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Yavin4's Journal
Yavin4's Journal
April 8, 2024

The US govt should invest in 15 min cities.

Moderately densely populated cities with good, clean, and safe public transportation. These cities should be walkable and car independent. Every state should have at least one 15 min city although it may not be possible nor practical for every state.

The best place to start building these cities would be college towns. Large state universities will always have a sizeable population. Building more high density housing would be great for students and recent grads to start their lives and build strong social networks. This would also be good for our aging population. Gets them off the road and allows them to be more independent.

The 15 min city should be our priority this century much like building highways and suburban sprawl was last century's priority.

April 6, 2024

This coming presidential election will be the first ever where the entire Millennial generation can vote.

Some will say that it was 2020, but that depends on where you draw the line between Millennials and Gen Z, and what time of the year when the Millennials were born. For example, if you were born in late November 2002, you were not able to vote in the last presidential election.

April 6, 2024

Movie suggestion: Babylon on Amazon Prime

A totally unhinged Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt playing a character that mirrors his own life headline a movie that pays homage to the wild old days of silent movies and Hollywood bacchanalia.

It's a wild and woolly pace and serves as a counterpoint to the pristine image of the silent movie era depicted in Singing in the Rain.

Good movie.

April 6, 2024

Baron Harkonnen Trump

April 5, 2024

Barry Diller calls Trump Media & Tech a "scam" and people buying its high-flying stock are "dopes"

Trump Media is “a scam,” and people buying its high-flying stock are “dopes,” IAC and Expedia Chairman Barry Diller said Thursday in a scathing takedown of the social media company whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump.


https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/04/trump-media-stock-is-a-scam-barry-diller-says.html


https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1775970633928622164
April 2, 2024

I know the eclipse on the 8th, but when is the total eclipse of the heart?

I don't what to. I'm always in the dark. We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.

March 31, 2024

Finished my cleaning!

Washed dishes and clothes
Polished furniture
Cleaned fridge
Mopped kitchen floor
Swept
Cleaned entire bathroom
Threw out trash

Done.

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