excog

excog@mastodonapp.uk

<p>Biology at uni. Now way past my sell-by-date. But one day at a time. That's the hic and the nunc.</p><p>Interests include: Film, photography, art[s], science, environment, technology, design, architecture, current affairs.</p>

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Post #3172830
▪️ #lit #art #essays The Public Domain Review is something new to me. probably many others too. But boy what a cornucopia this is. Just the place to go to wean yourself off social media. Let&#39;s face it, hours of checking your feeds - stimulus and response - but what have you got at the end of the day? Presque rien. A quick check, OK, but get a decent longform up quick and stick with it till the end. Here&#39;s a gem. Kirsten Tambling on Swiss artist Gottfried Mind: https:/...
Post #3172829
⬜ #art #arthistory #engraving #JamesPoulard My highly efficient book-decluttered came across a 1953 Readers Union edition of Rachel Carson&#39;s, The Sea Around us. Was this a chuck? Argh no! Forgot I possessed it. It has a 2-page frontispiece (title in next page) titled, A Chart of the Gulf Stream with attribution to James Poulard. There is very little on Poulard online, except brief biogs and a few other art works for sale. An American colonial era engraver. https://dickjohnson...
Post #3172826
Well yes. Betw. post &amp; reply I&#39;ve been thinking: Labour from Attlee supported Israel. For different reasons then. The Holocaust, geopolitics (oil and Arab nationalism). Now we have a fully integrated what is termed Military Economic Complex particularly the US, UK and Israel. This has bound these states together in the face of opposition inside their own countries. We very much toady to the US because their corporations are heavily invested in Israel. They all have research d...
Post #3172824
▪️ @HarriettMB Hi Harriet, When you think about it, and there is a compendious detailed history, the state does not look kindly on anyone trying to disrupt it or the core feature of the economy. It&#39;s inherently conservative. So many e.g.s Readily to mind the peace movements of 60s and 70s that were thoroughly infiltrated by police undercover officers e.g. Greenham Common stage. But you can go back to Churchill abd then back to absolute monarchy govt. spies e.g. Walsingham for QE I.
Post #3172823
▪️ #Socialmedia There&#39;s a sweet spot between mid-morning coffee and uncorking the wine half an hour before lunch, a lull in every day life, a calm in the Atlantic, a Phoney War even, when there&#39;s enough time to write a few posts or acerbic replies in your favourite platforms. Only an hour or so, mind, after reading a few articles in the papers and a couple of longforms. Then off. When the Malbec has had time to breath, it&#39;s time to stop, unless your livelihood depen...
Post #3172821
⬜ #climatechange #capitalism #SallyRooney When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? - Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system Sally Rooney, Irish Times, 23 Nov 2024 🧐 Novelist, author of Normal People. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/11/23/sally-rooney-when-are-we-going-to-have-the-courage-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_...
Post #3172819
A graph showing capitalism has not involved exponential growth of something or other. I think that is a strawman. Economies grow. 1700 to today. We can step back &amp; back till we reach the nub. Capitalists are investors and they want things to invest in which give good returns. It&#39;s dynamic. If that doesn&#39;t provide a good dividend, they can re-invest it in something that does. Mind you as economies grow, more things to invest in. I know nothing worth mentioning on su...