Markus said...

Not a single fragment of this film is original. Ironically, this also happens to be the case with many of the lives we people live. Although this meta-story does have a twist most of us will never go through (at least literally): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaKx_XzmBEw

Used to rip me to shreds, this one. Popped up on shuffle just now — to remind how good it is to be whole.

Hail, Caesar! (2016) ​​IMDB▶️Trailer📽Watch Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Actors: Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.

Wanna watch a movie about Markus? Well, watch this one. Actually, watch this one even if you don't wanna watch a movie about Markus.

Avoid News by Rolf Dobelli https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf Amen.

Hobos put their sleeping bags over subway ventilation grills in the downtown area. At -10° the warm air is steaming up visibly from the bodies scattered here and there. In some cases, the owner went away for a few minutes, leaving the sleeping bag behind – a crumpled pile. Walking down these streets at night, I can't get rid of the feeling that I'm the guy from DOOM and recently discovered the rocket launcher. Or was it Quarantine?

Newsflash on the subway: "Five radical Islamists sentenced to 10 years in Bangladesh in connection with 2005 bombings".. Never thought Bangladesh was such a hell for radical Islamists that they ship them there instead of prisons. 🤔

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PwQrEbEnrM

America was built on beautiful principles. Reality takes its toll, of course; and the contrast with those principles may make it seem more painful than elsewhere at times. But the beauty remains and gets even sweeter in its utopic coating. Look, for example, at this finely-crafted decision by the Supreme Court on whether it is OK to use enhanced vision for surveillance without a warrant. True elegance and style: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZO.html (Spoiler: It's not. Can't fool the 4th amendment.)

They asked me to test something about notifications. Let's see how that works. Meanwhile, enjoy this Lao Tzu, as translated by the brilliant Stephen Mitchell.