thanks and links for 2024-W09

a post in a series

Meister Eckhart – d. 1328* – known for saying, inter alia, that a thank-you is enough*

thank you so much, all who share
an interest in one or more
items noted – with links – below

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2024-03-03 / notes

*a link; see also the about page for how posts – and copies on fw – use links

☛ see bit.ly/georgeatherton for some lightly edited notes from every post in this series

2024-03-03 is 2024-W09-7* / other notes for all posts in this series are under “▼” here

please copy and share whatever you like … and thanks for sharing with me new links to note*

“structure and associated routines, a sense of purpose, and a sense of community” (!gb)
/ these needs are met by a job if you have one, and if you don’t, it’s you must meet them

“Vitamin B12 is made by microorganisms found in the soil …” / Colin Campbell (!gb)*

the earliest known musical instrument: a 40,000-year-old bone flute (!*)*

four insatiable desires: acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and love of power*

ignorance leads to extinction, ignorance of what we are not: “we are not this ego” (!g)

power depends on ego and as a social illness unaddressed is terminal: the end of us all*

former senior UN official* on “the global rule maker” and its military interventions*

Bill Astore: Airman sets himself on fire to protest genocide in Gaza* / Bill Astore (!?)*

“We each own our personal response … This is who we are.” / Caitlin Johnstone*

media: elsewhere, people know it’s all lies; here, we’re trained to believe it’s the truth*

the people now whining about their safety were then actively endangering Corbyn*

angst … ennui … weltschmerz* … dukkha (!?) / nothing is perfect, ideal, complete, …*

further notes may be appended to copies on fw