1. I read a long interview/article from the latest issue of The New Yorker focused on the Dark Enlightenment/Neo-reactionary influencer Curtis Yarvin and followed that up by listening to a half an hour interview that Heather Cox Richardson conducted with Gil Duran whose newsletter and podcast, The Nerd Reich, focuses on the anti-democracy efforts in the world of high tech and the influence that the so-called Tech Bros have had and are having on our government, especially the executive branch and Elon Musk.
It was a sobering afternoon of reading and listening.
The article in The New Yorker is here.
The interview with Gil Duran is here.
2. I left the house again today! I decided to wait until the sun went down before I walked to the high school and back home again, racking up the most steps I've registered in a while. I felt a bit stronger today.
3. Friday.
The end of Debbie's second to the last week of her teaching job at Pinehurst Elementary.
I sat in the living room after walking, working the NYTimes Saturday crossword puzzle while Debbie watched, and I listened to videos of llamas being sheared, rescued dogs being groomed, a horse being rescued from being stuck in mud, a standoff between an elephant and a hippo, a passenger refusing to deboard a flight, and other unusual stuff I would never think to look at.
Crossword puzzle solving plus off the wall videos made for a relaxing evening, especially since we'd had popcorn earlier.
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