Mj lenderman rolled into Athens with 2 of his best friends to open for his favorite band ever and all he played was covers of Athens musicians, deep cut truckers songs they don’t play, and Pink Floyd. Insane
Definitely one of the funniest manifestations of the Americanization of UK politics — fear-mongering about “15 minute cities” in a country where 4/5 of the population lives in a 5-minute city and has done so since the Stone Age
You’re not imagining things—the plums that were in your icebox are *gone*. Here’s why that’s bad news:
• They were *your plums*, that you were saving for breakfast. That makes this personal for you.
• They were *sweet*, so whoever ate them *enjoyed* them. That’s unforgivable.
Christian writers have long talking about “thin places” where the boundary between heaven and earth collapses and the presence of God feels visceral.
A few years ago I met a guy from rural South Africa who said: “Where I’m from, the idea of not believing in God doesn’t even occur to people. Not everybody’s a Christian but everyone I know believes in a higher power. It’s obvious to us.”
Cities like London and New York are the opposite. They’re thick places, which is one reason why they’re centers of unbelief. It’s hard to relate to a creator when everything around you is man-made and the lights blind you to the majesty of the infinite cosmos.
These major cities shield you from the transcendent in the same way those heavy lead jackets at the dentist’s office block radiation.
Thin places tend to be quiet. But cities are physically (and spiritually) loud, which is why, when you’re in them, you can go weeks at a time without pausing to think about God.
Aw crap. I accidentally got addicted to the calculator that doesnt get anything right and was only invented six months ago. I let it do everything for me 🤦🏻♀️ But at least I have more free time to eat poop and crap from the toilet