https://antigonejournal.com/2021/09/nika-riots/
DAN BILLINGHAM What makes a riot riot?
https://iai.tv/video/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy
https://web.archive.org/web/20230701194001/https://aeon.co/essays/all-real-living-is-meeting-the-sacred-love-of-martin-buber
When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human: Martin Buber
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/daoi/hd_daoi.htm
Over time, Daoism developed into an organized religion—largely in response to the institutional structure of Buddhism—with an ever-growing canon of texts and pantheon of gods, and a significant number of schools with often distinctly different ideas and approaches.
https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/jds/
The Journal of Daoist Studies (JDS) is an annual publication dedicated to the scholarly exploration of Daoism in all its different dimensions. Each issue has three main parts: Academic Articles on …
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https://www.noemamag.com/the-disappearing-art-of-maintenance
The noble but undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, and serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change and other pressing planetary constraints.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23672769/social-media-inevitable-death-monetization-growth-hacks
I spent seven years at Snapchat. I thought things would be different.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ugly-truth-behind-we-buy-ugly-houses
HomeVestors of America, the self-proclaimed “largest homebuyer in the U.S.,” trains its nearly 1,150 franchisees to zero in on homeowners’ desperation.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/25/suzanne-heywood-round-the-world-sailing-trip-stolen-childhood
In 1976, Suzanne Heywood’s father decided to take the family on a three-year sailing ‘adventure’ – and then just kept going. It was a journey into fear, isolation and danger …
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