Melbourne

I have now updated my budget ready for the new financial year. The tax cuts will help a bit, although an actual pay rise would be better.

The discourse has been saying Apple Music is better than Spotify in every way, especiallu now it's also cheaper.

Does this only apply to Apple Music on Apple devices? The app is laggy and slow on my Pixel 8 Pro and I don't really notice a sound quality difference.

I assume, though, that playlists and Radio would get more personalised over time? Any knowers?

I bought googly eye nail art stickers 😀 might be a bit too freaky 😹

TV review and a bit of a rant. Dostoyevsky. Made by Rossiia 1 tv station. https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/a-review-of-amazon-primes-series-dostoevsky

Stunningly beautiful and emotionally harrowing. 4 hobbits

Rant. I've studied Russian history, read so many books, read the great novelists, read modern history books, music, movies, watch so many documentaries and podcasts, keep up with news. No, I can't read/speak Russian.

and I swear I understand them less and less

I think the puzzle lies in the internal psychological conflict caused by the difference in the beliefs that Russia has about itself ( they think they have been a great world power for millennia) and reality ( as long as they are ruled by their medieval religion they will always be medieval )

The smart ones are cynical, like Gorky.

And it's so bloody cold.