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Sam Thomas
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I think ultimately they have a theory of mind that has proved incoherent - they punished the nans for greedily taking winter fuel payments, failing to realize that winter fuel payments was not what the right wing press meant when decrying benefits, because they do not understand other people
December 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hard to point to when it’s worked. it seems like it mostly does not.

20 years later (1984, Brazil)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969, France)
The Act of Killing / The Look of Silence
There was a Country, Chinua Achebe

Maybe for some version of working, see South Africa?
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That’s not the name of the painting! beautiful painting though, he painted it on the curve of the Rhône near the ancient town of Arles
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Local government fails again - time for something new? Integrated region wide transport planning?
December 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just killing time waiting for the train (waiting for me to leave)
December 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The essential problems is the cost of essentials has gone up so much, that imagining a nice future where you retire comfortably is hard! If housing and healthcare cost a lot that makes getting old scary! I need a house and a healthcare when I’m old 😔 I will not need a cheap tv
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Mittelwerk episodes are a great series, just wanted to say! You should have somebody on to talk about Mittelwerk in culture after the war (Gravity's Rainbow, V-2 Schneider, etc).
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Any of the set meals at Toconoco in Kingsland basin - they are all around £8!
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is a beautiful venue, can't wait!
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I was reading the new G20 report on inequality - 41% of new wealth is capture by the global 1%, compared to only 1% capture by the bottom 50%.

If trends continue, the global poor’s net worth will only increase by $1755 by 2100!
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
another day, another L for Chomsky
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Is this sister-steals-the-will
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Brian De Palma Over here
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
nice looking Maß - Prost!
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Oh maybe I misunderstood - I read it as collapse for these societies meant these specific things - but I think I should have read, collapse meant these specific things (among others)
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I wholeheartedly agree that collapse can mean many things, but that's in direct oposition to what you wrote in your previous post
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
it also would lose canals and irrigation coordination - feeding the Faiyum was pretty important to the people living there.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’ve wondered - I listen to this podcast called Fall of Civilizations, and they just released a podcast today - I guess it feels a bit value judgmental. Have you heard it? Do you have thoughts on it?

Loved the crusade podcast btw! Got this book from the reading list
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't think that's what is being said, but I do think that seeing a city you live in get turned into something else (like warehousing for students) can be sad actually.

When they build it all, and your world comes to pass, are you sure you'll want to live in it?
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sadly the ownership that agreed to his idea is still there, forever probably. I have one hope, and it's that they move the team to Vegas and Dallas gets to start over.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM