# living age (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover living age. Page: Feed: --- ## [Time to leave social media](https://tkacz.pro/time-to-leave-social-media/) _2026-08-06 · Łukasz Tkacz · Lukasz Tkacz Blog_ Ever since social media appeared on the internet, it has gradually taken over both traffic and content that had previously been created elsewhere. Online forums are probably the best example. Because of social media, they have almost completely “died out.” Due to the reach these platforms offer, the situation often looks similar in the blogosphere. … Continue reading Time to leave social media →… ## [Homelab: I Came, I Saw… It’s Not For Me](https://tkacz.pro/homelab-i-came-i-saw-its-not-for-me/) _2026-06-14 · Łukasz Tkacz · Lukasz Tkacz Blog_ Recent years have brought increasing popularity to self-hosting and so-called homelabs, meaning running your own servers at home and hosting the services you use on them. The reasons vary: from wanting independence from external companies and a theoretical reduction in costs (ubiquitous subscriptions), through better privacy and data protection, to simple curiosity and the desire … Continue… ## [We are living in the Age of Enshittification](https://tkacz.pro/we-are-living-in-the-age-of-enshittification/) _2026-05-01 · Łukasz Tkacz · Lukasz Tkacz Blog_ Today, I’d like to touch upon the term “enshittification.” Yes, that’s exactly the term I’m using. It might be unknown to some, but it has existed since November 2022, when it was first coined by Cory Doctorow, a Canadian writer and journalist. What’s it all about? Well, it’s about the fact that the Internet, the … Continue reading We are living in the Age of Enshittification → Source ## [Read in Q1 2026](https://tkacz.pro/co-przeczytalem-w-pierwszym-kwartale-2026/) _2026-04-20 · Łukasz Tkacz · Lukasz Tkacz Blog_ I’ve decided to share some information about the books I’ve read. I will be publishing a post like this every quarter, compiling all the titles along with a short summary. It will include not only books but also audiobooks, though always with clear information about the medium I used. Some of them—if I consider them … Continue reading Read in Q1 2026 → Source ## [Well-being – Overrated Bullshit](https://tkacz.pro/well-being-overrated-bullshit/) _2026-03-09 · Łukasz Tkacz · Lukasz Tkacz Blog_ I haven’t written anything in the “thoughts” category for a long time, and quite a few have crossed my mind recently. Today, I’d like to share with you my thoughts on the concept of “well-being,” which has been heavily “promoted” over the last few years. To put it simply, I currently consider it to be… … Continue reading Well-being – Overrated Bullshit → Source ## [Your Party, Party like there’s no tomorrow](https://investigatingimperialism.wordpress.com/2025/09/14/your-party-party-like-theres-no-tomorrow/) _2025-09-14 · barovsky · Investigating Imperialism_ Blimey, what a rollercoaster! I’ve never been a fan of Corbyn, even less, Corbynism (whatever that is) and I have never viewed him as a socialist, more of a liberal-lefty type, with his heart no doubt in all the ‘right places’ but above all, Corbyn is a Party Man, the Labour Party being his entire life, or rather, he was, until he was unceremoniously booted out after getting on for fifty years of… ## [The past returns to haunt us…](https://investigatingimperialism.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/the-past-returns-to-haunt-us/) _2025-04-27 · barovsky · Investigating Imperialism_ Sunday, 27 April 2025 Dot Commie with a vengeance. By William Bowles Like a really bad meal and you think, I’m not going to that restaurant again. Yet here we are, eating the same, poisonous food and the same horrific consequences play out all over again. And in an irony of ironies, the victims Continue reading The past returns to haunt us ## [on reading Mein Kampf](https://lokanta.github.io//2025/01/12/mein-kampf/) _2025-01-12 · The Monastery at the End of the World_ Written in Belgium, January 2025. Global Atmospheric CO2 at completion of essay: 426.02 ppm. While writing, multiple suburbs of LA were burning due to climate change. I’ve never read Mein Kampf . My history teacher, Br. Kevin Paull, did though. He said it was the worst book he’d ever read. And he read a lot of books. Reading Mein Kampf from a critical history point of view is important, even… ## [the union of the two towers—how to build a government out of ai](https://lokanta.github.io//2024/11/25/ai-government/) _2024-11-25 · The Monastery at the End of the World_ Written in Germany, November-December 2024. Global Atmospheric CO2 at completion of essay: 425.88 ppm. While writing, France experienced a November minimum of 27 ℃. monks and politics Monks shouldn’t be political, they say. Like as not, monks who say that have a framed photo of the king and queen elevated near their shrine. Not quite worshiped, exactly. But when they speak of royalty they say… ## [machines make everything worse](https://lokanta.github.io//2024/11/14/machine-worse/) _2024-11-14 · The Monastery at the End of the World_ Late 2024 Global Atmospheric CO2: 423 ppm machines make everything worse so we hide it away we hide it in the future we hide it in other places we bury it underground so we don’t see it and we don’t know it and we don’t care about it but it’s there and somehow it makes everything worse in smashing and in killing in degradation and pollution it all gets worse but it seems better if we don’t look… ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5wPkeTXTFAfM) _2024-11-13 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [into the woods—AI is not therapy](https://lokanta.github.io//2024/11/13/into-the-woods/) _2024-11-13 · The Monastery at the End of the World_ Late 2024 Global Atmospheric CO2: 423 ppm “I don’t think I can do it,” you say, peering into the dark shadows of the thick wood. You are lucky to have a companion to guide you under the leaves. You know that; it takes the edge off. But still, you are afraid. Sometimes you almost forget your companion. As you step off the main road and under the darkling leaves, you are entranced by the smell, the… ## [Risky Business—secular materialism is the philosophy of the apocalypse](https://lokanta.github.io//2024/11/07/risky-business/) _2024-11-07 · The Monastery at the End of the World_ Late 2024 Global Atmospheric CO2: 422 ppm The glory of our secular materialist age is the acceleration of wealth creation, bringing with it ease, comfort, and opportunity. This material abundance is powered by the burning of fossil fuels, the energy of which is put to work to satisfy human desires using machines engineered according to the tenets of material science. This started with the… ## [Lies! More lies! Nothing but damn lies!](https://investigatingimperialism.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/lies-more-lies-nothing-but-damn-lies/) _2024-10-22 · barovsky · Investigating Imperialism_ The control of information about events that affect our lives has become the main area of struggle between the people and the state-big business. Our minds, our thoughts are now the contested terrain