A History of the World’s Most Liberal City. — About A book by American journalist Russell Shorto, who also wrote New York City, The Island at the Center of the World. Dutch provinces were part of Holy Roman Empire, which according to Voltaire, was “neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.”

301–350 — About Listening to all albums (at least once) in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. For the record, 1000 *pretty much anything* in an absurd undertaking. Each album has a little background and any tracks I particularly enjoyed. TL;DR Great means the whole album was fantastic. Good albums…

Cruxes. — Misc Studies show 3rd grade competencies have a pivotal influence on life outcomes Depressed people are fixated on the past, while anxious people are consumed by the future. A sabine is a unit of sound absorption named after the physics professor, Wallace Sabine who studied acustics The US working and middle…

The pon(z)ies. — Things I found interesting from the 147-page thesis. My comments in non-quoted italic. Don’t understand the copy-paste investing section. Starts professional, but a bit sloppy at the end (e.g. “Don’t. Fuck. Up. The. Money.” and “get in loser, we’re going shopping”). Littered with plugs and ads for Messari (fair enough)…

Morsi. — Misc In a single week in late June 2022, the conservative Supreme Court justices expanded gun rights, overturned Roe vs Wade, blew a hole in the wall between church and state, and curtailed the fight against climate change. US pension funds — through their share ownership — practically control the top…

251–300 — About Listening to all albums (at least once) in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. For the record, 1000 *pretty much anything* in an absurd undertaking. Each album has a little background and any tracks I particularly enjoyed. TL;DR Great means the whole album was fantastic. Good albums…

1,001 Things. — Events January Lerwick Up Helly Aa (Jan-Mar, Shetland, Scotland) Northern Lights Festival (Tromsø, Norway) IHF Handball Championship (various) La Tamborrada (San Sebastián, Spain). 24/7 drum festival! Febuary Carnival of Venice (Venice, Italy) Yacht Week (Croatia) Maslenitsa (Russia) Carnaval (Maastricht, Netherlands) The Carnival Of Ivrea (Ivrea, Italy). Orange-throwing. March St. Patricks Day (Ireland)

Misc “Streamed content, as forceful and ephemeral as wind, demands about as much mental space as it does shelf space.” From the Age of Browsing to the Age of Scrolling. If climate change impact of a single country (e.g. Australia) is “too small to matter,” then I’ll adopt the same principles…

Industrial Revolution. — Quick weekend trip to visit a good friend to try and go to the Manchester Derby before catching a train to Liverpool for a Champions League match — football and beer! No masks (immediately after exiting the plane); thick accents; Northern Quarter hostel (bunks); worker bees; opposing team football marching…