Had a fun time this weekend at a birthday party and wanted to share my GIF. btw..I learned it's pronounced JIFF with a soft G not GIFF with a hard G. The more you know I suppose.

A message from Kim...

https://open.substack.com/pub/alexanderdugin/p/how-russia-plans-to-shock-the-west?r=onv0m&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Student Loan Update....yep its crazy and needs support !
https://studentloanjustice.medium.com/meaningful-student-loan-reform-depends-upon-the-return-of-bankruptcy-rights-ec7acc600904

https://open.substack.com/pub/lenapetrova/p/trumps-venezuela-blockade-isnt-about?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=onv0m

Excellent podcast. Thanks Lena!

Ideals and laws are based on philosophy. This now moves everything into the world of psychology. At least generally speaking. In primatology terms, this moves everything into the realm, in Frans de Waal terms, of Chimpanzee Politics: His 1982 book Chimpanzee Politics and also a 2019 Guardian Long Read https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/12/what-animals-can-teach-us-about-politics .

Another cross-reference material would be the Brian Berlectic podcast The New Atlas; this one from about a month ago I think is pretty good: .