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Feels like a bit of a bad news whatsit this week, doesn't it. So the world is probably definitely going to end pretty soon (but we already knew that). Chin up; there are still humans being wonderful to each other. Let's keep it up. Some happy climate survival stuff: Appropriate responses to the bush fires. (Also, yesterday I saw an old guy in the street wearing a T-shirt that said "raving inner-city lunatic". YASSSS!) We need to keep pushing politicians, but we can also just get on with doing stuff like this: Suburban Australians are disrupting the power industry by storing and sharing solar power across local networks. I'm in love with my newly installed air quality forecasting app. I just followed Beautiful News Daily on instagram. Also, this podcast cuts through the climate change overwhelm with inspiring interviews about positive action. OKAY FRIDAY TIME NOW. Other podcasts I'm currently into: Life is Short (Justin Long interviews people who are more famous than him) and Where Should We Begin (relationship expert Esther Perel gives couples counselling sessions IRL). I still haven't participated in the cultural phenomenon that is Fleabag Season 2 (I know, I feel hopelessly out of touch), but I really enjoyed this interview with Phoebe Waller-Bridge. This is awesome! New Indigemoji app features emojis based on Indigenous cultural symbols. My husband was away last weekend so I obviously binged half of the new season of The Crown on Netflix. This piece on the hats of season three is an important read. Humans of New York is full of sad stories, but this one made me weep subtly in a cafe in a good way. Books to find at the library this weekend: The First Time Lauren Pailing Died: one of those books that deals with dark themes in such a way that you just really love every character and feel warm inside. I read this in a weekend. Nothing to Envy: Interviews about life in North Korea, conducted with people after they defected. So compelling! There were a lot of similarities with stories I've read from communist china (Wild Swans, Mao's Last Dancer, Colours of the Mountain), but if you've never read anything like that, you MUST read this. It's a type of society than we in the West have no frame of reference for. I LOVE YOU ALL LET'S STICK TOGETHER. xx K P.S. Please don't get sucked into Black Friday sales. Read my thing about Christmas gifting for un-consumers instead.
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