For your existential edification, here is a quick round up of recent posts you may not have read¹.

• Reclaim YOUR internet.
  Time to make some changes to the way you scroll….
• Words for those who build online.
  Reclaiming the interwebs.
• Not all NDE’s are pleasant.
  Report of an NDE.
• Video: Life is short.
  Another recommended longform viewing. Author Michael Pollan in interview.
• The effects of noise pollution on birds.
  “Overall, the literature review showed that human-generated noise—whether from traffic, construction, or other activities—had significant effects on birds’ behavior and physiology. A bird species’ life history made a difference in how they responded to unnatural ambient noise. Cavity-nesting birds, for example, experienced negative impacts on growth compared to birds using open nests. City birds exhibited… Read more: The effects of noise pollution on birds.
• Dumping its burden.
  Pushing up the valleyLike a lump in the throat Like sellotape fireLike sea chest cymbals Like dumping it’s burdenLike counting danger distanceLike spell cast petrichor Like skid-sod blitz. I love a good thunderstorm. From the humbling immensity to the fear (OK, you’re just a little scared too, right?) to the sweet smell and electric crispness… Read more: Dumping its burden.
• Reading: The Subversive Simone Weil.
  An amazing woman you have probably never even heard of.
• What the flip is happening to Australia?
  This from the article: I saw a video of two cops pinning a kid in a keffiyeh face down on the ground and proceeding to punch him over and over again long after he’d been subdued. I saw another video of police repeatedly punching a middle-aged man who was holding his hands in the air until he fell to… Read more: What the flip is happening to Australia?

1. So as not to swamp your inbox, I don’t send out every post I make via email and provide a once-a-week summary instead. ↩︎