For today's delectation and commiseration we discuss Kali Yuga Blues (Bardo Pond) and the big and small waves of time and human behaviour; once again a thank you to the Lucky Cat for some musical truth Hempress Sativa - Scheme and the fact that the creativity of humans is uplifting; climate emergency and what does that mean in the current context; The Bank of England and its credibility; pessimism or optimism about the future; money as a proxy for some imagined version of what you want to be in the future; commoditisation of nature; people are lost until they are not; mandates: showing your papers and the legality with which these things are based; GDPR as a vector for understanding the technocratic officialdom.

I should say, with regards of the Kali Yuga, I do not know a great deal about it, I should learn more of this area of history/scripture/discipline. As it is I see it as academically interesting and it can work as a thought process for understanding the now. This is probably a little cold and unworthy but I am a heathen. The references I have heard to Kali Yuga and repetitive cycles recently sparked the initial esoteric thinking about cycles. Hopefully I will learn more and start to sharpen the currently blunt understanding. 

I suppose Roger's question about what one is supposed to do with the knowledge of cycles is a good one; something to ponder on. What do any of us do with this, what exactly is progress and is it possible? All good questions. 

Also, dear listener, apologies for there being no take-down of Dr John Campbell as of yet as I did suggest it was going to be released last week. I realised I was approaching it wrongly but hopefully I will have a good old onanistic verbal deluge up this week.