Oh you are right, that’s Finland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity_package

Curtain pulled back a little on the ruling class and how they control ideas and corrupt apparent “opposition”

Dr. . Peter Attia is a Canadian-American physician and author who specializes in longevity and life optimization.

Super tight with Epstein

I think they also gave every new family a safe place for the baby to sleep - a cardboard box.

So much better to do it in person.

Started improv a few years ago. Very good for my mental health.

Doctors being jerks are sometimes required to do professional coaching to improve attitude and communication. Having less hierarchical communication actually improves patient safety, because people are braver to speak up. So feedbacking to someone about the haughty doc might actually be in everyone’s best interest.

(Source doctor who actually had to do that coaching myself at one point and found it helpful)

PS would love to see some haiku

I used to play Diplomacy as a kid. Is this similar?

He has a knowing look.

I’m worried he can see what I am thinking about.

What does it taste like?

children’s beer made from fermented black rye bread

sounds crazy enough

Seeing the horrors of centuries of capitalist exploitation, and being raised in and still swamped with propaganda that the USA is the model of freedom and liberty despite plain evidence to the contrary right in front of your face, makes a reasonable person wonder if the countries the US government demonizes might be “the good guys” and makes it hard to believe criticism of, for example China, unless the source of that criticism comes from China itself (which admittedly might we’ll be suppressed).

Wealth and capital pours endless resources to attack, belittle and co-opt anything that might threaten its dominance.

We have been turned into sheep

Jealous of the amount of oven spring

Isn’t there a new European thing?

Sounds like a 1930s tap dancing song.

Went to an Italian-irish-indian restaurant in a small town on the Shannon. I think it was just the restaurant family that normally ate the Indian food, but they let us order it and it was great.

Wow that’s a great read. If I wasn’t stuck living here, the decline of empire would be very entertaining.

Wait, who’s this Fat Leonard with the sacks of cash?

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