@paging_cora respect dignifies the respector

I'm at East Coast Park. Interesting fact about this structure: This is Amber Beacon Tower. In 1990 a couple, Kelly & James, who were making out up here, were stabbed by unknown assailants. Kelly's killers have never been found. Afaik it's still a popular spot for making out. 🤔

seems like the futurism writing formula is just: > here are my assumptions, presented with a lot of “obviously” and “naturally” > here’s are the consequences, based on two historical examples > conclusion with more “obviously”

why aren’t more people hoarding datasets, images, media, music? you do realise that every example you can point to can be ripped apart and combined with anything else. the limiting factor now is sources of inspiration.

The most profound shift in my relationship with emotions came when I started viewing them less as states to manage and more as visitors to host. Each feeling arrives with its own intelligence, its own temporal logic, its own way of moving through the body. Anxiety isn't just worry - it's a highly sophisticated threat-detection system, scanning the environment for subtle patterns my conscious mind might miss. Grief isn't just sadness - it's a complex process of metabolizing change, of integrating loss into the larger story of who we're becoming. Even anger, which I spent years trying to smooth over, carries its own wisdom about violated values and crossed boundaries. There's something liberating about treating these emotional visitors like respected guests rather than intruders to be controlled or eliminated.