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In Monday’s post, Today’s blizzard, February 2026, I wrote how the blizzard led to another day when I could find no litter in Washington Square Park. As usual, even with over a foot of snow, I found plenty of litter and garbage elsewhere, but at least not in the park, which is like my back yard. That post shows several beautiful pictures of my neighborhood covered in virginal snow. In[…] Keep reading →

I’ve done a lot of Spodek Method commitments. I’ve loved them all, at least I don’t remember disliking any, but haven’t recorded many of them here, but liked posting My Spodek Method commitment to make water ice from snow: A photo essay last month. I did another one over the weekend and took a few pictures to share. The memories of nature stemmed from Wissahickon Creek and the park around[…] Keep reading →

Everyone has a camera, so anyone can find wonderful pictures of anything online, but I couldn’t help take some pictures of today’s blizzard. It started yesterday and is forecast to run until this evening. Many places see more snow all the time, so I’m not saying we’re experiencing a lot of snow. It also isn’t that cold, slightly below freezing. I tried to take pictures that show the city before[…] Keep reading →

This week I finished: The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, volume 1, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: If I weren’t reading these books I wouldn’t believe they could exist. I understand why people consider them among the greatest and most important books of the twentieth century. First, about the book itself: Solzhenitsyn’s writing is simple, clear, and often funny from being sardonic and mocking. He survived the gulag’s so he[…] Keep reading →

People dream that we’ll figure out how to keep our world as it is, just without pollution and depletion. We’ll just create new technology that does what existing technology does, but it will be “clean,” “green,” and “renewable.” Well, shoot, why didn’t people think of making technology that didn’t hurt people in the first place? What jerks, not making things “clean,” “green,” and “renewable.” Oh wait, maybe it’s not possible[…] Keep reading →

I used to be unable to resist craving for sweets and savory treats. Now I’m free from the doof industry’s deliberate strategy to addict people, or at least mostly so. Walking along Seventh Avenue, I saw this revolting sight: a trash can overflowing with pink boxes designed to look adorable and appealing. They say the name of the store creating this garbage: “Crumbl”. I see the store around. They make[…] Keep reading →

I’ve meant to start compiling this list for a while. People often equate racism with white supremacy. Even if they say they aren’t the same, many people consider all white people as privileged, whether they want to be or not, and all people of color as being oppressed, at least to some degree. They consider that white people may face challenges, but not because of their skin color, whereas people[…] Keep reading →

I think I usually write about important topics, but I like to share silly things my mind ponders. I think it builds self-awareness. I don’t know how the following situation will seem to a reader, but I hope it reads as it feels to me playing with ideas: being curious. I brush my teeth after dinner, before going to bed. Sometimes after dinner I also need to poop. I figure[…] Keep reading →

Gail shares her investigations into meat industry practices, exploring how exorbitant slaughterhouse production line speeds in a consolidated slaughter industry affect animals as they are being handled and killed, and how the proliferation of massive factory farms impacts animals being raised in intensive confinement. She spent decades in the field documenting violations against farm animals and in the office preparing cases and writing about her investigations in articles and books.[…] Keep reading →