The future

I have to talk to a TIAA financial consultant and you can do it weekdays in the evening, and on Saturday. I changed back to the aggressive formula, after years (at their urging) on the “moderately aggressive” formula. I would have spent my entire life on the very aggressive formula if they had not always … More The future

Linux wireless

Networkmanager should do the job for you if you have the right module for your wireless adapter configured in your kernel. Way better than it was in the old days. Look at dmesg to see if the module came up correctly when it booted. Here is mon problème: I’ve been lazy learning all these Linux … More Linux wireless

The Enigma of Capital

What, if anything specific, in this book helps broaden the scope and deepen the analysis of my current article? (Capital, and liquid capital, move around and seep everywhere, we know this; how do those or other ideas illuminate the part of the puzzle I am trying to analyze?) Axé.

Chocant

Freshmen entering my university have at least a 2.5 GPA and 950 composite score on the SAT (old scale). Requirements for out-of-state and home-schooled students are noticeably higher, but still low. I had a GPA of 3.87 and my composite SAT score was 1410 (Verbal + Math). It is an enormous difference. Axé.

The modern workplace

Working classes internalize harm. They respond to hurt and pain that liquid capital inflicts on them by, first and foremost, self-harming. It’s easier for them to believe the neoliberal narrative that they fail because something is wrong with them. So they self-punish and self-destruct. Creative and professional classes have better defenses against this. They externalize … More The modern workplace

Le soleil d’hiver

There are hardly any blogs anymore. I read an old post by the great Twisty therefore, and realized once again how much it all comes down to patriarchy.  Twisty refers to “her spiritual death at college.” “It took me about 30 years to grow [my mojo] back,” she says. I didn’t have her experience then … More Le soleil d’hiver

Resist

It is not what they do to you, it is what they can get you to do to yourself, is an important point for those of us who are dealing with misogyny or any kind of discrimination, really. Another thing to remember is that although we are constantly told that most people can never admit … More Resist