State of the World, painting by Stephen Lack, 2001-

 The U.S. and Israel are continuing the Gaza genocide in Iran.

 Around the world today, people are living and breathing the consequences of how the great reshuffle has rewired societies – from resource depletion to racism, gender inequalities, prosperity levels, and the global pecking order. In the coming decades, addressing problems linked to these shifts will require recognising their origins and crafting policies that turn land into a force for positive social change.

Michael Albertus

Land Power

 Today we are in the middle of a ‘great reshuffle’ of land. Over the past two centuries, nearly every society has reallocated land ownership and property rights. And because of the power that land confers to those who hold it, this reshuffling has set societies on distinct trajectories of development. It’s helped some countries become more egalitarian and productive, whereas for others it has embedded racial hierarchies, deep inequalities and economic stagnation.

Michael Albertus

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies (2025)

 it's pretty much the same, inside out.

Song of the day, Goin' down south, by RL Burnside. 

It can be easy to forget the significance of the ground beneath our feet – and how much it has shaped the societies we live in. For most people, their home is their house – or their landlord’s. It is bought, sold or rented along with the land underneath it, passing between families over the years. But at some point – and probably several times – there have been abrupt changes to that seemingly permanent arrangement. Land tenure can be profoundly reshuffled. It has in the past and it will be again in the future.

Michael Albertus

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

 i use to feel a small fall inside when people said whatever, but i think they mean what will be will be. i use to not like that song, but i like when trudy sings it and i sing along. so i wrote twelve posts the day after the war started, and the following day, four. already i'm not sure what day this is, is this day four? how long will we be counting the days of genocide. how long the endless war.