Progressive faith leader and fledgling economic geographer. Wyomingite by birth, Vermonter by choice, and dabbling in Canadian-ness through a PhD sojourn in Newfoundland.
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Last Notes npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I think he's great. I'm not sure what people get up in arms about? Solid human. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I am not actually drawn to a 'politically oriented' instance, but if I were moving I would want it to be a space that truly welcomes the gamut of the fullness of life, vs. largely intending to be a space for French manuscript translation and the occasional literary shitpost npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL to be clear, I don't want to throw shade at zirkus- I think it's a really well-run project and I would probably keep my account here, too. I'm a paid subscriber, and I've been impressed. but I've always been a marginal fit in a lot of ways- I am far more political than most around here, and tend to do threaded posts which is less common npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL zirkus actually briefly considered cutting its character limit IN HALF in fall 2022 and 🤯. they backed away from the idea quickly, but it was so fascinating to understand that the thought was that 'even fewer words' somehow 'better supports microblogging.' I would have to do half as many chained threads if I had just a bit more space. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL If I were going to switch instances to something with a slightly higher character limit (want to know how long ours is? it's the length of my posts 😂 ), what would you recommend? npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL TIL that 'the quiet part out loud' is actually from Krusty the Clown on the Simpsons npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Spouse and I both also experience intense bitter taste with coffee, which is a bummer. We thought we got a bad box, and dumped the beans and cleaned out the grinder ... only to have the exact same reaction to different, also good coffee. Hopefully that passes. We didn't have any taste or smell disruption in general, that we ever noticed. Might be lingering paxlovid FX. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL The congestion is in my ears, mostly, and very annoying but no longer painful. I do have noticeable muscle fatigue, basically immediately and doing things that aren't exercise and don't feel hugely muscle-involved. Also experiencing HR acceleration when standing, walking or changing positions. I don't think I'd notice this if I hadn't started watching- what it feels like is not heart racing, but general malaise. Like, when this happens what I notice is that I don't feel well. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL All other members of my family are testing negative (they all got sick before I did). My test looked like it was going to be negative, too, but after 20 min (the read time) has a very faint line- so faint that it reads like a hologram. I'm mildly disappointed but glad to be trending neg and hopeful for tomorrow. I have an occasional cough, which hasn't been a primary symptom this time. Still congested, like 3/10, and mostly just feeling run down. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL one thing that we all have in common is that we caught our infections on vacation, and through another younger family member who gave it to us as a vector. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Two members of my (four-member) committee now also have active covid, in addition to myself. We have yet to be together in a room and caught our infections in three different countries ... tis the season 🤦🏻♀️ npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL fwiw, 50,000 deaths per year is 8,000 more than the number of US car accident deaths annually. That's what they're asking us to normalize. 'Covid toll will just be worse than cars.' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Thank you, NPR, for centering the weirdest take ever. Very public focused. Definitely the norms we all need. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL My takeaway from reading today plus experiencing my life this past week is that 1. much of the Western world is in the throes of an Omicron-level covid surge, with geometric case spread, 2. if you don't want it and you're not in lockdown mode you to need to be VERY savvy, have a great fitting mask and assume that you ARE being exposed basically constantly 3. with this level of constant exposure, it's not going to take an hour or a lot of intimacy for you to get it 4. having covid still SUCKS. 👍🏻 npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I am discouraged in a way that surprises me ... I had a rough time with Covid last time, too (worse, actually), and Paxlovid helped. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL We gave 'skipping Paxlovid' a good shake, but my trajectory has been so much worse than my family's (they all got sick and are still blowing their noses but are ambulatory and perky- cooking dinner, playing the violin, taking long walks outside, etc) that I am like fuck this shit, bring the antiviral. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I dreamed last night that I had been captured by some sort of Dutch torture regime and they had put something in my throat that felt like it was cutting me every time I swallowed. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL When Israel paves over Gaza and US dual nationals are buying beachfront condos and God knows where the children of Gaza have gone, is the developed world gonna carry on like this all didn't happen? Honest question. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL me, trying to think of politically plausible pathways out of the TX death cult spiral 🤦🏻♀️ npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Maybe everyone could abandon Texas at once and then (white) private equity could annex the whole thing at disaster capital markdown. You know, like what happened in Detroit. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL In retrospect, I am also really glad that 'sorry your knife is gone; a crow took it' is not a sentence I had to say to the homeowners npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Also if this is a portent of doom I 100% don't want to know about it, thx npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL It did drop the knife first. The entire thing was so mind-exploding and Euro goth that I just sequestered it in 'weird memories to review later' while we left for the airport. 😂 😱 npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL On our last morning in the Netherlands, younger son yelled for us when he woke up BECAUSE THERE WAS A CROW HOLDING A KNIFE on the desk in his attic room. Houses don't have screens and the attic bedroom windows push out at a slant ... apparently this guy just hopped or flew right in, and then was drawn to the (small and sharp) knife that the teen whose bedroom it was had (somewhat mystifyingly and ambiguously) left on the desk. It flew away with a clatter, right back out the window. 🤷🏻♀️ npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I did not foresee 'block Brianna Wu' on my to do list for today, but here we are npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL We also spent a few nights in Paris and a couple in Germany. Paris was out of its mind at the time (it was a week to opening ceremonies) and Germany was raining ... our long stays, though, were fabulous. We can imagine living in these places. We did. We are. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Overall, we very much recommend the trip. Switzerland was as gorgeous as you imagine, and we found it easier to visit than we had feared. I really do recommend Valais as a region in which to base yourself- it is a place with TONS of personality, and where the two tallest Swiss mountains are. If you like hiking and trains you will be in heaven, and it's possible to do on a general 'Europe' budget. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Things that are absolutely unbelievably expensive in Switzerland: dining out, hotel nights in the 3 largest cities, entry fees, bottled water, tap water, peeing in public, per-trip rail tickets, Swiss citizenship npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Things that are pretty affordable in Switzerland (compared to the things that are not, and compared to the US and Canada which is where we otherwise spend our time): buying food and cooking your own meals (groceries were comparable with or cheaper than Vermont and Newfoundland), renting a car, renting an Airbnb in the Alps during the summer (we got two weeks for less than what we paid for ONE in the Netherlands) npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Thing I brought that seemed a little ridiculous BUT WAS NOT IT WAS AMAZING I AM BRILLIANT: my foam pillow, giver of joy, harbinger of middle age, whatever whatever. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Things we did not bring and ended up buying: hiking poles. reusable water bottles. reusable store bags (whywhywhywhywhy what have we all done) npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Things we felt it neccessary to carry with us to Europe: bananagrams. 12 books, some unreasonably heavy, including a D&D gamemaster handbook. an unopened and heavy bag of Molly's Suds detergent. Jackets. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I mean, I think most people invested in tech stocks had a serious eye on Nvidia for most of the past two years. We aren't Nvidia holders but we are definitely tech invested in multiple ways and this has been an interesting 24 hours given that we are already trying to make long-term decisions. 😅 npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Mastodon seems split pretty evenly between 'crash and burn, motherfuckers' and JE SUIS NVIDIA npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL counterpoint: PLEASE tell us why the book matters to you. Tell us where the picture you're posting was taken. Tell us who loved you into the person you are today. Tell us where the dust on your shoes and the lilt in your voice is from. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL If I wanted to see a bunch of random old book covers with no connection or explanation whatsoever, I would find a library book sale npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Genuine question: why do we think posting books that matter to you 'with no explanation' is actually a good thing, and why do y'all keep doing it? It's a meme. Someone made it up a decade ago on FB. You are definitely allowed to explain your books. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL 24 months ago: why can't I keep my ministry job and also do a part time PhD [kicks rocks] npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL 'We've never had more random people wander into a hosted event. Nor more disappointed exit surveys.' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Thanks. I'm honestly not surprised; those behind silencing criticism (and the humanizing of Palestinians, which they fear equally) have nothing to lose in the attempt to shush people, and everything to gain if shushing happens. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL EVERY SINGLE THING for provincial nominee status (in any province) is tied to working full time as an on-off switch, on a work permit, not a study permit. My husband's remote work, even if it's out of the Toronto office, does not count. AND MY PHD WORK, IN PERSON, AT THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY, ALSO DOES NOT COUNT. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL To consider just how insane this is: Spouse and I each have a path to provincial nominee status in Ontario, and I have a path in Newfoundland as well. We want Newfoundland over Ontario, and conveniently, Newfoundland will want us. It never, ever fills its quote of immigrant nominees. Not enough people are willing to come live there. Meanwhile, my spouse has a great remote job tied to Boston/Toronto. Our kids will go to school in NL. And, hey, I am a PhD student at NL's ONLY UNIVERSITY... uh oh. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL The family process is really weird, in that one spouse has to be 'lead' and the other of us just doesn't count. If my spouse is lead, no one cares if I'm a student ... because no one cares about me at all. If I am lead, however, I can do NOTHING for my family while I have student status. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL This morning I was legally advised to quit my Canadian PhD program because being a student is BLOCKING a path to permanent residency for my family. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Imagine what has happened to the humanity--to the empathy, to the soul--of the beholder who can see a newborn infant and facing that utterly dependent, helpless fellow human, call the child a 'terrorist.' npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL This disparity notwithstanding, Canadian universities need to think about their American students this year in ways other than as a source of income. Border access issues, the need for some to cast a vote at home in truly urgent elections, and civil unrest and instability are piling atop Canadian student housing scarcity and a cost of living crisis to make it a very difficult year for American students in Canada. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Canadian students are the FOURTH LARGEST group of international students in the US, after China, India, and South Korea, with 41,392 enrolled in 2022. American students in Canada, on the other hand, don't even break the Canadian top ten; there are fewer than 10,000- both Colombia and Mexico send more students to Canada. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL oh shit, sorry. Thanks!! Will fix. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL https://jewishcurrents.org/the-law-cannot-let-itself-see-the-nakba?token=WLiNtT4mHXfF8G6YSm4xj1bodkEXyZAY npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL In the meantime, word of mouth apparently says I know things and I am like I AM STARING INTO THE ABYSS, SAME AS YOU. If anything, I just have more questions than you do. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL We need a (non-private-equity tied) collaborative community consultancy, stat. It will be really powerful if we can truly imagine WITHOUT outside interests who want our property whispering in our ear. I think setting that partnership and process up is indeed the medium-term trajectory but private interests and big money have a huuuuuge head start and are using their very skilled PR wing to sell church leaders a whole lot of nothing in exchange for futurity rights to property. Whew, it's a lot. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I research church closure (and behind that, church thriving and the contributions of the progressive church to neighborhood, municipality and region). What this increasingly means is that I receive urgent outreach with quite specific questions from congregations realizing they are facing the end (or more correctly, from one or more of their leaders or from someone worried about the building). npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I don't know if I can be articulate enough about this yet to gesture toward it effectively, but what I notice across the past year or so looks like preparation for a future in which it's normatively ok for only a few people to survive npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Me: I want to apply knowledge collaboratively in order to productively address problems npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL I am not convinced that people did not resist Hitler early, given what I see these days. I imagine that the (early, non catastrophic) resistance stories simply got lost to time and to the real and widespread catastrophe that followed. It seems very likely that people noticed, spoke out, took risks, said and did what they could. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL A thing that seems historically demonstrable: this current wave of fascist creep and repression of civil liberties will not last forever npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Ok, that was fascinating. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL Huge shout out to the Israeli people who, like many everywhere else, have totally had it and are now out in force demanding a ceasefire, blocking traffic, disobeying their government, trying to bring hostages home, and generally saying ENOUGH. npub12lgf7j9d2l9guehqr45m3gxdct86a5rt7tucmngrc97yde0asvwqqv88cs that one JNL realizing that 'All of This is Fine, Actually' is what we can expect from international media along the entire 21st century journey
