anomoly

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Nothing. Recently lost my job and have absolutely no confidence that I’ll be able to get another; so life is pretty much at a standstill until something happens with that.

Thanks for confirming this. I’m atrocious at recognizing AI and thought I was just overthinking these reviews because there were a lot of em dashes

I installed Manjaro about six months ago because I’d never tried it. I like it so far and it has yet to get in my way enough to make me want to change.

The IT Crowd

I’m lamenting the fact that this scenario means I’ve lost all my fountain pens, but I’d go with #5 in a .38

I’ve always like the way Sam Harris describes this in Letter to a Christian Nation:

It is, therefore, not an exaggeration to say that if the city of New York were suddenly replaced by a ball of fire, some significant percentage of the American population would see a silver-lining in the subsequent mushroom cloud, as it would suggest to them that the best thing that is ever going to happen was about to happen: the return of Christ. It should be blindingly obvious that beliefs of this sort will do little to help us create a durable future for ourselves - socially, economically, environmentally, or geopolitically. Imagine the consequences if any significant component of the US government actually believed that the world was about to end and that its ending would be glorious. The fact that nearly half of the American population apparently believes this, purely on the basis of religion dogma, should be considered a moral and intellectual emergency.

I just wanted to toss out another thanks for mentioning Notesnook. After a week I’m completely won over.

Yes! Hornberger!

I saw this image being passed around online. As an American I can’t comment on the accuracy of it, but hopefully it or similar lists help in your search.

The real pro tip is always in the comments

I haven’t seen the term gleeking in decades. Growing up in the 80s it was a skill to be mastered.

It isn’t just affecting education, unfortunately. There’s a number of topics (e.g. human rights, equality, etc) that society has become more enlightened about and that they’d like to revert.

Interesting. Thanks for the explanation.

looks like the recipe is here

edit: or not. the image matches but, after actually paying attention to the recipe, I’m not sure that sounds right.

I suspect they won’t need to rationalize it, unfortunately. This will be justification for them to use their weapons.

If you’re here to tell me energy drink body spray is a bad idea, I’ve heard it before, from a bank and some doctors.

This is what it sounds like to me, and Sim Ant is the game I had in mind opening this post. It was a good one.

Do you have any preferred sources for learning more about Umberto eco’s 14 points of fascism?