Mitch Wagner

Cal Newport: On Quiet Quitting.

“Every generation reaches a point where they begin to think more critically about what role, exactly, work should play in their life.”

I’m still working on that. I’ve always been a late bloomer.

Ian Welsh: How To Relax, Change & Be Free.

“… everyone is acting according to conditioning: religious, social, family, school, philosophical, etc… They’re in chains, and they regard those chains as themselves.”

Ben Dreyfuss: Romanian Cops Did Not Find Andrew Tate Because Of His Greta Thunberg Video: “This is a lesson in media failure and misinformation.”

I saw a bulldog wearing a sweatshirt today.

This seems like a black-funny story until you read the charges against Tate. He”s not just your average MRA grifter. He seems like a monster and predator who should never breathe free air again.

Andrew Tate Arrested for Human Trafficking in Romania After Pizza Box Gave Away His Location. [Laura Bassett/Jezebel] “A video the men’s rights activist tweeted in response to Greta Thunberg’s burn about his small dick energy reportedly led authorities right to him.”

Four days after Elon bragged about unplugging an important server rack, Twitter went down hard. — Mike Masnick at Techdirt @mmasnick@mastodon.social

The woke mind virus strikes again!

“I remember reading an interview with a minister of an African state who said approximately, ‘every time a western minister visits us we get a lecture, every time a Chinese official visits we get a new hospital.’”

— Ian Welsh: A Map Showing The Two Main Geopolitical Blocs

Religious upbringing is great for kids, even for those of us who find ourselves nonbelievers, agnostics, or atheists. It helps a person figure out the world and cosmos and their place in it.

Talented trans woman writer Charlie Jane Anders @charliejane@wandering.shop remembers her time as a choirboy. She saw the best and worst of religion—“complicated and messy.”

Yesterday I read this post by Craig Mod about how he spends a big part of his day just walking around, unplugged, not connected to the Internet or listening to anything on earphones.

The Sorta Kinda Life Changing Bliss of Walking Solo

It made me think about how I seem to be looking at screens or listening to podcasts almost all the time¹, and how maybe it would be better if I just … not.

In particular, I thought about how lately I’m listening to many podcasts out of habit, rather than real interest.

So I set aside a half-hour of my walk yesterday to just … walk. I took the AirPods out of my ears and listened to nothing but ambient sound and my own thoughts.

Do you set aside time in your day to unplug?

Or does your life naturally encourage unplugging? I imagine if you’re working with your hands in an activity requiring thought, you can’t be listening to audiobooks at the time.