Nostr notes by Kool Mo Di

This is a complete stunner of a shot.

2026-07-30T18:54:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…hw9v
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This is a complete stunner of a shot.

Can you throw out a better alternative or two, I have been about ...

2026-07-08T14:04:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…mndw
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Can you throw out a better alternative or two, I have been about to commit to them 😬

I think this may be what you are remembering, it definitely ...

2026-05-18T17:33:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…l6ax
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I think this may be what you are remembering, it definitely struck me at the time: "Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."" https://boingboing.net/2026/02/05/epstein-met-4chans-founder-the-day-before-pol-launched.html

Here’s the quote, via @npub1fdr…lvhs — “finding things on ...

2026-02-09T16:30:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…j7gd
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Here’s the quote, via Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) — “finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain”

— and then with this latter, cf. Epstein's idea that it is ...

2026-02-07T14:31:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…npna
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— and then with this latter, cf. Epstein's idea that it is easier to identify and capitalize on an imminent decline than to make an investment in something promising.

Two phrases I have learned recently: Elite Overproduction, Peter ...

2026-02-07T14:29:47Z

Two phrases I have learned recently: Elite Overproduction, Peter Turchin's conception that a society can have an excess of potential elite members jostling for position, causing social instability, and Elite Panic, a term from Caron Chess and Lee Clarke to describe the reaction the upper class has to broad scale disaster.

I agree. I’m curious as to whether you think this is a new ...

2025-12-16T06:35:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…v6eu
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I agree. I’m curious as to whether you think this is a new phenomenon. (I’d speculate, but I’m not a historian.)

The other line of thinking that this necessarily implies is, ...

2025-10-03T18:18:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…jerh
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The other line of thinking that this necessarily implies is, “oh fuck, we’re killing people.”

yikes, so seldom do we get to hear plutocratic sang-froid explain ...

2025-08-07T13:48:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…mjaa
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yikes, so seldom do we get to hear plutocratic sang-froid explain its thinking so plainly.

I worked on the technical side of consumer packaged goods ...

2025-08-07T13:21:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…ha56
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I worked on the technical side of consumer packaged goods branding for most of my career, and this trend was the thing all the strategists seemed most eager not to see or think about, as the entire category was founded on the existence of a durable middle class. (Now I work on the technical side of high end spectacle-events, to my relief)

A tiny tomato plant growing in leaf litter in a riverfront park, ...

2025-07-02T16:04:04Z

A tiny tomato plant growing in leaf litter in a riverfront park, presumably from seeds dripped out of some other worker’s lunch .

These graphs alone disprove the theory that has persisted since ...

2024-10-27T13:11:57Z

These graphs alone disprove the theory that has persisted since about 2022 that 18 months of lockdown damaged our immune systems because we weren't getting sick enough.

In Sweden at least, they keep getting sicker and sicker year after year, despite all the wallowing in germs they're free to do now.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1848485621511426354.html