Since this is more or less a rolling 10 year anniversary for many short stories as well as novels that I've written, I'll be adding some more on those and maybe thoughts on what was created. Especially looking back on it all. Working on a few shorts and even a choose your own adventure sorta thing. Drop your thoughts when you can. 

Anyhow, been listening to a few videos while doing chores. mainly about Ukraine, but I do want to point to something else besides that war (even though the 5M refugees and the knockoff effects of what will happen to world food supplies is certainly an issue): That a Climate activist set themselves on fire in front of the Supreme Court. Note how little is being said about this, and also, how there are no photos of this act. No, this isn't going for death porn, but the photo of Buddhist monks on fire in Vietnam might be one of the most powerful visualizations of protest and despair out there. Also note that a Tunisian man setting themselves on fire also set off the Arab Spring. 

Nevertheless, I'm trying to take my post on Kropotkin and think of applying the main factors of the day (nukes and climate change, of course). This will help me weed out emotion, as well as biases, to look at the main actors on the stage and to look at crimes against humanity, to include the morality of climate change. In fact, all actions of the powerful must be looked at through this lens. Just like the pandemic changes the moral calculus (and some can't seem to handle it) of otherwise harmless actions. 

And when looking at war, blame is certainly something that we jump to, but many in the human rights field see it for the political (even if emotionally satisfying) act that it is, and not the thing that gets you to peace. 

To that end, this interview is worthwhile. I like Yanis, and think he has some good points, as usual:

I will note, like Finkelstein, most people who criticize him, rarely get into what he says and instead go for the full on personal attacks. 

And to that end, this interview on India Today is worthwhile as well. I'll have to check out their Donbass work. (not that I'm taking everything the man is saying at face value. Much of it seems like the americanization of war talk, ie didn't kill the civilians, those heavy weapons were too close to them, etc). But let's hope cooler heads prevail in all this.  

And finally, the new normal cannot be anything close to what we've had or what was before. I think most Americans (and certainly the youth) will rebel against that whole sale. This walkout by the nurses is justified and I hope they win (note how a Uni, non-profit ostensibly, is the culprit here).

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