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I wish I was a cat

#catsofmastodon #cat

Hope is not a plan.

But without hope, why bother planning?

#hope #hopeless

Why are you running, was it something that somebody said?
What are you hiding from, are the voices alone in your head?

I just finished Carmageddon. It's mostly how/why things are terrible (things I already knew, if in less detail), not much hope, and extremely short on practical advice. And of course, the city I find myself in (I moved here temporarily and got stuck for 20 years), Dallas, is frequently used as an example of the most terrible.

At this point, I've been behaviorally conditioned to experience rage whenever I hear Paychex's hold music.

On the Way to Valentine's Day

daniel.industries/2023/09/19/on-the-way-to-valentines-day/

One tab closed, two tabs opened.

I'm currently listening to Carmageddon (by Daniel Knowles), on loan from the Dallas library via Libby. In attempting to buy an epub copy -- desired so I can read and highlight it in Readwise Reader, which will sync with my notetaking app -- I discovered I could not purchase a DRM-free ebook copy anywhere. The publisher does not even offer an ebook for purchase. This finally led to the rather easy discovery of a pirated copy. DRM creates piracy.

"The most dangerous places to drive (or to be a pedestrian in America) are all in places where the population has grown most in the past fifty years or so...In Dallas, the traffic death rate is ten times what it is in New York State." -- Carmageddon (Daniel Knowles)

"It has been well documented that spending time in nature improves our mental wellbeing. It literally makes us happier. But it’s something we do very little of. Research shows that, on average, “North Americans spend over 93 percent of their waking hours indoors or in cars (and the other 7 percent is spent travelling between buildings and cars)”.

readwise.io/reader/shared/01han4ypsykt20cdffvdb0mhpy