In 1950, a 65-year-old woman had an average of 41 living relatives. By 2095, a woman of the same age will have an average of only 25 living relatives.
#future #familiesofchoice will be #vital

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-families-years.html

Finland Solved Homelessness: Here's How
@ottawacity
@Sutcliffe_Mayor
@JustinTrudeau
@theJagmeetSingh
#newdeal #federalmunicipal #funding #mmt #publicmoney #collectivepower
https://youtu.be/0jt_6PBnCJE

1/17/2024 - First Quarter Moon
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

https://johnverdon-mp.blogspot.com/2024/01/1172024-first-quarter-moon.html

pondering lawerying -
being done -
accounting consequences -
of defamation of others -
as a rally -
to bullying-violence-terror -
and enjoyments -
of public-space -
for-by all -
constraints of depths of emotion -
regulations-of-redemptions -
of-credits-debts -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

the idea -
that a work-space -
is a commitment -
to attentive -
pondering -
afford-dancing -
to craft-some-aery -
framing aesthetic -
of forming constraints -
of absences -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

For decades, the Republican Party has sought to strip public resources and privatize government. Shrinking the common good — and putting government power in the hands of the wealthy — is one of their key goals.

https://framelab.substack.com/p/billionaire-dystopia-dreams-substacks

the strategic -
thuggery of fascism -
an-auto-immunity -
smart-shirt-mob -
fore -
suppression -
of response-abilities -
of public enaction -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

got to figure-out -
the archetype -
that my archetypes -
are in -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

any sensorial-eyes-able -
domain -
of differences that make a difference -
embodies -
aesthetic virtuosities -
in-form-ing -
attractors of pre-sence-and-ab-sence -
constraints-of-meaning -
birthed -
in-sensing -
fore-purpose -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

the idea of public space -
and now ponder -
how do we architect -
public space -
the visual of peaks-valleys -
the feelings of flourishing -
fore all -
what is the architecture
of presence-sing -
with all -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

a ponder-in -
to engaging-with -

time-management -
time-discern-meants -
accounting in -
eco-viron-context -
of vari-ables -
of avail-iable values -

are there -
general agreed -
principles of accounting -
for relational valueing -
making measures -
flourishing-all -
#micropoem

1/11/2024 - New Moon
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

https://johnverdon-mp.blogspot.com/2024/01/1112024-new-moon.html

In 1996, about 8,000 firms were listed in U.S. stock market. Since then, the national economy has grown by nearly $20 trillion. Ppopulation increased by 70 million people. And yet, today, the number of American public companies stands at fewer than 4,000

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/private-equity-publicly-traded-companies/675788/

Of Americans born in 1940, 92 percent went on to earn more than their parents; among those born in 1980, just 50 percent did. Over the course of a few decades, the chances of achieving the American dream went from a near-guarantee to a coin flip.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/new-deal-us-economy-american-dream/676051/

today, it’s harder than ever to send legitimate email unless you can convince (that is, pay) a handful of titans to relay your communications — and spam continues apace.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/10/dead-letters/

Sharing information accelerates the pace of co-innovation, facilitating inter- and multi-disciplinary research and study.

https://www.socialeurope.eu/why-organisations-must-embrace-open-source

have i got this right -
president has absolute immunity -
to break laws -
like eliminate opponents -
by weaponizing -
justice-s -
and -
seeks protection -
from prosecution -
of weaponized justice-s -
like -
what he would do -
with immunity for him -
not for you -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

i seem fine -
hovering -
through each moment -
in-an-ticipation -
of what constraints -
must be -
white-watered -
and preference of -
good-flow -
that's fun -
to grow -
#micropoem
#cosopoetry

a set of papers documented a new biochemical pathway that regulates aging, one based on signals passed between mitochondria, the organelles best known as the powerhouse of the cell.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-across-the-body-talk-to-each-other-about-aging-20240108/