are exhausting in themselves, and repetitive. Ugh. :{

Interesting, the number and kinds of responses one receives when, after not posting photos of oneself on social media for ages, one posts a few bathroom selfies over a couple of months. They're vaguely flattering pics -- that's why I chose them; you should see the five or six pics from each time tha...

seaux wrote:maybe your friends are just happy to see youUndoubtedly that is part of it, and that is sort of why I posted a few selfies! Is good, to show your face and say hi once in a while, especially in times of stress, especially if you have funny cat too! The greetings from friends, however, are...

Ted Hughes wrote:The Thought-FoxI imagine this midnight moment's forest:Something else is aliveBeside the Clock's lonelinessAnd this blank page where my fingers move.Through the window I see no star:Something more nearThough deeper within darknessIs entering the loneliness:Cold, delicately as the da...

Dylan tells Nobel committee he will not go to Sweden for ceremonyBob Dylan has told the Nobel prize committee he will not be attending the ceremony in Sweden to pick up his accolade. Dylan was named winner of this year s Nobel prize for literature in October for his vast body of lyrics and poetry bu...

Several years ago, I wrote:I've never had much use for Dylan's music and horrible cawing nasal voice and baby-boomer-icon status, but watching [No Direction Home, Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary] just now, two monents in particular really struck me:1. "Ballad of a Thin Man," UK 1966: with an angr...

stewie wrote:Christ. Listen to the cop at 0:40. He knows he has just shot a man for reaching for his wallet like he asked him to.BLM Minneapolis have asked that this video not be shared on social media (though no one has said anything about whether or not people ought to *watch* it; it's still up on...

New York Times: Minnesota Police Shooting s Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome VideoRIP, Philando Castle.15 Things Your City Can Do Right Now to End Police BrutalityJustice In Policing: Policy Toolkit

FM BadComrade posted something insider-y about this property's owner, elsewhere; I don't remember the details, but yeah, you don't want to do this, at all.

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