July-Aug 2022

A list of books, audiobooks, podcasts, television, and more that I am consuming.
A list of achievements, articles, or plans in the shop to showcase my production.

This series also maps my consumer habits: my time on media can lead to more projects and purchases, as well as influences my thoughts.

What I am Reading this Month:

Anthony De Mello, Awareness (Read this last year in July, re-reading again in July)

Slavoj Zizek, Sex and the Failed Absolute

Georges Bataille, The Accursed Share

Articles that had an impact:

• Luke Burgis on “Transcending the Transactional“
• “Why we’re afraid of the heat, and how we can use heat to mitigate climate change” Christina Avampato #medium
• Geoff Schullberger, the scapegoating machine
• Salvage “the making of the evangelical anti-abortion movement” Anne Rumberger, july 1, 2022
• Antisemitism and the Aesthetic , Charles Blattberg
• Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat, Lukacs
• Graeme Wood, “The next decade could be even worse (peter turchin)”
• Phillip Goff, Panpsychism Is Crazy, but It’s Also Most Probably True

What I am listening to this month:

Audio Books:

Arkady Martine, A Memory called Empire (recommended)

Jeff Vandermeer, Dead Astronauts (highly recommended)

Podcasts:

99% Invisible

• 498- The Octagon House

Acid Horizon

• The Commodity Screams — Adorno, Moten, and Marx
• From Capitalist Realism to Acid Communism — A Brief History of Mark Fisher’s Concepts
• Deleuzoguattarian Autopsy and the Body Without Organs

Ezra Klien Show

• Liberals Need a Clearer Vision of the Constitution. Here’s What It Could Look Like.

It could happen here

• City of Hate — The Fascist Attack on Dallas Pride

Made you think

78 — Seduced by Nihilism — The Revolt of the Public

Making Sense w Sam Harris

• #287 – Why Wealth Matters

Philosophy for Our Times

• Is rationality a delusion? | Sophie Archer, Timothy Williamson and Nina Power
• Lies we tell about religion | Slavoj Zizek, Rupert Sheldrake, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen

Philosophize This!

• 167: Jose Ortega y Gassat (part2)

The Philosopher’s Zone

• The great and the good-enough
• Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism and fun

The Art of Manliness

Building a Second Brain

The Knowledge Project

• #142 Marshall Goldsmith — The Essentials Of Leadership

Theory & Philosophy

• Karl Marx’s ”Capital” Vol. 3 (Part 2/10)
• Karl Marx’s Capital Vol. 3 (Part 1/10)

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

• Find Your Focus & Own Your Attention with Dr. Amishi Jha (178)

Tim Ferris

#606 — Balaji S. Srinivasan — The Network State and How to Start a New Country

Zizek and So On

• The Gaze

Music:

• Lord Huron
• Future Island

What I am watching this month:

• The Colony #netflix
• Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #Amazon (recommended)
• The Man from Toronto #netflix
• Hold the Dark #netflix
• Hell or Highwater #netflix
• The Gray Man #netflix
• The Sea Beast #netflix
• Terminal List #amazon

Youtube:

Consuming:

What I want:

• Leigh Dovetail Jig D42R
• Wera adjustable wrenches
• Woodpecker Thin Rip Guide
• Sony a6400 (my company wants the company camera back, a Sony a 7 II, so I need to replace it for streaming/video/photo work.)

What I got:

Tech stuff

Also… I started using Matter in addition to Instapaper and Readwise

And for podcasts I am now using Snipd

What I produced:

Podcasts:

Step 62: The Double Bind

Step 63: The One-Dimensional Man

Step 64: Artificial Negativity & Repressive Tolerance

Art Stuff

fixed my stool, turned it into a wonky art piece.

Started a few new pieces based on shields and sports balls I find on my daily walks.

DIY Stuff

Made a “brick” style table top from remnants of cherry wood

Made a window, put gas struts on it

Installed my new Shop A/C. And my wife’s, but I have to re-charge hers: The refrigerant leaked out.

Made a set of cleat holders for my Wera Joker wrenches

My internet in the office went out… I thought it was the router, but it was the cable, which is buried underground.

Other Life Events

Sue Anne had her birthday party.

I am now on anti-depressants.

Belly Button Lint

I have also kept up with my daily posts to my naval gazing blog.
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