We should be so embarassed as Europeans that when a Vietnamese entrepreneur visits us now their main realization is we have slow internet and no AC Remember when Vietnam was a poor and "developing" country? Europe is behind Vietnam now in many ways and in 20 years Vietnam's GDP per capita will have passed by Europe's

Rest in peace Chuck Mangione

Day 1666 and an old NPR article that reported on hard stuff like welfare and disability’s relationship at the federal level and where we may land in the future

Visited @ValarAtomics and came away convinced: The talent and innovation is here. The only thing standing in the way is red tape. Let’s cut the bureaucracy and build again.

Is it weird that I don’t have any friends doing this? I don’t have any friends leaving America

When will self tanner fully go back to being déclassé? A real tan was hip, fake tans were bad, then they got really good (Clarins & spray ons) if you could afford it. Now sunscreen brands like Vacation are back. Where do pale girls land in this? Tans are

You can’t make me read the heterofatalism article

When the doctor in America didn’t want run my tests “it’s up to you… I think it’s unnecessary & nothing” I listened as no rec no insurance coverage. I should have insisted. Got emergency surgery in Istanbul for abscess w MSSA resistant staph infection Use AI. Insist

Day 1665 and the importance of getting outside of the American media production timezones for a little silence to hear the signal again

Day 1664 is the final reveal of the pathology report in which I had a tetracycline resistant MSSA infection so yay wrong antibiotics