Distraction Aggregation for the past week or two

Image echoes

There are obviously only so many ways you can photograph large mining operations and people nearby but the peculiarities of problem and solution closely juxtaposed and then the reaction too it in more ominous fashion seems oddly resonant.

Image credit Brad Johnson (found via Mastodon)

Image credit Marius Michusch (found via Mastodon)

Termite

The word Termite is a portmanteau and contraction of the phrase 'terminator mite'. A mighty mite that might terminate your place of dwelling from the outside in with you in it.

Work

My increasing cynicism about the nature of capitalism is promoting confirmation bias in my media consumption.

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Distraction aggregation

A rockslide in Greenland and the subsequent Tsunami set the Earth ringing for 9 days. I have been re-listening to The Silt Verses to drive some inspiration to do more writing. This is still a great bit of writing and audio production.

You do not need this...

I do not need any more notebooks or sketchbooks, I really don't. I certainly don't need to spend loads of money on the very nice things at Ugmonk, particularly this brass discbound sketchbook . There's something about the aesthetics of tobacco pipes that I find fascinating. I may also be harbouring fantasies of being a wizard...

Dishwasher

I wonder why my dishwasher gets tablets and all I get is counselling. I sit down next to it to talk. I tell it I think it may be overmedicated, I tell it of my concern that its cleanliness obsession may be unhealthy. It gives me the silent treatment, and then a passive-aggressive hum. I tell it I think it should get out more, try and make friends with some other major appliances. Has it fallen out with the washing machine? What about that thing they all used to do together with the dryer? Unhelpful silence. A little sass from a flashing light. I wonder aloud if it could drink less, cut down on the rinse aid. Maybe go for a walk in the fresh air. Could it do some more creative work? Break the cycle of filling with dirty things it feels it has to clean and ending up feeling emptied out? Could it at least try something different, maybe in another room? A hobby? One that doesn’t involve tablets and rinse aid. Lastly, I try to coax it into thinking about the effect its behaviour has on othe...

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