Solid Sixty The Braintrust Network

a brief catch up before reading probably the driest and most unnecessarily name dropping article I've ever transcribed.  
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I ramble on about the privations of a pandemic shutdown and read an article about the benefits of open borders. Timely.
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I lament the lack of access to my boys and read two articles from the Guardian.
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I dive into a reddit thread filled with bizarre trivia and also update my personal situation a little. 

In general life is good, could be far better but hey, not homeless and somewhat socially functional so yay me!
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The last episode recorded in 2019 I update my personal life a little then move into two awesome articles, one about identity politics taking over fantasy fiction and the other about the pernicious spectre of classism in the arts.
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I read an old piece on the strange and enigmatic man who made dozens of trips to Afghanistan to find Osama Bin Laden while homeless, on dialysis and armed with nothing more than a hang glider, pig sticker and a samurai sword he picked up on the shopping network.. 
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