spudnik

6 months nicotine free!

I don't know how one would spell it, but hear me out: say "rhesus macaque" out loud, but put a G in front. G(rhesus macaque)

It's like being held hostage and making fun of your captor for not shooting you yet

Euphrates is another all time great. Especially when it comes paired with the Tigris

There is a town called in Virginia called Tappahannock that is on the Rappahannock River

Volga for sure makes the list

For the second time in less than 3 months I had a near death experience at work that resulted in zero physical injury. I'm really over having to reckon with my own mortality in a speeding vehicle that I have no control over though

Edit: I'm totally physically fine, not a scratch, don't worry

Just eat the pennies! So you poop pennies, big deal!

Then you see the ongoing impacts of disasters like the tsunami in Sri Lanka and hurricanes in Central America. Capital used these disasters as opportunities to privatize and dispossess.

Tarence Ray from Trillbilly Worker's Party wrote a few really good articles in the Baffler about the flooding in eastern Kentucky that really reinforced this for me. They're a really good up close look at the failure of disaster relief to meaningfully address the omni crisis facing parts of the country that the government has almost abandoned.

Edit: I just listened to the most recent TWP and they had on Devin O'Shea to talk about the recent tornado in St. Louis and hit most of these same points again, funny timing

Regulatory overreach like this is going to put thousands of ~~honest~~ wallet inspectors out of business

We're Not So Different - fun medieval stuff, less serious but has some great interviews and Q&As

The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur - has a few excellent long running history series. They just finished up with WW1 and are doing the Treaty of Versailles now, can also recommend their Scramble for Africa series

I definitely second Age of Napoleon

Pax Britannica and also The Winds of Change - two podcasts about the British Empire. One about it's formation, the other its dissolution, both by the same guy. They're an ongoing project and slow to release sometimes, but he's got a good sense of humor and can tell a good story

Ah man, now you're making him sound cool. Also my original comment was just an extremely tenuous reference to this kids song, I swear it made more sense when I was typing it immediately after waking up this morning