Officing Alone

Peggy Noonan makes a point about the breakdown of community that could have been lifted from 'Bowling Alone'. But she talking about remote work and the end to office-time:

The primary location of daily integration in America—the coming together of all ages, religions, ethnicities and political tendencies, all colors, classes and conditions—has been, during the past century, the office. It is where you learn to negotiate relationships with people very different from you, where you discover what people with different experiences of life really think. You discern all this in the joke, the aside, the shared confidence, the rolled eyes. And with all this variety you manage to come together in a shared, formal mission: Get that account, sell that property, get the story, process those claims.

Daily life in America happened in the office. If it doesn’t, where will America happen?

And, this being a political column, my second worry. The end of the office will contribute to polarization. Receding from office life will become another way of self-segregating. People will be exposed to less and, in their downtime, will burrow down into their sites, their groups, their online angers. Their group-driven information and facts.

 

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[jim nj]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/04/the_point_of_no_return_147997.html

The Point of No Return
By Thomas Sowell

[jim nj]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/08/03/why_we_lost_trust_in_the_expert_class_147989.html

[jim nj]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-army-division-keep-patch-referencing-confederate-army

US Army division to keep patch referencing the Confederate Army
The 29th Infantry Division wore the patch while storming the beaches of Normandy during WWII

"The patch, introduced during World War I, is a blue and gray yin and yang that references the merger of the Union and Confederate units after the Civil War. The division is headquartered in Virginia, but has formations in the Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and Florida National Guards."

Yes, and "But that symbol was put at risk by the commission, whose focus has mostly been on renaming military posts named after Confederate leaders such as Fort Lee, Virginia."

Yes, so the city of Fort Lee, NJ, would also be up for grabs, because uh, lack of memory?

[Neo]

Businessinsider:
Twitter paid to join a political group fighting against abortion as criticism from Republican lawmakers heats up

[Narciso]

one state looks like another,

https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2022/08/05/liz-cheneys-wyoming-campaign-ad-dick-cheney-leaves-word-wyoming/

[Narciso]

oh really

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/05/dr-ebright-to-lawmakers-faucis-statements-on-gain-of-function-research-have-been-untruthful/

[Narciso]

heh,

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/flordia-gop-runs-parody-ad-against-gavin-newsom-following-his-attacks-desantis?utm_source=sf&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twjtn

[Narciso]

enforcing the law is rare:

https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/05/morning-joe-desantis-andrew-warren/

[Davod]

Weight loss the technical way http://ace.mu.nu/archives/photoshopcourses.jpg

[Narciso]

indeed

https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/05/grassleys-questioning-of-wray-suggests-biden-scandal-is-the-tip-of-the-deep-state-iceberg/

[Narciso]

indeed,

https://gatesofvienna.net/2022/08/swedes-prepare-to-shiver/

[Davod]

These look hungry

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/morayeels.jpg

[Davod]

This ship was also attacked by killer whales, this time by a pod of about 20 of them.

https://youtu.be/iEpvQKxz5JU

[Davod]

Gorgeous pair of wolves. 💕

https://twitter.com/i/status/1553703988088152064

[Davod]

Flying jaws🦈

https://twitter.com/i/status/1554767645404270593

[Davod]

These seals are amazingly fast and incredibly brazen about jumping up on boats and demanding humans give them treats. They're practically muggers! This obviously isn't their first rodeo.

https://youtu.be/1uH6DSJ7CKg

[Davod]

Belga whale plays catch with a rugby ball.

https://youtu.be/NQ3sAIEg6OY

[Davod]

Scary underwater

https://twitter.com/i/status/1552695599421480960

[Rocco]

Before the thread closes

The new CBS Reports documentary, "Arming Ukraine," explores why much of the billions of dollars of military aid that the U.S. is sending to Ukraine doesn't make it to the front lines: "Like 30% of it reaches its final destination." Stream now: https://cbsn.ws/3oV6hz5

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1555701550319898625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1555701550319898625%7Ctwgr%5Ed96502c0219315967b2214c2fbd695fc0941179c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatriots.win%2Fp%2F15JAOFjXwU%2Fcbs-news--only-30-percent-of-us-%2Fc%2F

[sbwaters]

New thread!

[Comanche Voter]

Even a blind squirrel like Peggy Noonan finds an acorn now and then. I've not been able to read a Noonan column all the way through--or even beyond the first two paragraphs for years now.

[Davod]

This was back in 2008 when you were still allowed to say it

https://twitter.com/i/status/1556329681787535360