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Fear of flying therapy is about reframing the flight experience;
if my mind’s eye squints,
I can almost interpret my sweating palms and pounding heartbeat as a kind of buzz.
But this requires repeated, strenuous effort,
and the result is a mental exhaustion that makes the worst-case scenario appealing:
succumbing to my fears and never flying again.
I imagine this as analogous to what many Americans, aerophobic or not, are feeling.
It’s simply easier…

Winging It | Noelle Mateer
For those trying to overcome their fears of flying, it’s been . . . a challenging time to say the least.

Hours after flying drones into Poland, Russia condemns Israeli strike on Doha as ‘gross violation’: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/10/hours-after-flying-drones-into.html

Opendoor names Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian as its CEO, following Carrie Wheeler's ouster, and taps co-founder Keith Rabois as chairman; OPEN jumps 35% after hours (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/opend

YES!
GDP growth is effectively dead.The motor is broken.
Now it's time to face reality and share the wealth that is so evidently present.
An economy for life!
#degrowth
Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May

Blow to Chancellor as UK economy shrank unexpectedly in May
The UK economy contracted unexpectedly in May, marking the second month in a row of falling output and heaping further pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1% in May, following a 0.3% drop in April. Most economists had expected the economy to rebound […]

Reykjavík Grapevine provides answers to questions you were too afraid to ask
https://grapevine.is/mag/2025/07/07/help-call-charlie-campsites-expensive-vegetables-beautiful-but-harmless-eruption-more/…

From Iceland — Help? Call Charlie! Campsites, Expensive Vegetables, Beautiful But Harmless Eruption & More
Unsolicited advice from an unreliable advisor Help is a four-letter verb meaning “to make it easier or possible for someone...

Following our mapping party for OpenStreetMap's birthday, I've been thinking more about the diversity of OSM tools and how they help create and maintain a commons.
#OpenStreetMap

"The credit score drop is [as bad as] filing for bankruptcy, and some borrowers are finding out when they try to get car loans or rent apartments."
Student loan missed payments causes credit score drop for millions - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/25/credit-score-student-loan-elinquency-debt/

Madre Fire Update from Los Padres National Forest
Size: 80,786 Acres / Containment: 67%
Total Personnel: 1,330
Work continues along the west, northwest, northeast, and southwest of the fire perimeter to strengthen both - direct and indirect - containment lines as well as mop-up and patrol to ensure lines are secure. Dozer and handcrews are engaged on rugged terrain along the southeast flank, with ongoing efforts focused on structure protection and securing Highway 166. Aeri…

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

Over the first months of the second Trump presidency, we have watched the guardrails of democracy come off rapidly in real time.
Mass firings of civil servants,
the dismissal of government watchdogs,
the weaponization of the military against our citizens,
the use of the national budget as a cudgel,
and the dehumanization of immigrants. 
💥Donald Trump and his allies are following what we believe is a similar path as autocrats abroad,
with an American…

We Can Stop the Rise of American Autocracy
Stacey Abrams and Kim Lane Scheppele argue that we must act now to stop autocracy from taking over America.

A former Justice Department official is warning of a
🔥wave of retribution inside the agency.
Patty Hartman, who served as a top public affairs specialist at the FBI and federal prosecutors' offices, told CBS News,
"The rules don't exist anymore."
Hartman, who was fired Monday via a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi,
is the fourth person connected to the agency's work on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots to be terminated in the past month.

Fired Justice Department official warns "we are falling into an abyss"
Patty Hartman, who worked with the public affairs team on Jan. 6 prosecutions, was fired Monday by Pam Bondi.