Managed decline, the death of state capacity, and whispers of a post state world

@jhensonpogue is back with another @VanityFair banger

"Preppers, techies, hippies, and yuppies are converging on the American West, the safest place to “exit” a society gone haywire." Is the next frontier in America figuring out how to stay out of our versions of "the troubles?

The dissident fringe doesn't want your culture war and it certainly doesn't want a hot war. So we've decamped to the imagined demilitarized zone of the Rockies
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What’s the etiquette on masking on airlines anymore? My seat mate was clearly sick. Coughing, sniffling, doing a big snurg every 8 seconds. I put on my KN95 and he stared daggers at me I’m on my second leg of the trip and the man next to me is coughing so much I’m the second person to have offered him a mask. I’m considering digging out the NyQuil so for him

It’s unreal how brutally workmanlike your body is It’s utility for childbearing and reading

Holy fuck
Holy fucking fuck
That body of yours is absurd

I need more Gen Z female friends as I’ve got some hot commodity men I’d like to matchmake I will happily set up my millennial girlfriends but I don’t know if you guys are into dating younger. The oldest guy I’ve got is 35. Then you’ve got a waiting period where people figure out their divorced ngl

Planning out my first international trip since we moved to Montana and the logistics are A LOT I’m talking six hour layovers, arriving at my end destination super late, leaving super early on the return and maybe needing to swap from hotel to Airbnb to hotel

Fuck man the social scene in Montana is legitimately perfect for me. Everyone here is WEIRD as shit. Was hanging out with old school pirate cyberpunks tonight My neighbors are all so fucking cool it honestly slays me

I dislike going full angry customer, especially on a fellow beauty brand CEO but the dark patterns on #MeritBeauty’s return process should worry @KatherinePower and @L_Catterton for their customer lifetime value jfredrickson.com/day-659-and-e-… They won’t give me a return label until I review each product. Sorry guys but you ask for “why” on a return after letting the customer begin the process. Doing anything else is meant to hinder a return

On the end of empire, crypto, oligarchs, #ETHDenver and gambling on outrunning the collapse jfredrickson.com/day-414-and-em… Being at a crypto convention in 2022 is something else. It’s full jubilee at the end of the world shit. You are surrounded by millennials and gen-zers who know in their gut that their future has been stolen from them.

Fuck it I’m mooning some ETH into $SOS why not I have no idea what I’m doing. Is this degen?

You can improve your health starting right now. Go outside & soaks up some sun.

Here is your starting point for improving your basic biomarkers. jfredrickson.com/day-91-and-bio…

Here is your starting point for supplements. jfredrickson.com/day-210-and-ex…

Lose fat mass, gain muscle Vitamins D should absolutely be your starting point for supplements. I like EFAs for anti-inflammatory purposes but you need to take it for a while to get results.

If you are sick take vitamin C & Zinc.

If you are struggling metabolically get Metformin.

On day 304 I combine psychogenics and let the spice flow. Baudrillard’s Hyper reality, @EpsilonTheory the long now, @PaulSkallas refinement culture, @PezeshkiCharles empathy deficit and the new Dune movie. jfredrickson.com/day-304-and-hi… But it’s fascinating to see just how much the Denis Villeneuve version matched it’s predecessor. It’s got the same muscular Christianity that tosses up messiah myths in the desert but this time with Baudrillard’s hyper reality.

Let me tell you about the Thursdays Styles problem. It is a problem about zeitgeist, wealth and perception and it’s overlap with power. The @nytimes publishes its “styles” section on Thursdays and Sundays. Generally speaking if you work in media, PR or culture you are aware of the general trends that will emerge on Thursday ahead of time. For the sake of argument let’s say I know directionally on Tuesday

Watching a livestream now. This is about two miles from my house

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1374104012891504641

https://twitter.com/boulderpolice/status/1374100929855815692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1374100929855815692%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FUS%2Factive-shooter-reported-grocery-store-colorado-boulder-police%2Fstory%3Fid%3D76614488

Our foray into hydroponics has gone extremely well @alexlmiller has had a lot of fun with our @LettuceGrow

Skepticism of media & its value isn’t new. I explore the history of media (starting with antiquity) and who benefits from moral panics.

From the hordes that sacked Rome to @a16z power and information go hand in hand. Plus hat tip to @balajis

jfredrickson.com/day-78-and-med… This essay is day 78 in my experiment to write something every single day under my own name on my own domain. Today’s topic is inspired by the current discourse on tech, media, politics and who owns speech and it’s distribution

Yay this is my vaccine of choice since I am an anaphylactic case

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1364570852755398662

I’m also just more comfortable getting an endovirus vaccine than an mRNA vaccine as we’ve got loads more long term effect data on them. My immune system is reactive & fragile so it’s a concern for me nytimes.com/interactive/20…

I’m so trad wife adjacent if I just straight up faked having kids I’d be able to monetize that shit lickty split - downside is I’d have to figure out how Jewish wives navigate that niche This is in response to this thread on who redpilled moms on the Garbage Day email today plus also the genius of @mekosoff garbageday.email/p/does-mcdonal…

https://twitter.com/pamina_q/status/1296164209689006083

I such a failure as a thought leader. I’ve got credentials in e-commerce and DTC in particular but I just don’t enjoy chit chat about it. Probably harming my earnings This isn’t to say I don’t follow retail closely. I love the business and have pretty devolved positions and bets. But the idea of constant jabbering about something that feels like executional space just isn’t that exciting to talk about. Maybe I’m wrong?

Would anyone be interested in a thread on how I coped with being home bound for months (due to illness)? Biggest thing that made a difference was KEEPING A ROUTINE. It’s tempting to go with the flow of a day but having a core set of rhythms helps keep you mind from messing with your body. You can pick any “thing” to anchor your day but I anchored mine around meal times

One like for one controversial opinion

https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1205357296714280962

Tuscany is just Bakersfield California - same light, same heat, same lethargic pace one has a better publicist