This month's Papers Club reading is titled
Textiling World Politics: Towards an extended epistemology, methodology, and ontology
and we are inviting Toronto's makers, scholars, and thinkers of every stripe to come join the discussion. We are extending special invitations to fiber artists - that includes knitting, crochet, weaving, fashion design etc. So if you know a fiber artist friend, please forward them this message :)
Thank you, hope to see you on July 27th!
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116933798329257650
The most sinister line of his speech on Thursday came towards the end,
when Trump said his administration would be taking more action to try to take control over elections.
The Department of Homeland Security,…
Since the day she began her campaign for Congress,
Paige Cognetti, the Democratic mayor of Scranton,
has centered her pitch to voters on the prodigious stock tradingof the House Republican she is seeking to unseat,
Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. of Pennsylvania.
“This year he’s already made 600 trades,” Ms. Cognetti said in the announcement video for her campaign in September.
“Sold Chinese stocks the week of a tariff.
Buys missile stocks before a war.
🪗 #Accordion #Quiz!
Basic info post with a one-line historical bias towards the German origin-story of the instrument
Currently being promoted perhaps during the 2026 INSTRUMENT
DES JAHRES “Instrument of the Year” (in Germany)
Preceding the 2029 bicentennial of the 1829 patent …
@… Schon so, es haben in der Stadt und auf dem Land leute Ja und Nein gestimmt. Das ist ein Versuch der SVP ihre Stammwähler bei (Kampf-)Laune zu halten. Trotzdem auffällig, Regionen wo Millionen (zurecht) reingebuttert wird um nicht auszusterben, haben Ja gestimmt. Alle grossen Städte wo wirklich gewisse Probleme herrschen Nein. Demokratie ist manchmal lustig.
"Almost two thirds of all the energy we dig up is wasted before it does a single thing of value, a loss RMI puts at more than $4.6 trillion a year, or roughly $600 for every person on Earth.”
#FossilFuels https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/13/clean-energy-investments-surge-but-that-is-only-part-of-the-story/
War started: line goes up. War on pause: line goes up. War resumes: line goes up. Oil prices rise: line goes up. "Peace" talks: line goes up. Talks break down, more bombing: line goes up. Thermonuclear war threats: line goes up. Ceasefire summit: line goes up. Ceasefire starts: line goes up. Ceasefire actually completely made up by the US: line goes up. Bombings continue: line goes up.
Rational markets, baby!
Zweirad-Industrie startet neue Fahrradmesse in Köln
Mit der „towards tomorrow - European Bike Show“ startet 2027 eine neue Fahrradmesse in Köln. Die Branche setzt auf frische Impulse und Konkurrenz zur Eurobike.
https:…