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⤷ in reply 1d ago

I'm house sitting a place with Netflix and digging Ripley while I'm here. But also fk paying subscriptions when there's 1337x.to and the likes.

4d ago

Sydney rare book fair surprised me. First editions of the likes of Philip K Dick and Kenneth Cook for ~$1500. There was a lot of selling activity so I guess prices were fair. I imagine the personal libraries of these collectors would be pretty amazing. Cool to browse, but I don't think I'll ever be a collector.

On the way out I ran into F (school mate haven't seen for 7+ years). Small world. Had lunch together. I enjoyed being a part of his lunching at his regular food hall, seeing him say hello to people he knew.

Later, Jura Books was great. Broke out in a sweat after a sweltering walk over. I must've clocked 20,000+ steps today. A small shop amongst bordered up premises along Parramatta Rd, run by volunteers only 3 half days a week. Their focus is books on freedom, equality and anarchy. I picked up a couple with their premise hitting home - Never Work: Essays against the sale of life and Nietzsche and Anarchy: Psychology for free spirits, ontology for social war.

The difference between the $1500 Philip K Dick book, and the $25 books from Jura have given me much thought.

⤷ in reply 4d ago

@lyse Yes maybe its always many different things - it's fleshing something out or simply sharing something found interesting, but also connecting with others by releasing it. I probably don't need to think so much on it.

4d ago

Every time I release words onto a public platform I feel how odd it is that I do it. Why do it? What's the point? Am I lonely? I didn't think I was. Am I searching for validation? If so, why do I need it? I wonder what is behind the words everyone else writes. What compelled them to write xyz, what were they seeking? Subtleties in topics, prose, language give hints. A log, fleshing something out, a guide, a poem. Again, why on a public platform? What was the point that moved it from the private document to the public, and what was sacrificed in the piece once that decision was made? Do we think first about something for the world, second something for myself, or the other way around? A guide, I can understand. Created for self reference, and can be useful for others.. maybe. But this here? Useful? No. What then? Thoughts on a screen. Junk thoughts I've wasted my time on, wasted someone else's time on. Dunno. I think I'm broken.

6d ago

Finished reading People who Lunch: Essays on work, leisure, & loose living - `***` A short fun read that pokes the mind on different lifestyles around social clubs, polyamory, clubbing, NFTs and crypto, and a critique of critiques which I found a little out of place, but still a good read. There's an underlying theme of a fight against capitalism (even with the NFT and crypto heads), or moreso a stance against a "specific governmental, social bureaucracy that we live under".

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