Been using Twitter (… X) out of habit for what this journal was meant for, so pulling a handful of posts over the last half-week or whatever from there to here. Some of these may be overly succinct, or even edited down oddly, to fit in Twitter’s character limit, so apologies.

24/11/23: Been meaning to say, irrespective of Thanksgiving, because everything together has felt especially heavy and relentlessly serious as of late, I’m incredibly grateful for all that which passes through my life that lightens the psychological burden, provides occasion to be more carefree/silly, and reminds there is so much good in this world, even if far too much of it has to first be siphoned or liberated from corruption.

24/11/22: Only difference between Democrats & Republicans in power is Republicans mask-off say, “Fuck em all. We can optimize our greed,” whereas Democrats support compassion only so far as it doesn’t get in the way of the “pragmatic” ends they share with Republicans.

24/11/22: One of the big differences between my younger adult self & somewhat older is coming to understand surprisingly how much of everything is NOT connected. Rather, everything is a mix of complex and nuanced intersections alongside wholly isolated factors. A person, for instance, is a conglomeration of many separate elements… often incompatible with each other! Just because a person is “good” in some ways, doesn’t mean they’re not “bad” in some other. If you were one of his dogs, you might think Hitler a really nice guy. Most of the world operates as though everything is connected, developing stereotypes & prejudice around conceptual interconnectedness and our innate tendency to categorize. Which leads to racism & other harmfully simplified judgements.

24/11/22: The continued prevalence of indoctrination the whole world over, from nations to religions to families, and the intolerance of its results that invariably end up driving what is & isn’t, is damning evidence mankind has little evolved socially since becoming the dominant species.

24/11/22: Old music is NOT better than new. New has more unique variety from more widely available technology plus the rise of global telecommunications providing decades of globally intermingled influencing that pushes artists to play off old and foreign sounds and try new things. But, I WOULD say what became most popular in the past was on avg better than what becomes most popular today. Why? Major labels changed. They’ve always dominated culture, influencing public preferences over time by controlling/bombarding media channels. They’ve always built cults of personality around celebrity. But they used to look for actual musicality in choosing talent. They started better understanding their power & began maxing profits+control, choosing artists dispensable/controllable, controlling trends with “their” background producers/writers.