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@adamroberts.bsky.social I recently saw an anecdote from a Wheel of Time reader; they had bought the newest book (in the 7 to 10 area) and after reading more than half, wondered why it seemed so familiar. They had already bought and read the same book months before. Reminded me of your essays.
This first bit about the culture warriors having no impact on reality once the movie was out, is what I mean when I say "I worry folks might make the mistake of thinking the internet is real." As in, the rpg flame wars don't have anything to do with your table. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV3L...
How The Odyssey Won The Culture War
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Speaking of the odyssey this is the best post anyone's ever made about it
posts that could be about football or the paranormal
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4w agoEngland have a ton of possession but haven't to me looked that threatening yet. not a bad start for Norway
My dad recently said, about something else, "You can't expect a pirate to plant," and I seethed with rage that he did not drop this insanely useful metaphor ten years ago.
When you see an AI image or wall of text, start asking the person who posted it the prompt was, and then start talking about that. They'll be drawn to the actual interest, and might eventually just start posting the thought itself instead of using it as a prompt.
I'm a history of ideas nerd, and a few years ago I gave a public lecture on the common link between "disclosure" (the aliens are here!) and the "singularity" (we will merge with machines!) I had a hunch there was some underlying connection, so I did a bit of research, and oh boy... 🧵
“No matter how many men you kill, Caesar, you will never kill your successor.” ~Philosopher Seneca to Emperor Nero (Seems topical)
I bought my little niece this Paddington Bear toy which talks when you squeeze it, but now my sister's dog has got hold of it and is savaging it ruthlessly while it says things like 'I wonder what adventures I shall have today!' and 'I'm your friend!'
BEN: Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope. LUKE: Yoda spoke of another. BEN: Oh yeah he must’ve meant Ahsoka Tano, a fully trained warrior badass who’s alive just offscreen. She’s got two lightsabers LUKE: That’s badass. BEN: You only have one and you lost it
The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.
Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost
“The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.
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History is not a settled field. We remain in discussion, debate, and research on every event in the past and are likely to forever remain uncommitted to one singular “true” version of the past.
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhat's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
OpenAI has shut down its controversial video generation app Sora, and as a result, Disney has exited the $1 billion investment deal it made last year with OpenAI that would have allowed Sora to license Disney-owned characters and content. https://bit.ly/4c2B2eC
Investors: "Anyway, we were so impressed that we invested the entire planets' economy in this, if it fails you're all cooked."
one funny thing about learning spanish is it at first sounds like people talk REALLY FAST compared to english because the info density per phoneme is slightly lower in spanish than english, and people speak at a fairly constant rate of info density
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · 6mo agoit's also a pretty damn easy language to learn, coming from english, too
America isn’t supposed to have such trappings of dictatorship saturating their everyday lives, a lot of people think. Rogan’s latest broadside—“Are we really gonna be the gestapo?”—speaks to that intuition. trib.al/dacCfd8
Joe Rogan’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump ICE Raids Hands Dems a Weapon
When a Trump supporter refers to ICE as the “gestapo,” a door has definitely opened. Will Democrats charge through it?
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
The Independent@the-independent.com · 8mo agoIN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
mamdani is a maxed-out charisma level 20 bard with inspiring leader
Living by the sword: yes, hahaha, this rules Dying by the sword: wtf is this shit
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9mo agoMTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.” @mediaite.com #GA14 www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
