Anti-Globalization

**MAD FOR LAUGHS presents its first special show: FOREIGN INFLUENCE** **An English stand-up comedy special by WILLIAM ENGLE** Half Sundanese, half bule, all sexy. After tearing up the Bali scene, WILLIAM ENGLE is coming to Jakarta with his debut special! Since 2018, he’s rocked stages across SEA and Europe. Expect jokes about politics, history, sex… and yep, he’ll pick on YOU too. 🗓️ Sunday, 12 April 2026 📍 Mad For Coffee, Cipete 🕒 4:00 - 6:00 PM 🕒 Doors: 3:30 PM 🎤 Show: 4:00 PM (Doors close at showtime—come early for a smooth experience) 🎟️ Tickets: * Early Bird: 150K * Normal: 175K * OTS: 200K (depends on availability) Seats are limited—grab yours before they vanish! Get your tickets here: [bit.ly/mfl-foreigninfluence](bit.ly/mfl-foreigninfluence) (paid tickets is not available on meetup) Follow [@madforlaughs](https://www.instagram.com/madforlaughs/) for the latest updates and sneak peeks ✨

👋 **Hei, kamu yang lagi ngeliatin chart merah dan nggak tau harus ngapain...** ​ Diam? Jual? Nunggu? Kebanyakan orang milih panik. Tapi ada satu kebiasaan sederhana yang justru paling powerful dilakuin pas kondisi lagi kayak gini — dan namanya DCA. 📉➡️📈 ​Di meetup kali ini kita bakal ngobrol santai soal **manfaat strategi DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) saat fase bear market**—cara sederhana yang sering dipakai banyak orang untuk tetap konsisten tanpa harus pusing menebak harga. 📉 ​Kita bahas bagaimana DCA bekerja, kenapa strategi ini sering dianggap lebih tenang di tengah pasar yang naik turun, dan bagaimana cara melihatnya dari perspektif jangka panjang. ​ Nggak perlu jadi trader atau ahli market. Cukup datang dengan rasa penasaran, ngobrol bareng komunitas, dan lihat bagaimana strategi sederhana bisa membantu menghadapi pasar dengan lebih tenang. ​🧡 Karena di Bitcoin, konsistensi sering kali lebih penting daripada mencoba menebak waktu yang “sempurna”. ​Sampai jumpa di meetup! ​ 📌 Info Penting:🔸 Tiket **GRATIS**, tapi peserta beli makan/minum sendiri selama acara🔸 Tidak ada promosi altcoin, NFT, token, atau proyek “kripto” lainnya🔸 100% tentang **Bitcoin** — teknologi, nilai, dan potensinya untuk dunia 🔗 **Tentang Kami**🟠[ Bitcoin Indonesia ](https://x.com/bitcoinindo21)adalah inisiatif nirlaba yang bertujuan untuk:🕊️ Menyebarkan pemahaman soal **Bitcoin** sebagai alat pembebasan individu⚖️ Mendorong **kedaulatan finansial** lewat edukasi netral dan jujur📚 Menyediakan konten edukasi **open-source & gratis** untuk semua **📲 Telegram: [https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk](https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk)** **📸 Instagram: [https://instagram.com/bitcoinindo21](https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinindo21)** **🌐 Website: [https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)**

Let’s hang out for a chill sketch & chat sesh! **✨** 🕐 Time: **2026 April 12 (Sunday)** at **13:30** 📍 Location: [QQ Kopitiam - FX Sudirman](https://maps.app.goo.gl/k86uao9iieJ1FVW28) \>\> [Whatsapp Group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/BkO0vGN7VVxGS9KC3J3lS1) << click to join or keep updated! A cozy meetup for anyone who wants to doodle, sketch, and have fun conversations. Whether you’re a seasoned sketcher, a casual doodler, or just wanna chat while scribbling, you’re totally welcome! There's no art skill level requirement and we are beginner-friendly. 🎨❤️✏️ Feel free to bring your own drawing tools, a friend, or even a masterpiece you'd like to share with us! ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

**MAD FOR LAUGHS presents its first special show: FOREIGN INFLUENCE** **An English stand-up comedy special by WILLIAM ENGLE** Half Sundanese, half bule, all sexy. After tearing up the Bali scene, WILLIAM ENGLE is coming to Jakarta with his debut special! Since 2018, he’s rocked stages across SEA and Europe. Expect jokes about politics, history, sex… and yep, he’ll pick on YOU too. 🗓️ Sunday, 12 April 2026 📍 Mad For Coffee, Cipete 🕒 4:00 - 6:00 PM 🕒 Doors: 3:30 PM 🎤 Show: 4:00 PM (Doors close at showtime—come early for a smooth experience) 🎟️ Tickets: * Early Bird: 150K * Normal: 175K * OTS: 200K (depends on availability) Seats are limited—grab yours before they vanish! Get your tickets here: [bit.ly/mfl-foreigninfluence](bit.ly/mfl-foreigninfluence) (paid tickets is not available on meetup) Follow [@madforlaughs](https://www.instagram.com/madforlaughs/) for the latest updates and sneak peeks ✨

👋 **Hei, kamu yang lagi ngeliatin chart merah dan nggak tau harus ngapain...** ​ Diam? Jual? Nunggu? Kebanyakan orang milih panik. Tapi ada satu kebiasaan sederhana yang justru paling powerful dilakuin pas kondisi lagi kayak gini — dan namanya DCA. 📉➡️📈 ​Di meetup kali ini kita bakal ngobrol santai soal **manfaat strategi DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) saat fase bear market**—cara sederhana yang sering dipakai banyak orang untuk tetap konsisten tanpa harus pusing menebak harga. 📉 ​Kita bahas bagaimana DCA bekerja, kenapa strategi ini sering dianggap lebih tenang di tengah pasar yang naik turun, dan bagaimana cara melihatnya dari perspektif jangka panjang. ​ Nggak perlu jadi trader atau ahli market. Cukup datang dengan rasa penasaran, ngobrol bareng komunitas, dan lihat bagaimana strategi sederhana bisa membantu menghadapi pasar dengan lebih tenang. ​🧡 Karena di Bitcoin, konsistensi sering kali lebih penting daripada mencoba menebak waktu yang “sempurna”. ​Sampai jumpa di meetup! ​ 📌 Info Penting:🔸 Tiket **GRATIS**, tapi peserta beli makan/minum sendiri selama acara🔸 Tidak ada promosi altcoin, NFT, token, atau proyek “kripto” lainnya🔸 100% tentang **Bitcoin** — teknologi, nilai, dan potensinya untuk dunia 🔗 **Tentang Kami**🟠[ Bitcoin Indonesia ](https://x.com/bitcoinindo21)adalah inisiatif nirlaba yang bertujuan untuk:🕊️ Menyebarkan pemahaman soal **Bitcoin** sebagai alat pembebasan individu⚖️ Mendorong **kedaulatan finansial** lewat edukasi netral dan jujur📚 Menyediakan konten edukasi **open-source & gratis** untuk semua **📲 Telegram: [https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk](https://t.me/+OIIRyKQmvJY0MWFk)** **📸 Instagram: [https://instagram.com/bitcoinindo21](https://www.instagram.com/bitcoinindo21)** **🌐 Website: [https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz](https://bitcoinindonesia.xyz/)**

Let’s hang out for a chill sketch & chat sesh! **✨** 🕐 Time: **2026 April 12 (Sunday)** at **13:30** 📍 Location: [QQ Kopitiam - FX Sudirman](https://maps.app.goo.gl/k86uao9iieJ1FVW28) \>\> [Whatsapp Group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/BkO0vGN7VVxGS9KC3J3lS1) << click to join or keep updated! A cozy meetup for anyone who wants to doodle, sketch, and have fun conversations. Whether you’re a seasoned sketcher, a casual doodler, or just wanna chat while scribbling, you’re totally welcome! There's no art skill level requirement and we are beginner-friendly. 🎨❤️✏️ Feel free to bring your own drawing tools, a friend, or even a masterpiece you'd like to share with us! ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

Let's grab some coffee/food and share a morning chat! The East Market has an ample parking lot and outdoor and indoor seating. Grab a cup of coffee from Winston's Coffee & Waffles or on your way to East Market and meet us on the second floor - table behind or east of the elevator. Per what this group is about: "Everyone is welcome! International transplants to Columbus who want to improve language skills, Columbus residents who want to discuss international travel and culture, and anyone who enjoys getting together for good conversations."

The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map. View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/) On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure. Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you! **What to Expect** * Engaging technical sessions * Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns * AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps * Food and drinks (because learning burns calories) * Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts **Who Should Attend?** * Software engineers (any language, any stack) * Cloud architects * DevOps engineers * Data professionals * AI explorers * Platform builders * Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home. **Why Global Azure?** Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned. And yes, it’s free to attend!

Let’s try this popular Italian restaurant in Reynoldsburg. This is the menu: https://scaliristorante.com/#4e468054-0235-43e2-81c2-44e061341e9e

Colombus Code & Coffee is thrilled to partner with Central Ohio Azure to put on the global Azure community day! RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/central-ohio-azure/events/313484939/ View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/) On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure. Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you! **What to Expect** * Engaging technical sessions * Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns * AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps * Food and drinks (because learning burns calories) * Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts **Who Should Attend?** * Software engineers (any language, any stack) * Cloud architects * DevOps engineers * Data professionals * AI explorers * Platform builders * Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home. **Why Global Azure?** Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned. And yes, it’s free to attend!

This month's prompt concerns the idea of the “warrior philosopher” (seemed appropriate in these times)--that is someone whose understanding of violence, power, and justice is forged through direct experience of war. We are looking at Major General Smedley D. Butler, a highly decorated U.S. Marine raised in a Quaker (pacifist) tradition who later became a prominent critic of American militarism (there is a wonderful biography of Gen. Butler called "Gangsters of Capitalism") Butler's argument in *War Is a Racket* (1935): that many U.S. interventions were driven less by national defense than by corporate and financial interests, with Butler portraying himself as an enforcer for business and Wall Street. We can consider the moral ambiguity of his insider critique—whether complicity strengthens or undermines credibility and also consider some of the concrete reforms he proposed (e.g., “conscript” capital before soldiers, restrict the military to coastal defense, and have only those who fight decide on war). Butler’s life arc clearly changed from pacifist upbringing to warrior to antiwar crusader—and asks whether true understanding of peace requires firsthand knowledge of war, and what that implies about the cost of suffering. So do we need to suffer to understand suffering? Do we have to experience war to appreciate peace? As one more question: in the movie "A Few Good Men" Jack Nicholson's character says that "you have the luxury of not knowing what I know" so do most of us go through life oblivious to real violence and suffering? See you at Drunken Philosophy!

This month we’ll be reading Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Feel free to come even if you don’t finish the book!

Sleep in on Sundays. When you've had your fill of pajama-time, roll out and have some tasty brunch with your fellow Humanists!