Brian Beach has moved @bwbeach@qoto.org

the struggle was real

In the United States, women ONLY had 50 years of bodily autonomy and personhood. I am 60.

Town planning used to be an Olympic sport. That was an unexpected and delightful thing to learn. 25 minutes and one podcast episode ago, I did not know that town planning and architecture and painting all used to be Olympic sports. Now I am bereft to live in a world where they no longer are.

https://www.everythingisalive.com/episodes/connor-painting

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#EverythingIsAlive

“These are not poor misguided but otherwise very nice people: they're fascists, and Donald Trump is where he is because he's giving them what they want to hear, while promising them social supremacy and vengeance. They WANT the end of Democracy.”

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1748758784686850292.html

You know what is always cool? Books and libraries. The original subscription free entertainment

Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds

The report, compiled by the progressive Groundwork Collaborative thinktank, found corporate profits accounted for about 53% of inflation during last year’s second and third quarters. Profits drove just 11% of price growth in the 40 years prior to the pandemic, according to the report.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits

A thing I wrote in a recent draft:

"...on the team side, the reality of team practices that claim to be autonomous at large organizations is that supposed independence of action is frequently sustained by senior members or managers “protecting” their teams from external dependencies and taking on the work of advocacy as individual responsibility (Moe et al., 2019; Hicks, et al 2023)."

I think this is a big point with large psychological implications although software journals, alas, did not

So much of humanization, or lack thereof, in our systems come down to whether the things people tell us about their own lived experience is deemed valid data.

January 17, 1893 - Queen Lili`uokalani of the independent kingdom of Hawai`i was overthrown as she was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. Marines.

American businessmen, particularly sugar plantation owners, led by Lorrin Thurston, had supported annexation of the islands to the United States. The Queen had been working on a new constitution that would restore voting rights to native Hawaiians.

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After a tough day, a tiny octopus finds somewhere safe to have a snooze, in this handy clam shell.

Photographed in Lembah Strait, off Indonesia, by Franco Tulli (Australian Nature Photographer Awards 2021).

https://theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/27/australian-geographic-nature-photographer-of-the-year-2021-in-pictures #octopus #octopi #photography

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More importantly his answer on abortion, rather than outline policy expressed the way republicans *feel* about abortion. He expressed religious righteousness, but also ambivalence "some women don't know they are pregnant at 5 weeks." He reaffirmed that "we are the good people" by pivoting to how Democrats are evil "HRC wants to rip the baby right out!"

This helps his audience regain a sense of moral clarity on an issue that can be morally difficult for them. 4/

Negligence can kill; Boeing isn’t the only US co that’s guilty of prioritizing profits over safeguards, but Boeing’s primary bus is safely flying millions of passengers. The FAA will demand changes & fines will be imposed, but their bus model & culture must also be transformed: This debacle is bound to raise concerns that Boeing was unduly focused on returning to profitability ASAP after the 2018 & 2019 crashes that killed 346 people. #CorporateNegligence #CorporateGreed https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/12/boeing-737-door-plug-quality/

An open letter to the businesses of Irvington, Senator Aaron Freeman, and, in particular, Indy Cycle: https://justinharter.com/an-open-letter-to-the-businesses-of-irvington-senator-aaron-freeman-and-in-particular-indy-cycle/

Be a Mr Rogers.
- Wear comfy shoes.
- Celebrate kindness.
- Sow affirmations.
- Tell people you love them.
- Save time for make-believe.
- Sing silly little made up songs.
- Feed the fish.
- Testify before Senate subcommittee hearings and MAKE them listen to your demands.
- Wear sweaters.

My million dollar idea I want someone to steal and do, so I can be a customer.

"Dumb Stuff" we sell electronic appliances that aren't Internet connected. That's all.

That's it. That's the pitch. I would buy the <bleep> out of this company if their electronic gadgets were even half way decent, and repairable.

Electronic, no wifi, regular screws to open it up. That's it. Do those three things, and you can be sold by this store.

I will pay this business to curate and find these devices for me.

Today with breathtaking clarity the political journalists of the New York Times show us they cannot rise to the challenge of this election. The will portray it as just two candidates clashing, each calling the other a threat to democracy. “Reality Is at Stake” the headline reads—but these reporters will not tell us what the reality is, even though they know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-trump-biden.html