San Francisco fanboy, former editor, current nonprofit exec, wanderer, and sometimes poet. Frequent seeker of kindness and nuance.
"And with that puerile quarrel between stubborn warlords over the right to own and to rape a girl, Western literature begins." ... "Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture." A must-read essay by Solnit
Rebecca SolnitBeard's essay opens, "I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; telling her that her voice was not to be heard in public." My essay on the Odyssey, Andrew & Tristan Tate, misogyny then & now:
As Taylor put it, "enough for a safety net, but not enough to remove the need to build something of their own." #TaxTheRich finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
Like Bill Gates, this billionaire is cutting his kids inheritance to 8 figures because he’d rather give more to philanthropy than his great-grandkidsVoyager founder Dylan Taylor says his kids will inherit millions, not billions—he'd rather fund philanthropy than future generations he'll never meet.finance.yahoo.comThis was great. We need more of this given (waves arms all around) all that's going on.
The Bulb RegionBefore tomorrow’s new edition, make sure to read our contributor Frances Klein’s (@fklein907.bsky.social) tasty short, “Godzilla and Mothra Walk into a Bar,” published in The Daily Drunk. dailydrunkmag.com/2023/05/17/g...
He’ll find a way to “save face.” There will be an amazing breakthrough, best breakthrough in the history of breakthroughs. We’ll have won again or he’ll show “mercy.” But… don’t be surprised if this is yet another trial run to see if his loyalists will remain loyal… to see how far he can push chaos.