My eyes have been aching all week, which I'd chalked up to sleep deprivation and too much screentime, but this afternoon, for the first time in my life, I used and learned the magic of eye drops. Holy heck!

I feel so silly for having wasted so much time in pain this week, while trying to power through with the work. Time to get caught up on some writing tasks that I kept putting off because my eyes hurt too much.

(✨ MAGIC! DROPS! ✨)

I haven't shared local news for a bit - I'm watching interesting trends in energy futures, environmental activism, & many internal armed conflicts, but still thinking through all the fiddly details.

But this was too perfect a news item not to share to really highlight what the country's overcoming. The headline reads "Armed groups use ceasefire to increase criminal activity in 10 regions."

The road to peace is *very* complicated. It requires accepting deep imperfection along the way. #Colombia

Wonderful refresher on #MutualAid in theory and in real-world praxis (especially in the UK). #Podcasts

https://pca.st/episode/61c5f532-fde9-4e67-8436-a6d36ebf9b35

Day 19:

Another early wake-up, with lots on the slate today. June was always going to be a packed month, though, so... time to get to it!

Hope everyone has lovely weekends planned for themselves. 👌🏻 It's a second long weekend here (religious holiday the last Monday, and again this one), but I've got big projects to finish around paid work, so I'm sticking to my usual routines for now.

(July, we celebrate! 🤞🏻)

This was an absolutely smashing episode of Past Present Future, which seamlessly interwove essays by Hume on suicide & national debt to illustrate key misreadings of the original position & how the possibility of "debt suicide" reveals what we owe to one another.

#Philosophy #PoliticalTheory #History
https://pca.st/episode/6d298427-2d30-4150-95c4-8e699bcf5bb8

"He's a bit of a mansplain-y essayist."

😅 I love this host. He hasn't tried to hedge in the slightest from Hume's racism and sexism while reflecting on his influence. It is absolutely possible to have serious conversations about philosophy and history that state plainly when the human behind the ideas is deeply flawed, full stop.

Too much sitting.

Going for an early walk, with an episode of Past Present Future reflecting on Hume. 🎉

(That might not be your idea of fun, but it's sure as heck one of mine. Hydrate and touch grass, lovely people!)

Morning, CoSo! 💫

Today for #OnlySky, I have a news brief covering recent online platform news: on Reddit, on Twitter, and in relation to the general struggle for better digital rights in a world where public discourse plays out on privately owned platforms.

We have to do better. This nonsense game of providing public passes to exploitative private ventures is eroding our democracies, and our rights. ⬇️

#Humanism #AI #Technology https://onlysky.media/mclark/the-ongoing-ethical-erosion-of-popular-online-platforms/

Oh, but I should note:

My body took well to the fasted state AFTER my stress levels were low enough to enter it. Kind of a vicious Catch-22: I wanted to fast for calm and energy, but I needed enough calm first to pull off the fast at all. Silly brain & body.

I also have a weird thing for watching cooking shows while fasting. The fasted body tends to hanker after real fresh foods, though, so I'm definitely thinking about tasty new recipes to try after I've responsibly refed. 👌🏻

Also, this is the longest I've ever fasted.

Last year, getting to 17 days to combat long COVID was a *feat*, but it worked! This time, I've had a year of practice with fasting, so my body knew what to expect & it took well to the fasted state.

As long as I'm hydrated, taking salt, potassium, and magnesium, I'm good. Great energy, great sleep, great focus for the work. I'll eventually have to break it (with a nutrient-rich simple soup, then probiotics), but for now all is well.

Day 18:

I keep trying to burn the midnight oíl, but a full night's sleep is always best - and my body isn't letting me cut corners these days!

At least getting up nice and early gives me a second chance to reclaim lost ground.

Yesterday I was FULL of doubts - kind of a super lonely week over here, which is never good for the noggin - but it happens. Now I'm waking with a clear sense of today's goals, and hopefully the energy to meet them all.

Onward to a better Thursday. 💫
Morning, CoSo.

Happy leaves. Happy flower. Happy fruit. Happy not-so-little ant hills. 🌺 🐜 🍃

#Colombia #Nature

Whew. Lots of intrusive thoughts this humpday afternoon.

Let's see how they stand up to a nice little walk in the park. 👌

Oh my heart.

Will we ever have the maturity as a species to think globally and address migration crises properly?

#Humanism
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/14/scores-drown-refugee-boat-sinks-off-greece

Squeaking in an hour of writing before class.

Still having a good chuckle, though, while thinking of two fellows who recently came out of the woodwork to tell me that even though they don't read much fiction they've got these great books they want to sell, so maybe we could swap manuscripts: they could give me some pointers & I could help them in turn? 😂

I don't deal in demographic absolutes, but BOY HOWDY. Some days I wish I had even a tenth of the unearned confidence of such fellow humans.