Bit of difficulty with the computing machines. Thought I could finish some work outside in a light misting rain, but the hinges on the laptop and associated wiring apparently thought otherwise. Expect sharply reduced verbiage in the coming days, hopefully not weeks.
Have seen the surrounding culture with almost startling clarity in recent days. The sort of frothing insolence and mimetic anger one might expect from lifting a lot of people into economic comfort without imparting virtue. And it's been many generations now. The democracy will rise or fall on the strength of the single soul.