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Solstice notes


  • I like that the celebration took place on (or adjacent to) the actual solstice
  • I broadly thought this year's was worse than last year's, altho it had its charms
  • I liked "Humankind as a sailor" - tricky to pick up but rewarding once you did
  • Just because a song takes place in Australia, I don't think it thereby glorifies the negative aspects of colonialism.
  • The darkness speech was touching this year
  • I feel like a lot of the time the speaker would say something I straightforwardly agreed with in the way I would say it and everyone would laugh.
  • It was funny when Ozy said her favourite website was Our World in Data and Scott sang the praises of Dustin Moskowitz while I was sitting next to Oli
  • I think "the world is awful" is wrong, and not established by there being awful things in the world.
in reply to Daniel Filan

Also 'Humankind as a Sailor' is now on my non-core solstice music playlist and so popped up while I was on the rowing machine - total disaster, induced complete muscle confusion.