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Spiritual Helmholtz
Noted by BigPulpit, this article reveals an entirely unfamiliar religious practice. = = = = = START QUOTE: It’s suspected the bottles found along Texas originated in the Caribbean and South America, according to Jace Tunnell of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. Witch bottles, also known as spell bottles, are intended…
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Greenwald at his best
Greenwald gets distracted sometimes, but at his best he’s unbeatable. Nobody else can write such a precise sustained rigorous attack on modern lunacy. In this clip he’s discussing the endless phasein and phaseout of crazy wars. Eastasia/Eurasia/Eastasia/Eurasia. The flips happen instantly, and all previous propaganda turns seamlessly upside down to make way for the new…
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Artistic expression
This British group claims to be defending genuine freedom in art. As with the Free University of Austin, I’d like to see such a group working clearly and concisely toward its goal. The art freedom group has a fine manifesto. Nothing arguable there. But as with Austin, the board of advisors is Woke. Most of…
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Scratched an itch
Bought Pat Foster’s book on the history of Hudson. He covers the founding decade from 1909 to 1919 in satisfying detail. The early part of the story isn’t mentioned in the usual magazines and websites. Most of the later years are familiar material, but this picture finally answers a question I’ve wondered about. Other sources…
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Pile of crap
Some writers were praising Jordan Peterson’s latest Hope And Change conference. I listened to a couple of the speeches. Jesus, what a pile of ancient trite repetitive stinking shit. Same nonsense I was hearing from Romney and other Repooflican politicians and talkers. Our Precious Liberties, God-Given Rights, Unifying Force, etc. The audience was allegedly invited…
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Natural, not natural
Advertising is natural. Most plants and animals advertise either positively or negatively. Plants create colors and smells and electrostatic fields to attract pollinators. Male animals use color and smell and sound to attract females and scare off competitors. Some are false advertisers, disguising themselves as poisonous or attractive or big. Basing a business on advertising…
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Mirror image
A few days ago Terry Mattingly, an experienced religion reporter, was complaining that media doesn’t want to know anything about religion. The NYTimes recently advertised for a religion writer who had absolutely no connection or knowledge about religion. Today Ted Gioia, an experienced music writer, complains about the EXACT OPPOSITE situation. He says music critics…
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Desistance in action.
Here’s a beautiful example of desistance. The poetry editor of the NYTimes resigns from her prestigious high-status position to protest the continued backing of insane useless wars. As befits a poetry editor, she declares the cause in elegant form. My definition of Desistance, written before the “virus” hoaxocaust and still precisely valid.
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Radartoons, sort of
The local Weather Bureau posted a map of mountain snowpack. This is an El Nino winter, blessedly warmish up to now, so the snowpack is properly below average. It’s a good use of graphics, nice distinct colors and readable labels. It reminded me instantly of the kingdoms and duchies and bishoprics of Europe in the…
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All guesses wrong
Satan Altman joined Microsoft. All guesses, including mine, were wrong. It’s still a good soap opera. MS does not belong to the Move Fast And Break Things camp. MS has always been disciplined by the needs of its customers who use its products for real work. This morning I’ve been thinking about a new computer…
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Anderson and Foy
A Redditor in Europe is complaining that universities are becoming more like secondary schools. Previously the Euro tradition put all the weight on the test. If you aced the final test it didn’t matter whether you attended the lectures. Now they’re requiring attendance at every class. I don’t know if his complaint is valid, but…
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Speaking of swindles and patterns
From March 2020, linked in previous item about confidence. At that time the full horror of the “virus” holocaust hadn’t been rolled out yet, but my prediction based on (ahem) previous patterns was correct. = = = = = START REPRINT: When I call Inslee and Newsom ‘holocausters’ I’m using the word both literally and…
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LLM analyzing LLM
Erik Larson presents a guest post about Satan Altman by a European bank executive who manages financial Big Data systems. The author delves into some details about AI that I hadn’t heard before. Specifically and rather oddly, ChatGPT doesn’t break language into words or morphemes, and doesn’t break math into the words of math language…
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Experience is the only teacher
I enjoy stories informed by real experience in unfamiliar areas. Mattingly is discussing why media doesn’t cover religion properly. He starts with the basic social divide that outsiders can see: Modern journalists are educated elites, thus extremely secular. He also mentions several internal factors that outsiders couldn’t imagine. 1. Editors hated dealing with religion because…
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If they want us to believe…
Naomi Wolf has always moved in elite NYC circles. When she departed from elite orthodoxy about the “virus” the elites kicked her out. Now she sees the orthodox inquisitors starting to doubt their monstrous crimes, starting to feel embarrassed that they were fooled. Her new book is centered on CONFIDENCE, which is a crucial factor…
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