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Notebook

This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.

More Satellites (more CO2...)

Following up what I posted here [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/less-business-travel-means-less-co2-emissions/] about less business travel, Bryan Walsh writes [https://link.axios.com/click/24633212.414312/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3NwYWNlLXJhY2UtYmV6b3MtYnJhbnNvbi1uYXNhLTVjMTkzMTNlLTJjYzctNGQzNy1iZjVlLTAyODRlZDQzMjIzNi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0mc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46Bd60085ac] > Competition among

In Myanmar

The Daily Skimm email newsletter reports that in Myanmar [https://www.theskimm.com/archive/2021-08-02], > [M]ilitary leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said 'hi, I'm prime minister now.' And extended the country's state of emergency until 2023 (up from 2022). In February, the

The jouissance of not 996?

From the NYTimes The Morning email newsletter [https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210802&instance_id=36887&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=56891994&segment_id=65126&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%

Living in the Jackpot

The Skimm daily news digest [https://www.theskimm.com/daily-skimm] has had some serious Jackpot vibes going on as of late. Here is one of the more sinister Jackpot-ish things from today [https://www.theskimm.com/news/2021-07-19-5GxuqjrsFJkCAncqnr41ke]: > What's giving us 'Big Brother' vibes… >

// The Jouissance of Anxiety & Depression

This morning I woke up at about 5:40 am when my five-month-old decided it was time to be awake. When I picked him up from his crib, he snuggled into me and went back to sleep. At this point in my life, I’ve been through this enough times

The Jouissance of Tangping

Following up on something I posted yesterday [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/how-does-the-ccp-respond-to-the-jouissance-of-slacking/] , the NYTimes reports [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/R86iHrhAaDqOHJibPqx7mQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRixBNyP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2NoaW5hLXNsYWNrZXJzLXRhbmdwaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIxMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNDU2NyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTU2ODkxOTk0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjI1ODkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTMxYj

How does the CCP respond to the jouissance of slacking?

From the Axios AM/PM newsletter [https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm] today: > Rejecting China's work culture, some young people are embracing a loafing movement that includes traveling and living off savings — "lying flat" (tangping in Mandarin) This, in and of itself is not that

Its getting hot

For the Living in the Jackpot section of an upcoming newsletter. From the NYtimes The Morning email newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/briefing/climate-change-drought-us-heat-wave.html] > In Arizona and Nevada, it’s been so hot that doctors warned people they could get third-degree burns from the asphalt.

We all have different versions of our self, but

> I do love a man who contains multitudes… especially multitudes who hate each other. What a great line from this post by Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/20/a-book-of-words/]. When I read this: It got me thinking about psychoanalysis, and now a one way I think about

Chainsaw

My wife’s birthday is coming up, and the other day (jokingly) I asked her, “You want a chainsaw for your birthday?” “You know, the chainsaw was originally made to widen the birth Canal.” She replied. I thought she was joking and I said, “That makes sense.” “I’m serious.