“At a certain point we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this. Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by by people who do not love us but want our money.”
— David Foster Wallace
@dieworkwear@dieworkwear genuine question: if the beauty of an outfit is rooted in its fidelity to past traditions, how can one innovate and create a coherent new aesthetic language?
@insiliconot@mattomattik@IamNomad@SilvXBT trip, random question; few years back you mentioned a political theorist who studied the flaws of mutliculturalism, importance of shared values, etc. could you remind his name please?
The entirety of life—all its purpose, beauties, majesty, tragedies, failures, weepings, stories, sciences, arts, music, loving, growth, religions, philosophies, cultures, living—can be condensed into one word: Family.
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE
Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.
This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible.
After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.
WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know.
As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.
Julian's freedom is our freedom.
[More details to follow]
3/ Napoleon on being too precautious:
"The torment of precaution is worse than the dangers it seeks to avoid: it is better to abandon yourself to destiny."
The compulsive need to preempt and predict all problems is its own type of hell
Over preparation is cowardice by proxy
@IamNomad automatic transaction that consists of independent escrows that release / control a total of 1B XRP each start of the month. do better. https://t.co/OVe45GRzx3