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DECLARING A PODCAST EMERGENCYHow’s your pandemic?Half foodsJohns HopkinsExtremely pointless coronavirus emailsGoogle’s building a websiteThis guy suckshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/technology/coronavirus-purell-wipes-amazon-sellers.htmlOh no, my influencers!https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1238580162033303553PandemicPACNew Arg for “what about small business owners?”“What about small business workers?”Happy Pi DayRoll Coal and Get Rolledhttps://jalopnik.com/discoverys-diesel-dorks-ordered-to-pay-850-000-fine-fo-1842250802SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON FOR MORE BEREAVEMENT
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Aaron is actually a stoic nowSeneca? Marcus Aurelius? Amateurs!I am in a permanent superposition between hopeful and despairing. I am perfectly balanced.You can no longer hurt me and nothing can surprise me.Memento Moris etc etc.Delete your parent’s cable newsThis would be one of the best forms of direct actionOUTFOXEDPosit: most of the things cited as the glorious result of capitalism are actually not that great and only necessitated by the crap world capitalism has builtThe Cuba TweetEx:// fast food/convenience foodWe only need it because our lives are so busyIt’s not good or healthy or enjoyableWe would rather have the time to eat wellEx:// abundance of brand-choice for the same productEx:// technologyHow much of it is necessitated by the demands of increased productivity and workload? Would we need GTD if we weren’t stressed to an insane degree?Also: all the things we loathe about modernity are also the result of capitalism