Gotta manage my monthly urge to switch to a dumb phone / #KaiOs 🙃

A song that comforts me: songwhip.com/the-national/not-in-kansas

"In the 16th century, Western art made a distinct shift from religious imagery and portraits of nobility to scenes of everyday life. So why did artists pivot from venerating powerful people and institutions to images of peasants engaged in unremarkable activities like walking, dancing, working and eating?"

aeon.co/videos/why-european-artists-shifted-their-focus-from-power-to-peasants-in-the-16th-century

#art

"Déplacés de leurs terres ancestrales, les Innus de Pakuashipi ont subi mille et une douleurs. Après avoir vécu des décennies de politiques d'acculturation et les abus d’un prêtre oblat, la communauté est enfin prête à entamer un processus de guérison… 60 ans plus tard."

ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/6147/autochtones-innus-deplacement-histoire-quebec

"Economics is a pretty bizarre field [...] The beauty of economics is we can radically overhaul our economic systems and institutions to better serve us, rather than being prey to the outputs of a haggard and worn out system. Such a realisation is, though, beyond the imagination of most economic leaders."

www.planetcritical.com/p/the-eco-fiscal-crisis

#ClimateChange

My pronunciation for *that* one letter platform will now be /fæʃks/ or fasc-x if you prefer that format

"The resulting portrait is an observational look into the group’s unyielding commitment to their cause, which requires a unique melding of survivalism, tree-climbing and activism expertise, and, perhaps above all else, the endurance to outlast the time, money and resources of their opponents."

aeon.co/videos/tree-sit-with-activists-as-they-fight-industrial-logging-from-100-feet-above-the-ground

"How many people know that the Indigenous populations of the Americas declined by 90-98 per cent since 1492?"

aeon.co/essays/we-must-not-forget-what-happened-to-the-worlds-indigenous-children

Un de mes petits plaisirs de la vie est le fudge à la lavande; voici la recette :

* 2 cuillères à table de lavande moulue
* 1 boîte de lait condensé sucré
* 2 tasses de pépites de chocolat mi-sucré
* 1 cuillère à table de beurre

1. Broyer la lavande dans un mortier
2. Faire fondre le chocolat dans un bain-marie
3. Incorporer le lait condensé, le beurre et la lavande
4. Remuer pour rendre le mélange bien lisse
5. Verser dans un moule et laisser reposer au frigo

aeon.co/videos/the-art-of-istanbul-dances-to-life-in-a-tribute-to-the-citys-timeless-beauty 🤩