Biden

Joe Biden, elected to be a transitional President, is on the verge of going down in the History books (and, until now, for good reasons). 

Rancor

There are some people... I believe that... There are some good people, they are genuinely good, they care about others and they want a better world. They don't think so much about themselves, they really care about other people and the world. They are intelligent, educated. But they are unable to act at the scale they believe they should to solve the society / global problems they see. They start deeming that anything they can and will do won't work. The problems are too big, bad people and inertia are against them. So, they feel powerless. And these good people, they start feeling rancor, a grudge against society that slowly, but surely, poisons them from the inside. They are not violent, they don't do wrong things, they don't let go. And so, this rancor poison spreads. And starts bittering them. And their relationships. And their life. And so, good people, genuinely good people, turn bitter and full of violence. 

Popper

"Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know" - Karl Popper

Can Portugal just try this radical new idea called growth?

Cavaco Silva writes another quite frontal article about the future of the Portuguese. It is absolutely clear, but I must say I am already having enough of reading the same stuff from him - can we just do as he says to shut him up once and for all? Maybe this radical idea of him that Portugal should grow its economy is not that bad?

Shanghai lockdown

Two weeks already under lockdown. The hard way for 25 million inhabitants - people can't get out of their places, no deliveries, no shopping. Government officials knock on your door and deliver some food - if you are lucky, maybe enough for a few days. Regular standing on long queues to be covid tested by Hazmat wearing nurses. No end on sight.

We looked to the side

Chechenya. Georgia. Syria. MH17. Donbass. And we all looked to the side.

Free press

War in Ukraine has reinforced a powerful idea. The importance of free press. Let me get down on one knee and thank all the people that went there (wherever that is), so we could know. Thank you.

Air conditioning

"Do you prefer peace or air conditioning on? That's the question we should ask ourself" - Mario Draghi

What it means to be occupied by Russian troops. - by Der Spiegel

 Link here.