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Monthly Archive October, 2022

Jobs That Nobody Wants Are a Bad Excuse to Still Require People to "Earn a Living"

When someone makes a comment about moving to a post-work future, you get the usual reactions. Some mention laziness, even though on the one hand that has nothing to do with it and on the other many, many people who currently work cause more harm that way than if they’d just sit at home and […]

The Last Runs Before Bucharest Marathon 2022

This post should start with what I did after the September 17 run, then include that series of three runs in five days and finish with the October 3 run, but I started writing this last part first, since I didn’t want to waste time with notes… And ended up putting off even finishing that […]

May I Wish Putin’s 70th Birthday to Be His Last as a Free Man?

Since Putin turns 70 today, apparently choosing to “celebrate” with an informal summit of former Soviet republics, probably as a laughable attempt to counter the first meeting of the European Political Community, since otherwise the festivities were unusually muted, may I take the opportunity to wish for it to be his last as a free […]

A Slower Long Practice Run and the One After It, Plus More Reasons to Be Depressed

To add to the reasons for being depressed, last evening I just found out that Carrefour’s campaign that offers fruits and vegetables in exchange for PET bottles was extended this year to also include glass bottles and aluminum cans, so I’d have probably had several hundred stored, considering that large box of cans, but it […]