I have become fastidious about washing my hands, maybe even a little OCD, but I have also decided the dog and cats are sanitary, and I am still entirely clean if I have been petting the animals and letting the dog lick my hands and face.
That’s how it works. It’s just science.
MetaFilter: In Russia, China, Iran, and the United States, autocracy is stumbling and liberal democracy is looking resilient. (But in the US at least, the far right isn’t taking no for an answer.)
Noah Smith: “… although liberal democracy is the GOAT, each generation is driven to fuck around and find out.”
Also Smith: “People love to think of themselves as the inheritors of a great civilization. But I’d rather think of myself as the ancestor of a great civilization yet to come!”
Also Smith: We’re entering another period of conflict between great world powers. In those conflicts, there are no good guys, only bad guys and less bad guys. Hopefully, we’ll be the less bad guys this time.
A friend reminds me that I started getting healthy and fit after I attended a science fiction convention in around 2007, and saw that a third of the fans in attendance were using mobility scooters. I saw that for my own not-too-distant future if I didn’t lose weight and start exercising.
And so I did.
A few years after that convention, I attended another and was satisfied when I climbed a short flight of stairs two at a time.
That’s not something I’d do today. My wind and muscles would be able to do it easily, but my knees would protest.
Hello again, micro.blog! It’s me, Mitch Wagner, getting a fresh start on a new blog.
If you follow me on atomicrobotlive you can keep right on doing that, or you can just follow me here. I’ll explain what I’m doing later. I’m still figuring it out myself.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. 📷
27 years in California and sometimes I’m still amazed by palm trees. 📷
Nice work, neighbors. 📷
Would you like to see a one-minute video of Minnie running around the backyard and digging? Of course you would. 📷
Lake Murray in the morning, San Diego, CA, 7:40 am PT. A Day In The Life #adayinthelife
