26mar25

Signs of life.

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• President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is throttling Turkey’s democracy (But no one outside Turkey seems to care)
• Everything you need to know about the Spring Statement
• Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist

OPERATIONS: Across four different things today.
STATUS: google “Skechers for rich people” and it will tell you that in fact rich people wear Skechers now. I know this because I bought a pair of Skechers in a spring sale and still paid a lot more than I thought a pair of bloody Skechers should cost, so I decided to see what the high-end alternatives retailed for now. No, they all wear Skechers. I just needed a light cushioned walking shoe in grey to match some summer-weight clothes in a waterproof-ish option.
READING: THE NOTEBOOK, Roland Allen (UK) (US+)
LISTENING:

THINKING ABOUT:

Leonardo, like a Florentine bookkeeper, kept different formats of notebook for different purposes. They vary enormously, from big, formal folios to the little pocket books which he kept on his belt, ready for whatever thought or observation sprang to mind.

THE NOTEBOOK

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