Caitlin Moscatello: The Fleishman Effect. There’s a game a friend of mine likes to play in her affluent Brooklyn neighborhood: When she’s walking down Henry Street, she looks up at the multimillion-dollar brownstones and imagines the lives of the people inside. (more)

aka Non Player Character; aka Consumer, normie (more)

Want to learn Flask, so using it to build little WikiEngine, which might end up hosting my WikiLog. I'll call the engine WikiFlux. (Update: now available as hosted FluxGarden.) (more)

some things some gurus thing are acceptable snacks (more)

Biosequestration is the capture and storage of the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by continual or enhanced biological processes. This form of carbon sequestration occurs through increased rates of photosynthesis via land-use practices such as reforestation, sustainable forest management, and genetic engineering.[1][2] Methods and practices exist to enhance soil carbon sequestration in both sectors of agriculture and forestry. Additionally, in the context of industrial energy production, strategies such as Bio-energy (bio-fuel) with Carbon Capture and Storage to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from coal, petroleum, or natural gas-fired electricity generation can utilize an alternative of algal bio sequestration (see algae bioreactor). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosequestration (more)

see Biosequestration, Carbon Sequestration

Magazine (Whole Earth Review) and Whole Earth Catalog founded by Stewart Brand http://www.wholeearthmag.com/ (more)

M.G. Siegler (born November 2, 1981) is a general partner at Google Ventures, where he primarily focuses on seed and early-stage investments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Siegler

The Illuminati (/ɪˌluːmɪˈnɑːti/; plural of Latin illuminatus, 'enlightened') is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in Bavaria, today part of Germany. The society's stated goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati

cf Communism

Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion.[1] He alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry,[2][3] and elsewhere. Ultimately, he was censured for refusing to cooperate with, and abusing members of, the committee established to investigate whether or not he should be censured. The term "McCarthyism", coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy's practices, was soon applied to similar anti-communist activities. Today, the term is used more broadly to mean demagogic, reckless, and unsubstantiated accusations, as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

Why Do Republicans Keep Destroying Their Own Leaders? Fourteen experts on the roots of Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and what’s broken in American politics (more)

America’s Political Turmoil. Imagine if you were a foreign leader surveying the political chaos in the United States: (more)

Analysis | A messy time for Republicans. Donald Trump will be arraigned for the second time in less than three months on Tuesday. (more)

When America Was Awash in Patriotic Frenzy and Political Repression. Adam Hochschild’s new book, “American Midnight,” offers a vivid account of the country during the years 1917-21, when extremism reached levels rarely rivaled in our history. (more)

M.G. Siegler: Phonies. I used to watch Tucker Carlson regularly. This is true!¹ He had a show called Tucker in 2005 on MSNBC (more)

To the World, Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Is Just Another Example of U.S. Disarray. There was a time, not that long ago, when the United States presumed to teach the world how it was done. When it held itself up as a model of a stable, predictable democracy. (more)

Thom Hartmann: Why Donald Trump and the GOP are Burning the Entire System Down. Today’s Republican Party is dedicated to destroying what they call the “deep state.” (more)

What to know about the Tucker Carlson January 6 footage. Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired newly released footage on his show Monday from the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. (2021 Storming of the US Capitol) (more)

John Warner: Teen Mental Health Distress Didn't Start with the Phones. This past week, Jonathan Haidt, New York University professor of psychology and co-author (with Greg Lukianoff) of The Coddling the American Mind: How Good Intentions are Setting Up a Generation for Failure (2018), tweeted this out... When Haidt says there was “no sign of a teen mental illness epidemic until around 2012,” he is wrong. (more)