Look this is cheesy but the NASA livestream comments are overflowing with "Godspeed from ______" comments and it warms the heart. We do nationalize space travel a lot, soft power etc., but on the long horizon this is a human adventure and that's what will be remembered.
WSJ had a quote from Artemis II’s commander, a widower who admits to “worry about his daughters. ‘I could have a very comfortable life for them. But I’m also a human, and I see the spirit in their eyes that is burning in my soul too. And so we’ve just got to never stop going.’”
My contrarian take: this is good. It follows in the anglo tradition of "Ruin Lust" which has recently been in the timeline (https://t.co/kH9wr8eLnh). It's a reminder. Of how delicate our civilization is. Of how beautiful our monuments are. And that it is our duty to maintain them
The Church of England decided this week to cover the interior of the oldest cathedral in England in graffiti in order to represent the voices of “marginalised communities.”
The Very Rev David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury, said: “There is a rawness which is magnified by the graffiti style, which is disruptive. It is unfiltered and not sanitised.”
“This exhibition intentionally builds bridges between cultures, styles and genres and allows us to receive the gifts of younger people who have much to say.”
It’s actually stunning how much the elite of Britain hate their own culture and civilisation.
You couldn’t even invent this as satire.
They are literally scrawling graffiti on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Everything beautiful is just torn down and destroyed.
Every time you dunk on someone’s stupid, evil, unacceptable behavior and message, imagine yourself serving them. A slave on the line every other hater, towing the blocks up the pyramid, building the idol of oppression you hate. Attention is care, energy, fuel: starve them out.