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4.6.6
Just another carbon unit infesting the creator's planet.
The “gotcha!” level of cynicism in American discourse that writes off good policy with good intentions:
1. as being bad for having (any) unintended bad consequences
2. as being bad due to being supposedly an instance of regulatory capture in the vested interests of another party
is going to prevent any material recovery over any span of time. (Commentary on the story arch of the locale and its people spanning back to my adolescence. Too fucking cynical to survive.)
This was a good trip.
I am going to miss the pickled delights from Hungary. This part of the flavor palette is primally appealing. Maybe one of the most notable memories food-wise will be the tökmagolajos savanyú káposzta.
Zala County is endowed with rustic nature. My chief memories will be canoeing on Kis-Balaton and exploring the bluffs.
There is something deeply unsettling about Corporate Memphis as a visual language.
It’s the kind of language that we all know would be used in Soylent Green’s literature on thanatoria of the film were made today due to its euphemistic conveyance of violence.
To wit, look at how the effective generative AI is at producing these specimens:
There is something rather triggering about seeing firms that offer subscription bundles under a brand monicker of “One.”
My brain can’t stop replacing: “one” with “rent-seeking one stop.”
Also: damn — did these firms just copy one another’s vibes here with this name convention.
The SEM report from Nov. 2025 in this is fascinating:
@_dm@infosec.exchange Looking forward to the feature requests to support the new Trümpmenbaşy calendar across the various ecosystems.
In case you didn’t see it in the news today, O(10000s) came to the streets in Minneapolis to protest the federal occupation with a regional strike. Many local businesses shut down.
Only mentioning this since it seems that media downplayed the event or chose to not cover it (fly-over country after all).
Also worth noting: getting and sustaining a crowd this large at -28°C outside (don’t let the clear skies confuse you) is rather notable for the social barometer.
(Not my photo)