It’s good to see some of the millennia-old illusions about history being slowly peeled away. To speak of the Roman Empire as, “the world’s greatest killing machine” is refreshingly honest. But to refer to it as bringing “civilization” continues the perpetuation of old delusions. A millennia-old Stockholm syndrome is just
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Cubieverse Game
I’ve been playing Coin Hunt World for a few years now, back when rewards in the game were Bitcoin or Ethereum. Now they’re transitioning to a gift-card reward scheme with sponsors, so turmoil is bound to ensue. Hunter’s Lodge 10 Recap
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hard Lessons in Life – Helen Joyce
This is an excerpt from Helen Joyce’s essay published in The Critic. It poses some answers to questions as to why our society is going the way it is, and what happened to the notion of people debating topics like adults and having adult sensibilities. “More generally, this is a
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Grew Up Stopping
Growing up in Saskatchewan, prior to cell phones, it was common to encounter a car at the side of the road, and you’d slow and stop to check they were okay. They might not see another person pass by for hours, and could be in need of a rescue. We
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Thanksgiving Sadness
My Mum passed away in the early morning of Thanksgiving this year. She’s being missed by all who cared for her, and nearly everyone who met her cared for her because she was a lovely person. I didn’t know what to put on my blog about this. I’ve been braced
Continue readingmark a rayner: 42: win and wear the ultimate answer!
The ultimate answer in sterling silver form: 42 I thought this would be a cool thing for fans of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy… Continue Reading42: win and wear the ultimate answer! The post 42: win and wear the ultimate answer! appeared first on mark a rayner.
Continue readingdoug at samupress: An AI to lead us
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Continue readingdoug at samupress: Fix the things you can fix
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/hate-crimes-are-rising-in-london-ont-and-have-been-for-years-1.6057815 Perhaps these issues may seem disparate to you. Perhaps you feel it is too early to focus on other issues. I personally find it very hard to compartmentalize things or subtract them from context. It is possible for humans to consider more than one thing at a time. Especially,
Continue readingcartoon life: Can Art Survive the Internet? | TVO.org
Can art survive the internet? Can artists make it in the world of free that’s enabled by it? Author William Deresiewicz explains why those are urgent questions, before, during and after the COVID-19 era. — Read on www.tvo.org/video/can-art-survive-the-internet
Continue readingcartoon life: I’m telling you, the world is doomed!
And no one believed him.
Continue readingcartoon life: To mask ? Or not to mask? What is your problem?
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Continue readingcartoon life: Blast radius mapped onto London Ontario
If the Beirut blast were in London Ontario Map from Google. Image inset and caption copy from Global News Lots of places have offered overlays of various Canadian harbour cities. This is a hand drawn overly of the explosion on a medium sized, middle of the road city. Downtown core
Continue readingcartoon life: Hey, Wendy read this!
It’s as easy as opening the Books app on your IOS device and searching. The book came up before I was finished typing the first words of the title. Hey Wendy, Watch This is my sisters recounting of some of her adventures growing up East of Adelaide. I have a
Continue readingcartoon life: McGilchrist documentary on The Divided Brain
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Continue readingcartoon life: The year so far
Get put in charge of government. Yay. No more Libtards. Implement laws making face masks illegal. Damned rioters. Refuse Carbon Tax income distribution schemes that put money into your budget. Double down on digging tar out of the ground. Jobs jobs jobs. Reduce taxes (eliminating your income source) to focus
Continue readingcartoon life: specchio delle mie
https://twitter.com/dougsamu/status/1232429083893665793 Followed Laura when Paper by 53’s Mix was the place to be. Someday we’ll walk Milan and draw buildings and cats.
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