A space for mostly short form stuff and responses to things I see elsewhere.
An open letter to Airbnb
I don't know why he doesn't post this to his own site. Seems to me airbnb and Medium share certain similarities
21 pieces of unsolicited advice nobody else is willing to tell you | poste italiane
Found via Ton, lots of these are good. I need to internalise "the grind" more than I currently do.
Best analysis of US pull-out in Afghanistan
We started the Global War on Terror with a Leviathan force but we're continuing it - forever - with the SysAdmin force that does not wage war on states but on individuals.
Rings true to me.
Scotland, stop selling yourself shortbread!
Excellent, thought-provoking read on the fall and rise of local food traditions.
Renegade projections and the domestic mode of production: for Marshall Sahlins (1930-2021) | Small Farm Future
More here than I remember, and my copy of Sahlins is long gone, but it would be good revisit, as Chris has.
w/e 2021-08-01 (Phil Gyford’s website)
What if you don’t realise which genre you’re actually in and you’ve been doing everything wrong all this time?
Nicely put!