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Thanks! Makes sense. I appreciated your assessment, fwiw.

Did you see Emily Wilson's review in the LRB? If so, thoughts? She seemed less favorable than you (tho the film has done wonders for sales of her translation).

Ran into a ton of those in Prague earlier this year (yes, all UK folks) and they were super fun with all the costumes and matching outfits and silliness (tho I will say they were a bit less fun after midnight, rat-arsed in the club).

🙄 Argh.

Surely, headphones are not a novel concept?

What is it with Boomers watching videos on their phones in coffee shops on full volume?

...take away the oppressors' power to dominate and suppress, they restore to the oppressors the humanity they had lost in the exercise of oppression. It is only the oppressed who, by freeing themselves, can free their oppressors." He calls this response of the oppressed "a gesture of love."

Also, maybe loving trillionaires means removing from them the soul-destroying burden of excessive wealth. As Paolo Friere notes, "As the oppressors dehumanize others and violate their rights, they themselves also become dehumanized. As the oppressed, fighting to be human...

After watching World Cup matches or attending events (e.g., free concerts at the Philly FIFA Fan Fest) almost daily for 39 days - as well as seeing all kinds of wonderful content from our international visitors - it's a bit of a let down having life return to normal.

Homan is a truly vile human being.

I'm so glad that's over and happy with the result.

FINALLY!!

Moved onto a Marianito cocktail - basically sweet vermouth pondering the possibility of being a Negroni.

Now moving onto a Media Combinación cocktail for the game.

Tom Cruise? Eww.

Gearing up to watch the World Cup final match, mixing Spanish cocktails for the duration, starting now for the pre-game, with a Pomada - basically a lemonade slushy with gin.

I'm getting the sense that some non-trivial percentage of recent ICE hires have been people who otherwise can't hold a job because they're unstable and emotionally disregulated.

Oh wow. Clearly, a lot of people have never repaired a bike tire or adjusted a chain, or maybe even never adjusted handlebars or a seat. (Judging from how uncomfortably low a lot of people have their seats, this tracks.)

Basically, the domestic abuser who says, "If you don't want me to have to hit you again, you better shut your filthy mouth."

Welp. Maybe Spain will finish them off.