Examining Octavia Butler's unpublished Parable of the Sower sequels
I gotta say that I feel weird reading this examination of Octavia Butler's notes.
I'm reading Parable of the Talents right now, and I had to stop. It's gotten too fucking dark. It's about the fascist takeover of America by Christian Nationalists, and a major character just died, and there is sexual exploitation of children... I really like Butler and Parable of the Sower, but this just got so dark I decided to read the summary and find out if I wanted to read more, and I don't think I can read this, at least not right now.
Reading about the unpublished sequels feels even worse. It seems like Butler had a head full of so much darkness and cynicism, and her published works were just the processed output after she managed to find the least brutal version of her thoughts. These books were her at her most hopeful! YIKES.
I like her and these books, but I just had to vent about some of this.
FEP Convergence (400e, 7888, 171b/Conversation Containers, 76ea)
Resolvable Context Collections · Issue #7 · swicg/forums
This topic was the focus of discussion at the May, June, August, and October 2024 meetings. It relates to the concept of grouping together objects into a collection, and making that collection reso...GitHub
sounds great.
I'm going to stick with `thread` and `root`.
They're already namespaced, and these are clear terms for these concepts.
Thanks for the help with additional use cases on forking and grafting. I'm going to add some explicit user stories to the FEP and show how each one can be handled.
Die Metadaten verraten Dir, wer einen Crush auf Dich hat
Das ist bestimmt gar nicht creepy und übergriffig. Zusätzlich ist das definitiv keine Information, die man via Metadaten seiner Website dem gesamten Netz mitteilen muss. Aber wovon rede ich eigentlich? Ich rede von XFN – dem XHTML Friends Network.
#Internetstandard #Standard #XFN #XhtmlFriendsNetwork
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#Internetstandard #Standard #XFN #XhtmlFriendsNetwork
Die Metadaten verraten Dir, wer einen Crush auf Dich hat
Das ist bestimmt gar nicht creepy und übergriffig. Zusätzlich ist das definitiv keine Information, die man via Metadaten seiner Website dem gesamten Netz mitteilen muss. Aber wovon rede ich eigentlich? Ich rede von XFN - dem XHTML Friends Network.jascha.wtf
- no minimap, so you have to actually get guided by exploring interesting stuff around you; basically nullifying the “I have to go there to enjoy playing” effect
- you get to choose your role basically just by doing the stuff you prefer; basically if you like climbing and keep doing climbing stuff eventually you will bring the character to be a climber (the story is about a travel of self discovery, no progression stats iirc)
- no fighting, mostly like a realistic exploration lived irl
Discover Iceland’s Enchanting Huldufólk: The Hidden People and Their Tiny Houses
Huldufólk - The hidden peopleIn Icelandic folklore, the Huldufólk (meaning hidden people) are often compared to elves. These mystical beings are believed to closely resemble humans and dwelstreetartutopia.com
[Request For Comments] Can you recommend any groups/books/papers/blogs/keywords/etc on the topic of UN reform and global constitutionalism?
Wasn't quite sure where to ask the question in the title, or if this is even the right question to ask, but figured a Solarpunk community would be most likely to have the answers I'm looking for...
My reasoning is we are facing some global problems here, you know with all the climate change and whatnot; So we need global solutions for them; Therefore the obvious solution seems to be the United Nations 2.0, or League of Nations 3.0 if you will. Basically a global constitutional assembly, hopefully before it all devolves into total war again this time, or worse.
So I want to read up on what thought or maybe even activism there is out there specifically in this regard. Anything to read, recent or historic, you can recommend?
Any thoughts you want to share? Why can or can't this work? Am I being to naive here? Explain it Like I am 5 please!
I have no suggestions of groups, books, papers, blogs and etc regardin global constitutionalism, but I have an opinion.
Creating bigger and stronger governments will only lead to the protection of an elite that is way too irresponsible with their powers.
Right now the vibe is against oil, gas and pollutants and in favor of sustainability mostly globally. It’s genuinely very hard to find someone that says: “I don’t care about microplastics, “I have no issue with air pollutants causing cancer” and “I don’t care we are trashing the ocean”.
And this is sort of where solarpunk fits extremely well in. I don’t know if governments and corporations will solve the climate crisis, but goddamn I’ll do my part and help businesses and others do their part too.
Starting the first week in November, there will be a new queer weekday morning minyan.
Every service with enough people will include a kaddish. The minhag of any particular service will be set by the leader that week. This group will also offer opportunities to learn to lead prayers, including a buddy system. We hope everybody who wants to can lead a service with us!
If you would like to attend, please email us: jaq@blessing.exchange
jaq.blessing.exchange/2024/10/…
Prien am Chiemsee II
Schön war’s in Prien ja schon, auch wenn es geregnet hat. In der „Innenstadt“ für eine gute Stunde über Handwerk und Landwirtschaft mit dem Besitzer eines Ladens gequatscht, und warum man Tracht immer, außer zum Oktoberfest, tragen sollte.
Auf dem Heimweg hatte der RE5 dann wieder 100 Minuten Verspätung, weil nach Salzburg Grenz- und Passkontrollen dazwischenkamen. Habe ich schon erwähnt, wie scheiße ich die Idee dieser Kontrollen überhaupt finde?
Gegen 4 dann endlich wieder in Markt Schwaben angekommen und meinen Haul der Woche aus dem Amazon Prime Days Paket ausgepackt. Zwei nanoleaf LED Streifen für über die Kallaxe, ein paar Fenstersensoren, Bewegungsmelder, und noch vier Aqara E1 Thermostate für den ersten Stock. Und die Haustür bekommt ein Funkschloss mit Fingerprint- und Code-Panele.
Viel zu basteln, diese Woche 🙂
Help me open source ClubsAll - need a senior security engineer to review code
Hello everyone,
We built clubsall, a frontend for federated content.
Since the goal is to help build a reddit competitor, open sourcing is the logical next step.
However, without a review, I am afraid website could get hacked quickly.
Does someone with experience in scanning code for security issues or white hat hacking wants to help increase confidence so I can open source it?
#ClubsAll (a threadiverse/lemmy/mbin/piefed web frontend project) want to open source it and are looking for someone to do a code review/security analysis first... Are you into security and the fediverse *and* stuff being open source? Then respond here!
found via this post [lemmy.world/post/20828200] on Lemmy by ClubsAll dev @vinay_clubsall
#fediverse #infosec #fedidev #floss
clubsall.com
Home - ClubsAll
ClubsAll is an interactive online platform that empowers users to connect with people, engage in a wide range of discussions, and share content on a variety of topics.ClubsAll
Help me open source ClubsAll - need a senior security engineer to review code
Hello everyone,
We built clubsall, a frontend for federated content.
Since the goal is to help build a reddit competitor, open sourcing is the logical next step.However, without a review, I am afraid website could get hacked quickly.
Does someone with experience in scanning code for security issues or white hat hacking wants to help increase confidence so I can open source it?
An interesting short: "HYPERVOLTAIC CHRONICLES" by THE LINE ANIMATION
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/14202920
There was a post on Reddit that praised the ubiquitous "Dear Alice" commercial, and inevitably a comment criticizing praise for a commercial. This led to me to wonder more about who it was that made this famous solarpunk advertisement. The answer is an animation studio called The Line. I went looking at some of their other work, and came across this interesting demo short for what appears to be a proof of concept or pilot for a solarpunky animated monster hunting series.I don't love the heavy use of guns. But setting that aside, I think the art is interesting. I'm fascinated to see what people are doing with the artistic and conceptual toolset solarpunk offers, and I think this is a use case that I wouldn't mind seeing more of.
Unfortunately, this demo is as far as the project went. But I'm happy to see that the folks at The Line appear to have some broader interest in solarpunk, and I hope they keep putting it into practice in unique ways.
HYPERVOLTAIC CHRONICLES / THE LINE ANIMATION
Project: Hypervoltaic Chronicles Client: The Line Animation Music & Sound Design: Box of Toys Audio BACKGROUND / Hypervoltaic Chronicles" is a client-funded…Vimeo
How these volunteers are getting solar power to help Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone
About 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power in western North Carolina still lacked electricity on Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us. Without it, they can’t keep medicines cold or power medical equipment or pump well water. They can’t recharge their phones or apply for federal disaster aid.
The Footprint Project is scaling up its response to this disaster with sustainable mobile infrastructure. It has deployed dozens of larger solar microgrids, solar generators and machines that can pull water from the air to 33 sites so far, along with dozens of smaller portable batteries.
With donations from solar equipment and installation companies as well as equipment purchased through donated funds, the nonprofit is sourcing hundreds more small batteries and dozens of other larger systems and even industrial-scale solar generators known as “Dragon Wings.”
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Regensburg bis München war nur insofern ein „Problem“ als dass die Bahn hier statt REs einfach alte S-Bahnen einsetzt, die entsprechend windig, laut, und schlecht gepolstert sind. Zwei Stunden (mit längerem Stehen, dank Verspätung eines vorhergehenden Zuges) sind da schon maximale Obergrenze.
In München angekommen ist der RE5 so voll, dass wir selbst in den Gängen eng gedrängt stehen. Etwa 1/4tel der Sitze sind von Taschen und Koffern belegt, die Gänge mit Bikes zugestellt. Regionalverkehr am Wochenende halt.
In München Ost bleiben wir dann stehen und werden aus dem Zug gebeten. „Stellwerksschaden“ und damit keine Weiterfahrt nach Prien. Die holen wir im 101 Minuten verspäteten EC nach und sind gegen halb sechs (geplant war halb eins) endlich am See.
Mit Klettern und/oder Trailrun ist es heute damit Puste, schauen wir mal ob wir es morgen schaffen.
Neues aus der Küche – veganes Stifado
#cabinInTheWoods #rezept #stifado #vegan
(Replies to this Toot will become comments on the blog - if approved.)
Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt – „Vertrauter Feind“ (1997)
Aus einem zusammengestümperten Skript, das Jahre in der Entwicklung war und dabei ein halbes Dutzend Autoren (alles Männer) verschlissen hat, noch einen Blockbuster zu machen, das gelingt nicht vielen. Alan J. Pakula hat es dennoch irgendwie hinbekommen – und dabei noch zwei Superstars und deren Egos soweit unter Kontrolle – dass doch ein ansehnlicher Polit-Thriller dabei herausgekommen ist.
NexxtPress | Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt - „Vertrauter Feind“ (1997)
Aus einem zusammengestümperten Skript, das Jahre in der Entwicklung war und dabei ein halbes Dutzend Autoren (alles Männer) verschlissen hat…Mediathekperlen (NexxtPress)
BarCamp Regensburg
Economy of the Common good could be Solarpunk adjacent
I found this the other day, while I was paddling with a green kayak. I would not say it is solarpunk, but I think it could lead us to the right direction
What is the Economy for the Common Good?
ECG is an economic model, which makes the Common Good, a good life for everyone on a healthy planet, its primary goal and purpose.
At the heart of this concept lies the idea that values-driven businesses are mindful of and committed to:
- Human Dignity
- Solidarity and Social Justice
- Environmental Sustainability
- Transparency and Co-Determination
Such businesses gain a competitive advantage in this new economy.
The good thing about this "new economy" is that it is compatible with capitalism in such that you can start with your current company, but make an extra Matrix, which can then be used by other companies.
It is already in use and not an inaccessible theoretical idea, which might never work.
Home - Economy for the common good
News Read all News A growing movement for change Members Businesses Local Chapters Municipalities Countries ECG INTERNATIONAL ECG Approach What ECG stands for The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) aims to benefit al…Economy for the common good
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A Georgist's Guerilla Gardening Guide
A Georgist's Guerilla Gardening Guide
Every vacant plot could be a home, park, market, garden, farm...taylor.town
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Join a book club in reading Solarpunk Creatures
Join the Solarpunk Book Club ☀ Discord Server!
Check out the Solarpunk Book Club ☀ community on Discord - hang out with 123 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.Discord
Communal Luxury: The Public Bathhouse
Throughout history, people have bathed in public rather than in private. Should we bring back the public bathhouse for the sake of sustainability?
We Would Call It Solarpunk (Comic) ~ By the-lemonaut
That's why i'm looking into Solarpunk and am thinking of taking any readers (and myself) on a little journey through a better world, and how it might work, through a series of mini-comics I'm posting here. I don't have all the answers (no one person ever
Characters co-owned w @_magic.stardust_ on IG 😌✨ (a couple more comics abt this on my account already) I'm not a very positive person, i have a LOT of doomer tendencies. I feel everything like it's…Tumblr
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Introduction
Hi all!
We’re a fledgling movement with a handful of members in Africa and then me who is currently in Sweden. We have some plans for various projects in Africa that align well with the overall ideas of the solarpunk movement. I’m here hoping to make new friends and learn about what everybody else is doing.
I believe that change is possible on a global scale, and that the hegemony of the mainstream, greed fueled, centralized status quo can be challenged most effectively by a global movement of decentralized, grassroots communities working together.
I read your whole site and find it very inspiring. My wife spent six months in Ghana when she was 18 and had a very life changing experience. I hope to visit some day and will definitely reach out if I do.
Though I had a successful career as a software developer in the nonprofit space, my current interests and expertise are in meditation practices and psycho-spiritual integration. My theory is that the way to a better world is through healing our traumas, personal, collective, and intergenerational.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through our entire site! I’m so happy to hear that it inspired you. This means a lot to us! Ghana is a beautiful country, but a lot of people there are also struggling because of the living conditions our global society has afforded them.
I wholeheartedly agree with your theory! The trauma is insane and it runs so deep. How do we communicate the need for this to people and enable them to be a part of the solution?
I’m also passionate about talking to people about the need to understand our own minds, so we don’t become slaves to our instincts. I think that’s another key component.
About 6 months ago I moved from a big desktop to a laptop with much less compute power. I had to change a lot of my workflow and software because I didn't realise how much background compute and stuff everything was doing on the desktop.
I do miss some of the features, but overall I feel better about myself and my situation. I feel more in control and aware of what is going on with my hardware and that is satisfying.
I was able to tune the desktop down to about 65-85W usage, but prior to all that, it was pulling like 180W just doing nothing. I found the most gains by turning down my monitor from 100hz to 60hz and turning on eco mode for the CPU in the BIOS. The laptop uses about 10W even under load.
Best of luck with the switch!
I use two Ecoflow batteries, a smaller 2kAh model and a 4kAh one. I have solar panels on my Garage roof, the big battery lives there. I charge bike batteries directly with the big battery, and use the big one to charge the small one for use in the house.
The setup is expensive overall, but the results are great. The batteries have USB C that can charge laptops and other devices, and the AC outlets are powerful enough for the vaccum cleaner, coffee machine, basically everything in the house that can be plugged into an outlet other than some power tools.
Edit: Actually I haven't installed the panels yet, I've been too busy. When I first posted it seemed like an unimportant detail, but yeah, no. I have been using the little battery for about 18months already with a smaller portable panel that moves around the yard to get the best sunlight, so the details about using the batteries are true. But I'm still unsure how to charge one battery with the other. The AC outlets will work for this, but the conversion losses are a problem, and I'm looking into how to do DC transfer.
The Nobel Prize in physics goes to Geoffrey Hinton for his work in computer science. What?
The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Geoffrey Hinton for his work in computer science. What?
Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and physicist John Hopfield have won a Nobel Prize for their pioneering work on the neural network architecture that underlies machine learning. Specifically, the…Pivot to AI
Here, have a Macintosh Centris/Performa 610!
That button on the right? It's not a floppy eject button, much to the chagrin of hordes of students during the 1990s, but an on/off power button ...
Kurzgesagt giving us a hopeful glimpse of a Solarpunk world
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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Worth mentioning for anyone wondering why, that green growth is not compatible with solarpunk, because solarpunk has a large intersection with degrowth.
The truth about mass migration
Edit: Please watch the video before commenting or reporting this... it seems like a lot of people assume it is some right-wing BS based on the title alone, which I can assure you it very much isn't.
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/20625279
From the description:"I'm Andres Acevedo and this is The Market Exit. During the migration crisis of 2015, the small country of Sweden admitted a very large number of refugees. What effects did this surge of migrants to Swedish have on the Swedish economy? To find out, I met professor Peo Hansen, author of the book "A Modern Migration Theory" and from our conversation, I realized that many of the economic models we use for assessing our economy and society are deeply flawed.
In the conversation, we talk about the field of research called the fiscal impact of migration. We talk about the difference between real resources and financial resources. We talk about the so-called brain drain within the European Union. We talk about why politicians are so afraid of speaking the truth about migration."
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
This video looks to me like it’s ideologically driven and doesn’t really want to understand immigration and the economy.
Reducing the effects of migration to the economy is also far too simple. Crime, social cohesion, demography, infrastructure, education, pensions, debt, housing are all affected by migration.
Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"!
Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt runs the Special Competitive Studies Project, a non-profit vehicle for him to make excuses for the AI bubble industry. [SCSP.ai] Schmidt spoke at SCSP’s inaugural “AI…Pivot to AI
The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead : Frank J. Tipler : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing...Internet Archive
Oktober.
Zeit der bunten Blätter, regennasser Straßen und fallender Temperaturen.
Außerdem:
Malathon
Orctober
TerrainFest
Was ist was?
Malathon
Ich zitiere hier mal die Quelle:
Auch in diesem Jahr soll es wieder den Magabotato Malathon geben und das Beste: in nicht einmal vier Wochen geht es los!
Was der Malathon ist? Ursprünglich war der Malatahon readaktionsintern eine fixe […]
warmonger.de/hobby-aktionen-ov…
Steinböcke und Toast am Morgen
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.Home Assistant
On Sieges, Solidarity, and Solar
On Sieges, Solidarity, and Solar
Report from Mutual Aid Disaster Relief about ongoing mutual aid efforts to build autonomous infrastructure in Puerto Rico. Borikén (Puerto Rico) is no stranger to sieges. La Junta de Control,...It's Going Down
Minutes from 3 October 2024 WG Meeting
2024-10 | ForumWG October Meeting
| ForumWG October Meeting Update re: as:Article and Mastodon treatment of non-notes Context: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/18286/relaxing-treatment-of-non-notes-by-mastodon Darius, implementor of Hometown as of 5 years ago.Google Docs
Matthias Pfefferle hat dies geteilt.
Lemmy Development Update 2024-10-04
Always save remote image data by sunaurus · Pull Request #4875 · LemmyNet/lemmy
#4704 made saving data into the remote_image table conditional on a successful image proxying request. In practice, I have found that the first image proxy requests quite often don't finish bef...GitHub
Restoring Iberian rain - Forests and marshes, & the chimneys, cakes, and summer storms they create
Restoring Iberian rain
Forests and marshes, & the chimneys, cakes, and summer storms they createAlpha Lo (Climate Water Project)
Looking for a step-by-step or ELI5-type guide on how to disconnect from the power grid and go full solar on a 4-bedroom house.
I know very little about in-depth electrical work so I would definitely need professional electrician assistance, but I am looking for a sort of "how to disconnect from the power company" and go full solar? I understand that it's becoming much less expensive to purchase and maintain, and I would like to free myself from $300/month electrical payments on my residence.
If it helps, I live in the mideast USA.
Any help is really appreciated! :)
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Have a good squizz here - australian site, but the solar 101 is universal
The dude has a massive hardon for solar and dedicated to education
Solar 101: A Guide To Buying Solar Power Systems
Our Solar 101 beginners guide is the ideal starting point for anyone considering buying a solar power system who needs advice and informationSolarQuotes
Meine AI ist verklemmt?
Heute, nach der Schicht, habe ich ein bisschen an meinem Home Assistant geschraubt. Eine Sache, die ich machen wollte, war meine „Scenes“ für den Arbeitsraum etwas zu verschönen.
Jetzt ist es halt so, dass Home Assistant YAML spricht, und wenn man was bewegen will, das über das Minimum hinaus geht, muss man auch YAML machen.
Kann ich, kein Problem. Ist aber langweilig. Also habe ich mir gedacht, ich frage Cursor, ob es mir meine Config etwas verschönen kann. Hat es dann auch gemacht. Und im Zug gleich meine Szene „Fucking“ in „Romantic“ umbenannt. Meine AI ist verklemmt?
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.Home Assistant
Nicht vergessen: Regensburg!
BarCamp Regensburg
Das 10. BarCamp Regensburg findet am 12. Oktober in der Techbase Regensburg statt.www.barcamp-regensburg.de
I believe Apple play the Privacy card as it's their best excuse to reduce intraoperatively and maintain their lockin/walled garden under the disguise of "we care about your privacy" (and don't want to compete on features, UX an especially price)
Map of ecological thought [in french]
Accompanying article [fr] bonpote.com/la-carte-des-pense…
Sorry this is in French but I think many movements have a similar enough name that English speakers will understand what "écosocialisme" or "écologies anti-industrielles" means. A note though: "libertaire" is not "libertarian" it is closer to "liberal" with a stronger left-wing bias.
I found it interesting because while they mention that it is extremely hard to make such a map and that it has tons of very debatable links and placement, I still see solarpunks being all over the left 2/3 of the map.
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This is pretty cool thx. I like how they include both the researcher and their seminal works. It also helped me find another researcher that was into low tech other than Philippe Bihouix. I wonder why most researchers that are into that are French?
Agenda Prep for October WG Meeting
Agenda preparation for the October ForumWG meeting can be found at this public link (anyone can make comments for review.)
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at 1700 to 1800 UTC. You can find them listed in the SocialCG Calendar. The next meeting will be held on 3 October 2024.
We will be continuing onwards with discussions regarding context resolution. Multiple FEPs touch on the subject and there is an opportunity for potential convergence towards a single (or pair) of FEPs that share enough commonalities to allow for interoperability.
As always — time permitting — if you'd like to speak or inquire about a certain topic, comment in the agenda or reply here, the floor is open!
2024-10 Agenda
October 2024 Agenda Forum and Threaded Discussions Task Force Format Information gathering prior to the meeting will be held asynchronously via the fediverse, with topics posted on one of the following two locations: https://community.nodebb.Google Docs
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Als Antwort auf Andy • • •ALoafOfBread
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •Wow, this is super interesting. I don't know if these sequels would have been successful (premise seems removed from the realism that made the published books so great), but if anyone could pull it off, it's Butler.
It'd have been a sad but potentially interesting critique of power to show Olamina become a darker character, as was suggested. Idk how I feel about the next book jumping to Earthseed having fulfilled its mission (in part) - seems like there'd need to be a transitional book with them making all the preparations under potentially new leadership first.
Andy
Als Antwort auf ALoafOfBread • • •Yeah. I think there's a lot she could do with the stories, but I really need more hope right now. I think Parable of the Sower managed to provide just enough of that.
I don't fault her for being so brutal. It's honest. Reading both this and Parable of the Sower, I couldn't help thinking that there are people in Haiti and Palestine for whom these books are just their present reality. I even feel bad that I'm so demoralized, because I know that I need to toughen up. This is what the real world looks like. But I need to have enough composure to be an effective dad and activist, and it takes a balance for me to do that. Too much truth can leave me too drained and despondent to be the force in the world I want to be.