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failed state (part 2) – the day after the insurrection – will there be action?

Thu 7 Jan 2021, 1:53 PM

From our visit there many years ago. We need them to come and introduce democracy to the US.

failed state (part 1) – 6 Jan 2021 – the insurrection

Update 3 Mar 2023

Wed 6 Jan 2021, 3:26 PM

I can’t really process, but I’ll make some notes. As per usual, I’ll be able to update this timeline from re-tweets and likes.

Symphony No. 1 – The cautious walk to the end

I began the final section, the first movement, on 17 Dec 2020.

Мечте навстречу (1963)

Мечте навстречу (mech-‘tyay nav-‘stray-chew, *Towards a Dream*)*, Begegnung im All, Dem Wunschtraum Entgegen (Encounter in Space, Towards a Dream)*, image from IMDB

The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

15-1/2 years ago I braved the early days of video streaming and its constant buffering to watch the transit of Venus in the middle of the night. Athens Greece was providing the video and the Exploratorium in San Francisco the science-y narration. I had first heard about the transit from, of all places, Thomas Pynchon’s book Mason & Dixon.