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Notebook

This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.

Living in the Jackpot

The Skimm daily news digest [https://www.theskimm.com/daily-skimm] has had some serious Jackpot vibes going on as of late. Here is one of the more sinister Jackpot-ish things from today [https://www.theskimm.com/news/2021-07-19-5GxuqjrsFJkCAncqnr41ke]: > What's giving us 'Big Brother' vibes… >

// The Jouissance of Anxiety & Depression

This morning I woke up at about 5:40 am when my five-month-old decided it was time to be awake. When I picked him up from his crib, he snuggled into me and went back to sleep. At this point in my life, I’ve been through this enough times

The Jouissance of Tangping

Following up on something I posted yesterday [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/how-does-the-ccp-respond-to-the-jouissance-of-slacking/] , the NYTimes reports [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/R86iHrhAaDqOHJibPqx7mQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRixBNyP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2NoaW5hLXNsYWNrZXJzLXRhbmdwaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIxMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNDU2NyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTU2ODkxOTk0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjI1ODkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTMxYj

How does the CCP respond to the jouissance of slacking?

From the Axios AM/PM newsletter [https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm] today: > Rejecting China's work culture, some young people are embracing a loafing movement that includes traveling and living off savings — "lying flat" (tangping in Mandarin) This, in and of itself is not that

Its getting hot

For the Living in the Jackpot section of an upcoming newsletter. From the NYtimes The Morning email newsletter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/briefing/climate-change-drought-us-heat-wave.html] > In Arizona and Nevada, it’s been so hot that doctors warned people they could get third-degree burns from the asphalt.

We all have different versions of our self, but

> I do love a man who contains multitudes… especially multitudes who hate each other. What a great line from this post by Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2021/04/20/a-book-of-words/]. When I read this: It got me thinking about psychoanalysis, and now a one way I think about

Chainsaw

My wife’s birthday is coming up, and the other day (jokingly) I asked her, “You want a chainsaw for your birthday?” “You know, the chainsaw was originally made to widen the birth Canal.” She replied. I thought she was joking and I said, “That makes sense.” “I’m serious.

More Great Blog Posts from This Weekend 5/8/21

From Atlas Minor [https://atlasminor.com/southbound/]: > Somewhere between Knoxville and Chattanooga, we ate bún xào in a parking lot. Then we hacked our way through Atlanta traffic, its tailgaters and stunt drivers declaring their political opinions on their bumpers. On a sleepy Sunday street in Macon, I ate

Great bits from blogs this weekend 5/8/21

From Disquiet [https://disquiet.com/2021/05/08/twitter-com-disquiet-theater-anxiety-and-media-ambience/] : > Netflix needs a third button for “I really enjoyed this and I never want to watch it or anything like it anytime again in the near or foreseeable future.” Pondering what that hand gesture is. So true!

The Reason for Going into Analysis (Pt. 2)

Continuing to riff on why someone might go into analysis, I want to highlight something the Jacques-Alain Miller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Alain_Miller] says in the video below. At the 4:40 point of the video, JAM says, “At the root of all knowledge, you have a practice.