Status:
Felt a little antsy so spent a decent amount of time in the shed, slowly levelling this piece of warped wood with the router and learning from my mistakes. Am seeking that balance between keeping myself busy and keeping myself on the energy baseline thingy. Today was a decent stab at achieving that. In fact I just realised I haven’t done an online jigsaw puzzle today or yesterday, which is usually my go-to when my brain starts spiralling, so that’s interesting.
Reading:
- As e-bike crashes send an increasing number of people to the hospital, cities search for solutions — Following up my pondering yesterday about the line between e-bikes and e-motorbikes, Jez points out there is a legal distinction in the UK, although enforcement of this is another matter, as anyone dodging harried Deliveroo riders on a cycle path will testify. Like Matt Haughey’s post, this article is about the US but does show some moves to sorting it out.
- The families torn apart by older relatives going far right and The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism? — Plenty to mull over. I do find myself wondering if I’ve been radicalised in some way, given the amount of time I spend on the internet these days. Thanks to the chronic fatigue I’m not dissimilar to a pensioner with an iPad. I like to think I’m internet-literate enough to not get trapped in a vortex of nonsense, but then I’m sure everyone who gets trapped in a vortex of nonsense thinks that. I guess if I have been then then it’s some breed of leftism and I’m not a fucking tankie so I’m probably OK.
Watching:
Listening:
Movie night:
- Crime 101 — Highly enjoyable pastiche of every heist film you love. Four stars.