Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus: No Imagination
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-100-days-approval.html#permid=141592235 I am a communist. I like the sense of distance here in terms of stepping back, carefully. The background of the piece is telling me to be very wary because instability is unpredictability. The human brain is a predictability machine. It assesses risk. Here’s one: I predict summer. The…
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Appalachia Town
San Francisco Town. Tenderloin Town. Jones Street Town. “Rome never really burned. It smoldered for centuries.” It’s still there. Like New Jersey. I have never been to New Jersey. I could do Boca Raton Town but they would cancel my passport. New York Times Town. Enough. Dirt Bike Town and…