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waiting to telephone mother early 1960s

wow what a life!

archived 13 Dec 2022 05:59:38 UTC

A vast gulf exists between their presumption — elsewhere in Latin America they are seen as insufferably arrogant — and the little they have achieved as a nation despite a glut of natural resources and a highly educated population. Economically they have endured a half-century of progressive under-development. As a culture they have failed, and deep down they know it. Football is the one place where reality and their highfalutin sense of themselves meet. Only at football have they shone on the world stage. Success on the pitch sustains an illusion of greatness. Failure obliges them to look at themselves in the mirror and see their country for the basket case that it is.

This is lovely, chaotic, inspirational.

Three new books lay bare the weirdness of how our brains process the world around us.

It is likely that those quantum processes are an important part of our cognitive and conscious brain functions.

This obituary of an ‘acclaimed Sixties abstract painter who fell into almost complete obscurity only to be rediscovered by an art consultant in 2002’, takes a couple of quite unexpected turns, not the least of which is : “While worldly in some respects, his understanding of the machinations of the contemporary art world could be rather naive, a result of working in isolation for much of his career. Financially this was not a problem because by then he had become a successful manufacturer of teddy bears.”

De katten van Japke-d. bijten ’s nachts weleens zacht in z’n vinger. "Dat vond ik altijd het toppunt van lief, tot een expert me uitlegde dat ze daarmee testen of ik al dood ben. Een kat zou je vermoorden als hij de kans kreeg."

Op de Zuidas betalen mensen zestig euro voor een nieuw luxeproduct: stilte.

The ability to bend an inch at a time while seeming to stand up straight is a useful and gendered skill

ha ha shamans. give me a break.

En : 'Niet iedereen met een mentale aandoening heeft hulp nodig. Dat is ook niet reëel om te verwachten.’ Tja, verwachten dat iemand je helpt is sowieso niet reëel.

Is werkelijk alles geprobeerd voordat iemand begint met het nemen of voorschrijven van psychofarmaca? Deze blog bevat een lijst met 120 mogelijkheden om te verkennen en mee te nemen in de afweging vab psychofarmaca.

'...Babette’s secret addiction to an experimental pharmaceutical super-pill that promises to eradicate her fear of transience.' And that's only the secondary plot! archived 2 Dec 2022

Musical and children’s play are among vast archive explored in upcoming film about comedic genius

An American undergoes a gruelling apprenticeship to a Japanese master.

I am suspicious of this columnist and he is dangerously close to the line here but it's still worth a look. The Times 26-11-2022

Merlin Sheldrake is gek van schimmels. Ze zetten wetenschappelijke dogma’s op de kop, veranderen onze relatie met de natuur.

More interviews with psychologists than you can poke a stick at (in Dutch)

Influential post-punk musician was an original member of the Clash before founding PiL with John Lydon and Jah Wobble

And there you go. RIP Wilko.

But meanwhile back in Argentina : “Socialism in Argentina has shattered the behaviour of its citizens to such an extent that they lost to Saudi Arabia in the cup,” tweeted the congressman and broadcaster Bibo Nunes. “What you get with socialism/communism is a wasteland.”

The HBO miniseries started by chronicling what brought NXIVM down, but it ended by examining its appeal.

The Times headline writers dropped the ball here. How about : No ham in hamburgers from Hamburg? 22 Nov 2022 05:32:44 UTC

archived 22 Nov 2022 03:24:08 UTC

Fairly interesting aritcle on the use of psychedelics for treating substance abuse. Including someone being treated for their addiction to ketamine WITH ketamine.

“Sometimes people just need to hear the word Narcan, and they're like, No, I don't want that,” because it will immediately send them into withdrawal.