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Gary Hall

1/3 In an extract from her foreword to David Graeber’s new collection, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World, Rebecca Solnit writes that Graeber:

‘wanted to put [ideas] in everyone’s hands … Which is part of why he worked hard at – and succeeded in – writing in a style that … was always as clear and accessible as possible, given the material. Egalitarianism is a prose style, too. … A sentence Lyndsey Stonebridge wrote about Hannah Arendt could apply equally well to him: “To fixate on her exceptional mind is to miss something that is important about her lessons in thinking: thinking is ordinary, she teaches; that is its secret power.”

theguardian.com/books/2024/nov

Yet isn’t this itself an example of not thinking, and instead of merely going along with received knowledge?

The Guardian · ‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David GraeberBy Rebecca Solnit
#humanities#anthropology#intellectual
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🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘

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ROBERT TRUJILLO: When I Joined METALLICA, 'I Inherited A Family'
METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo was recently interviewed by host Mitch Joel of the "Groove - The No Treble Podcast". You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about how his relationship with...

blabbermouth.net/news/robert-t

ChatGPT making things up about the article: In this article, Robert Trujillo, the current bassist of Metallica, talks about his experience joining the iconic metal band. He recalls looking forward to the prospect of joining Metallica, but being nervous at the same time. Once he joined, he realized it was the right decision. He describes the members of Metallica as a family and comments that he feels "part of a legacy". He goes on to talk about the importance of the working relationships between the band members, as well as the amount of trust that is needed in order to create successful music. Finally, Trujillo explains that joining Metallica has been an incredible privilege and a great experience.
#Metallica#RobertTrujillo#Family
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OUR COMMON GROUND

“Privilege is just really baked into the system in many ways,” said Julie Park, who studies college admissions and racial equity at the University of Maryland. “At the end of the day, there’s disproportionate representation of the 1% at any private college.”

The scheme itself was brazen, with rich parents paying to get their children accepted to selective universities as fake athletes.
wbur.org/news/2023/01/16/colle
#priviledge #collegeadmissions

WBURWealth looms big as ever in post-scandal college admissions | WBUR NewsBy Collin Binkley, The Associated Press
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Neurodivergent Acolyte

#Introduction

New to Mastodon, part of the Twitter exodus. Sometimes it takes a colossal failure of a person (Musk) to liberate us from the Tyranny of Big Tech.

#Agender, #Demisexual, recovering Catholic.

#Neurodivergent AF. #ADHD and #ActuallyAutistic with #LanguageProcessing issues.

Love #SciFi and #Fantasy.

Fan of #StarTrek, #StarWars, #Marvel but also #Farscape, #Stargate, #Babylon5, #Buffy, #LOTR.

#Queer, but is that really a surprise?

I lean left politically. How far left? 🤷

Big fan of #NKJemisin.

White, middle class, male-passing. Epitome of #Priviledge as I fight to #EndThePatriarchy and #TearDownCapitalism.

Consistent Troublemaker. Former #Flautist but I sold out to the #Pennywhistle.

(edit: modified wording to remove inappropriate reference)

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