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A long time ago, when I was still going to school, I often thought about some class or other: "What's the point of this? I'm just wasting time on stuff I won't ever need. And my grades are going down because of it." So I supported all these bright ideas like having schools work the curriculum out with the industry.
Nowadays, I know better. The purpose of school is not to produce ready-made employees. It's to give people a wider perspective. Perhaps they won't use most of what they learn there, perhaps they'll have bad memories of some classes, but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that you learn how to learn, how to reason, how to think.
I hate what's been happening to schools lately. They are becoming conveyor belts: we throw children on them, throw specific knowledge at them and see what sticks, we do exams and classify them. We expect to get a thoughtless laborer at the end, someone ready to take a specific job immediately.
A human whose only purpose in life is mindless labor and mindless consumption. Metaphorically, someone who's just going to spend their time off by drinking beer in the front of the TV and breeding more babies. Babies who will eventually become more cogs in the machine, fueling the infinite growth, trying to prevent this mindless system from falling apart.
#AntiCapitalism

Netflix raises US prices following a January 2025 hike; standard with ads rises $1 to $8.99/month; standard with no ads and premium rise $2 to $19.99 and $26.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-raising-prices-second-ti…

Netflix Raising U.S. Prices for Second Time in a Year
Netflix, for the second time in a little over a year, is raising prices for its three plans in the U.S.

How are you? How are you doing in this time of war? With Etel Adnan, I’m feeling the iridescent inner chaos. Can I turn and face it?
Here is my most recent dharma talk from this past Sunday morning.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/to-be-in-a-time-of-war

To be in a Time of War
Facing the iridescent inner chaos

Netflix raises US prices following a January 2025 hike; standard with ads rises $1 to $8.99/month; standard with no ads and premium rise $2 to $19.99 and $26.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/netflix-raising-prices-second-ti…

Netflix Raising U.S. Prices for Second Time in a Year
Netflix, for the second time in a little over a year, is raising prices for its three plans in the U.S.

I’ll be going to a #Wikimedia conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 🇹🇼, next month and I had the choice of either:
1️⃣ going to a new airport (KHH) but only on low-cost airlines I’ve flown before, or
2️⃣ flying on a new airline (China Airlines) but arriving at an airport I’ve been before (TPE).
I went with 2️⃣ as that means I also get to try the Taiwan High Speed Rail! 🚄

Niners GM John Lynch still hopes to trade Brandon Aiyuk following draft: 'Give us a call' https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-gm-john-lynch-still-hopes-to-trade-brandon-aiyuk-following-draft-give-us-a-call

Octopussy: felt like it might be classic for the first half hour, then devolved into the same bland mush as the other Moore films. Man, the rewatch of the catalogue is completely changing my relationship to the memories of these films.
And I don't remember them ever actually improving from here...

Conservatives want schools to teach this strict life path they say avoids poverty
The steps are simple: Graduate from high school. Find a full-time job. Get married before having kids.

The three-pronged framework is currently taught in just a handful of classrooms.
But soon, students across the country may be told that following those steps could keep them out of poverty as adults.
The approach is getting a boost from conservatives seeking to bring it to America’s middl…

Conservatives want schools to teach this strict life path they say avoids poverty
Bills in at least seven GOP-led states would require lessons on the “success sequence.” Critics say it ignores systemic challenges and stigmatizes non-traditional families.

Undrafted free-agent signings tracker: Every team's UDFAs after the 2026 NFL Draft https://www.nfl.com/news/undrafted-free-agent-signings-tracker-every-team-s-udfas-after-the-2026-nfl-draft

Worth, which aims to help financial services onboard and underwrite SMBs, raised a $30M Series A led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, following a $25M seed round (Brian Contreras/Inc)
https://www.inc.com/brian-contreras/fintech-startup-stax-unic…

Worth, the Startup From the Founders of Stax, Just Raised $30 Million to Deliver 'Simplicity for Small Businesses'
The brother and sister team of Sal Rehmetullah and Suneera Madhani are banking on AI for their young fintech startup.