Seize the means of fermentation! ⓵⓪⓶ Robespierre fosters community
A bulletin on the life and (up)rising of my sourdough starter: Robespierre
to make bread STOP
was a collective effort STOP
towns STOP groups of houses STOP villages STOP
often had their own communal oven STOP
today we buy quick bread from while grocery shopping STOP
or we purchase overpriced loaves STOP
from bread-as-a-product bakeries STOP
but where has the communal aspect of bread gone? STOP
where is the act of the encounter? STOP
where is the nurturing of the community around us? STOP
we can complain that society has become impersonal STOP
and that billionaires rule through their Amazons STOP and their AI agents STOP
but to contrast the trend of alienation STOP
and isolation STOP
we must return to live our streets STOP
Robespierre grows STOP ready to peak STOP
may you see the sun - and yourself - rise, Robespierre STOP