Greece music tour

 Enjoying a couple of weeks in Greece and attending 11 concerts of world class music! Great people, food and musicians…

Study Project 2025 with an AI assistant

 https://www.25and.me/

The best article on techbro authoritarianism

 Good overview and analysis, good references to follow up on.

The oligarchs are running the asylum

As someone (over)active on the Net since ARPAnet in the mid-Seventies, I know these guys and these ideologies. I tasted their words and thoughts and banged heads with them. Beware. Be very wary. I and some friends have paid a price.

On Usenet in the Nineties I argued with someone who proposed a mechanism to financially reward those who assassinate government employees because they are “agents of the State”. This was prior to the blockchain and bitcoin, but what was proposed would work well now that these exist.

Know that a lot of thought over decades created the mileau that JD Vance rises from. He is a hothouse flower purpose-built for a takeover in the aftermath of the bulldozer that is Trump. Do not mistake him as just an awkward nerd. He embodies the adage “put all the wood behind one arrowhead.” Bathing him with billions of dollars and propping him up with the long term organization of the Heritage Foundation, et al creates something never before seen in human history.

Retirement and pilgrimage

 As I approach the end of my last job as a bit player in the tech industry, I have a lot on my mind. The next step is very close. I missed joining a deep and profound Buddhist study group that began two years ago so I could care for Sara. However, next month I start in another one, comprised of students of Pema Chodron. Beyond that, in October I leave for a pilgrimage to Bhutan and to visit friends in Thailand and Japan, probably our last in person meeting. I will be gone for two months.

More is in the works starting in 2025.

Register in-person guests for the Celebration of Life for Sara

 Sunday, September 8, 2024 noon-4PM PDT Santa Rosa, California

Lunch included. Bring your stories and memories and share your love for Sara.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/880331905427?aff=oddtdtcreator

Please forward to interested parties

How I am doing now

 I want to thank everyone for the many expressions of support, loving kindness, and concern for me since the passing of my wife Sara Slager last Saturday. These mean a lot to me and help me in my journey. For the record, I am doing better than expected, considering the situation. I know that Sara was concerned about me and my reaction to her passing and that this weighed on her in her last days. I hope that she can see what is happening and gets some relief. I hope that all of you feel some relief.

Thanks again to all of you who responded.

All my love,

David E. Anderson

RIP Sara Slager, love of my life

 It is 1AM in Santa Rosa now. The love of my life, Sara, has passed away. Sara was my soulmate and will remain special in my heart forever. During the year since she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, we grew closer than we had ever imagined possible. Our gratitude for this is enormous. Your love and support as members of her community of family and friends has made a large impact on this journey, so Sara and I thank you with all our hearts. I feel her presence and love holding me now as I write this. I am the luckiest man in the world to have shared these twenty two years with you, Sara. I owe you everything and more, as my greatest teacher. May your journey go well.

All my love,

David