Blog Mirror: Consuming Like a Localist Our local places can provide almost all of our needs, but not all of our wants.

 

Consuming Like a Localist

Our local places can provide almost all of our needs, but not all of our wants.

Blog Mirror: Back To The Land, Again

  

Back To The Land, Again

Lex Anteinternet: Independent Record Store Day, 2025.

Lex Anteinternet: Independent Record Store Day, 2025.:  

Independent Record Store Day, 2025.

 

 

Wisdom From the Agrarians: A Quote Special

Blog Mirror: As Trump administration cuts funding, lays off USDA staff, Colorado farmers and ranchers feel the hit

 

As Trump administration cuts funding, lays off USDA staff, Colorado farmers and ranchers feel the hit

If they were like Wyoming's farmers and ranchers, and they likely were, they were probably for Trump to a man.  Most probably still are.

Lex Anteinternet: World Happiness Report 2025

Lex Anteinternet: World Happiness Report 2025:   

World Happiness Report 2025

 

Read it and weep MAGA.  Mexico is a happier country than the dumpster fire the US has become, and the anger and discontent of a delusional populist far right has a lot to do with that, imho.

The US makes the top 25, sort of:

From Happier Lives Institute.

World Happiness Report 2025

Read the Report

• Chapter 1Executive Summary
• Chapter 2Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness
• Chapter 3Sharing meals with others: How sharing meals supports happiness and social connections
• Chapter 4Living with others: How household size and family bonds relate to happiness
• Chapter 5Connecting with others: How social connections improve the happiness of young adults
• Chapter 6Supporting others: How prosocial behaviour reduces deaths of despair
• Chapter 7Trusting others: How unhappiness and social distrust explain populism
• Chapter 8Giving to others: How to convert your money into greater happiness for others

Oh, you'll note we're behind Canada.  Maybe we should ask Canada to become a province.

There's a lot of things that go into this, we'll note, but right now there's no sign that we're becoming a happy country, let alone a "great" one, "again".

Going Feral: The good guys win one. Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape,...

Going Feral: The good guys win one. Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape,...:  

The good guys win one. Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape, Smith, Yeomans, and Slowensky.