I’m having a hard time finding something that meets all my needs. I’m looking for a writing app that: Uses markdown Allows me to publish to micro.blog from within the app Has an ios app Has a web app that I can use on my work laptop browser. (We’re not permitted to download and install any windows apps.) Syncs to either Dropbox or iCloud From what I can tell, Ulysses, Obsidian, and ia Writer do not have web apps.
Once (2007) causes me such exquisite emotional pain that I have to put a few years between each viewing.
🎵 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - “God Leads Us Along” 🎵
I’m on a sixteen day streak with Day One. I’ve never been able to maintain a daily journaling habit but Day One is helping me do that. I had never heard of it before I saw several people on Micro.Blog talking about it, so thanks y’all.
I’ve finished all of the films in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology and I can’t recommend them highly enough.
This is an excellent video on how Amazon can afford to offer free shipping to Prime members. Basically, it hides the cost of shipping by raising prices across the internet. And that, folks, is monopoly power.
I’ve now watched the first two films in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology and both have been exceptional. But Lovers Rock … that was something special. If I tried to explain the plot to you (there isn’t much to it!) you would never believe it would work. Yet I was entranced. The “Silly Games” scene in particular was pure magic. I agree with this LA Times article (which gives the background to “Silly Games”) which calls it is “one of the most patient and loving celebrations of music ever captured on film.”
Now reading: “The dropout: a history” at Aeon. I’ve been in a sort of project of disconnection for several months now. Specifically, disconnecting in order to re-connect in a more healthy way. This article provides an enlightening history of the cultural concerns (and paranoias!) underlying the “turn on, tune in, drop out” movement. It’s easy to see parallels in the present day.
Now spinning: D-Vine Spirituals. It’s a new release of recordings of Black gospel groups from the seventies and if any of those words light you up, you’ll love this album. It’s also available digitally, of course, in all the usual places.
I’ve been making notes about the influences on my life. I noticed a surface-level contradiction between these two, which is resolved at a deeper level.
Malcolm X: for the way he learned and changed in public
Bernie Sanders: for his moral clarity and stability over time
I value Malcolm for his willingness to change and Bernie because he hasn’t. But change isn’t really the issue, is it? I value them both because they found true north and did not deviate from their course - whatever it cost them in terms of popularity and misunderstanding. It is a rare and valuable thing to find someone who has found and followed their deepest convictions.