in her song "diamonds and rust", singer/songwriter joan baez refers to "a voice [she'd] known a couple of lightyears ago". the use of lightyears as a unit of time implies that "diamonds and rust" does not internally use the si system of units, but rather a geometrised system of units. whether or not the speed of light is taken to equal 1 in the song, as is typical for geometrised systems of units, is unclear

loop quantum gravity seems pretty neat. i should really read rovelli once i'm not drowning in my thesis

ooh, jacobin published an interview with rob ashton that i think is worth reading:

Rob Ashton, Longshoreman, vs. Canada’s Political Class

Canadian ILWU president Rob Ashton is running for New Democratic Party leadership, arguing that the party has lost touch with its base. His campaig...

got all the way to the café downtown before realising that i forgot my book at home 😭

watching youtube videos from like january 2020 is so anxiety inducing lmao