No effing way. Not going to poison myself and it is NOT MY JOB to fix

Odd, I read it and carried a copy through multiple moves across that time. My recollection is that it was widely read in the US when it came out. (Had to be for me to hear about it as a head-down engineering grad student)

interesting - I'll have to go read that Unherd review. Have you read "Goliath's Curse" by Luke Kemp? Reading it currently and seems to fit in here

wow, that sure aged fast. Somehow thought that fad idea was longer ago

Besides which - this things have nothing to do with the office he's running for! What a grifter!

I blame this post for today's impulse buy 😂

last paragraph, for instance, gives it away,

"And what about fears that this marks the rise of techno-fascism? “I mean, we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities,” he says, shrugging. “And if you’re not into that you shouldn’t move there.”

is he thinking of sand worms? 🫠

awesome, time to find stuff to throw out. 😬 Found some ground thyme that appears to have been best by Aug 22, 2008. Also these disgusting red hots that have melted together

is this a challenge? 😂

saw your first post and ran outside - gorgeous!