There is good reason to be apprehensive about tomorrow’s first crewed flight of the SpaceX Dragon Capsule.

NASA, as vanguard of both capitalist excess and nationalistic fervour, has emblazoned US space exploration with a legacy of avoidable deaths. 

The Columbia and Challenger disasters, 17 years apart, were both excruciatingly avoidable and led to the gruesome deaths of 14 astronauts. 

SpaceX is now poised to launch astronauts into space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade. But is SpaceX just another capitalist endeavour doomed to repeat the same mistakes as NASA?

Continue reading “Can SpaceX Set a Precedent of Safe Space Travel?” →

It really says something about the state of the world when the first thing that has given me a glimmer of hope in several months is the news that Boris Johnson might be killed by the virus that he helped spread.

This week has been tough for managing my anger – partly because Bohnson continues to cling to life, and partly because Bernie Sanders has officially dropped out of the democratic nomination, ensuring Joe Biden will be facing Trump in November.

And with that news comes the inevitable flood of democratic fanatics, who had previously spent months joyfully belittling and misrepresenting Bernie’s supporters, now insisting that although Biden is a fucking scumbag we’re still worse than him for refusing to lend him our votes.

Continue reading “Angry Diaries #3 – Bye Bye Bernie” →

Centrists want me to make friends with the stupid fuckers destroying the world.

They say if I don’t forgive ignorance, greed and casual bigotry, those poor innocent twats will have no choice but to become even more wilfully bigoted.

It’s tempting. After all, forgiveness is beautiful. I know we are all part of the universal consciousness. Bigotry is an expression of the shadow side of my own being. It may be a part of mind-at-large that is far removed from my own transient person, but doesn’t every being deserve love?

I’ve now realised the mistake I was making. The centrists were drawing a false equivalency between acceptance and inclusion.

Continue reading “Angry Diaries #2 – Acceptance/Inclusion” →

After some recent reflection on my social media use, and prompted by some great advice from friends and family, I’ve decided to stop being so angry on social media.

It can make me come across as smug and prejudicial. And it’s probably not the most constructive way to react to all the hate and injustice around us.

In the past, when I’ve taken breaks from social media, I’ve noticed the positive effects on my mental health. I deal with what’s right in front of me, without losing sight of my values.

But being able to be angry is very important to me. If you’re not angry in this world, you’re probably not looking at the big picture – or you have a very selective view of humanity.

So I’m going to try this: When something makes me angry, I’ll try to write about it in these anger diaries before making a post on social media.

Continue reading “Angry Diaries #1 – violence is peaceful” →