Mencius Moldbug book recommendation from the hang, courtesy of @marla
Moldbug’s Recommendations
Movie: Reds (1981 starring Warren Beatty)
Memoirs of the Dissent Publisher by William Regnery
The Red Decade by Eugene Lyons
Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons
The Russia I Believe In by Samuel N. Harper
The True History of the American Revolution by Sydney George Fisher
Falsehood in War-Time by Arthur Ponsonby
Alexander Hamilton: An Essay on American Union by Fredrick Scott Oliver
Books on Progressivism (Recommends memoirs of people who left the movement)
Authoritarian Socialism in America by Arthur Lipow
Enjoyment Of Living by Max Eastham
School of Darkness by Bella Dodd
Dreams Die Hard by David Harris
I needed an indoor winter time old lady hobby so I've taken up embroidery.
My most recent project is a felt ornament for my friend who is coming up on the one year anniversary of her daughter's suicide. My design combines the idea of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, along with a rose growing out of the crack which was the design she had chosen for our group marathon this past fall. An ornament bc they will be putting up a special memorial Christmas tree each winter.
The other projects are based on designs I found online or in craft stores, gifted at Christmas to my family.
It's relaxing, and works well for short bursts which gives me something to do between kid/house responsibilities instead of social media (I still do that, too, just aiming for less).
