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Monthly Archive June, 2026

Quick Review: Capital and Ideology

The first three parts of the book consist of rather dry history mainly focused on economic inequality and some related aspects and implications, generally showing that, while the specifics differed, things were always awful. The exception were some elements that reached levels that could justify some hope between 1950 and 1980, but those have started […]

Before Dream Trek Summer Edition 2026

After making and eating mamaliga at night, on the morning of June 14 I kept getting up to pee, at one point spending a few minutes on the computer and at another exchanging a few words with dad and catching the last few minutes of a match. But when I got up again, just after […]

An Awful Series of Three Plus One Runs and One More After Them

In the early hours of June 5, it was late when I finished making pasta, ending up eating lunch between 1:05 AM and 1:15 AM, and then I selected the handful of usable radish leaves and also used radishes for much of the salad, which also meant picking what little was still usable out of […]

Formula 1 Continues in the Wrong Direction in 2027 and 2028

The recently agreed changes to Formula 1 power units for the 2027 and 2028 seasons continue the trend of the sport going in the wrong direction, which remains disappointing despite not being in the least surprising. I mean, there was a time when I was hoping for a completely electric Formula 1 by 2030, so […]

CSM Bucharest Gets Third… But the Youth Team Was Agonizingly Close to the Title

After what may be seen as yesterday’s normal results, CSM losing to Metz and Gyor defeating Brest, today came with quite a shock in the EHF Women’s Champions’ League, in the form of Metz defeating Gyor to win the title. But what I was interested in was the third place match, where CSM defeated Brest, […]