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Rings a bell
Biles at MindMatters connects the transhumanist and Effective Altruist movements to the writings of Teilhard. = = = = = START QUOTE: Teilhard was a French Jesuit who believed that human evolution, nudged along with tech, was actually the vehicle for bringing about the kingdom of God, and that the melding of humans and machines…
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Would it help?
Seen in the same 1895 magazine that I cited for the bloodbathing Countess. Wilson’s Ear Drum. Deafness and head noises relieved. Would it help? Hard to tell from the picture. If it provided a resonant chamber, it could emphasize some frequencies to compensate for noise-induced loss. I’m more certain that it would help suppress rumbling…
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The turnaround man
RFK has his own Substack now, and he’s using it enthusiastically. He met with Oliver Anthony, the working-class singer. RFK empathized lyrically and accurately with the plight of working MEN. And then he turned the solution toward Organic Non-GMO farming. We envision regenerative agriculture and greenhouses where residents will grow wholesome organic food, learn skills,…
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Regents
The Santayana quote is meaningless, and he probably meant it as parody. Modern demons do learn from history, but not the way we naively imagine. They use history to improve the efficiency of their evil deeds. History is quality control, not a horrible example to be avoided at all costs. Does knowing history make any…
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Adding a tech gene
Last year I mused on tech genes and epigenes. I’ve tacked on a new item that seems appropriate. = = = = = START REPRINT: I just finished pulling together the Morse prototype and the Endicott experiment into a single Poser set, released on ShareCG. Gathering up and debugging a set always stirs thoughts. The…
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Another IP situation
Here’s another nonstandard copyright situation, in connection with food instead of sewing. An online recipe writer complains about copiers who grab all the credit and money. = = = = = START QUOTE: This wasn’t a case where someone just had a similar recipe or idea — she had three recipes (that I know of,…
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No copyright needed
Newspapers and magazines often held puzzle contests to exercise the mind, with a reward at the end. Puzzles were part of the patent insides industry. Nobody ever imagined that a puzzle contest would inspire one magnificent unknown artist to create an entirely new artform and then demonstrate it with a category-killing masterpiece! Seen at Vintage.es:…
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Pritzker
Greenwald’s latest piece is a deep dive into the importance of Penny Pritzker. She’s heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune in Chicago, and she was the main driving force behind Obama’s rise to state and national power. (Her brother is the current superdemonic governor of Illinois.) Now she has been appointed to head our LBO…
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More reprint on the same subject
From 2017 as usual = = = = = START REPRINT: Similar to this item, here’s another strong piece of pre-Bergoglio Catholic thinking, based on a Ratzinger quote. He continues by noting “energies eroded to routine as entropy increases . . . the drowsy nausea . . . exasperated, vague waiting – but for what?”…
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If you really want…
If you really want to encourage families and civilization, you MUST force business to provide secure jobs. Secure employment and independent artisans (gig work) have always been the two poles of work. Most people are worker bees. Only a few are designed for the gig life. = = = = = START REPRINT: There is…
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Vivek kills Parkinson
In this speech Vivek states precisely and legalistically how he will DESTROY the monsters created by Parkinson. He lists precise and specific laws that FORBID the vast majority of agencies, and other precise and specific laws that AUTHORIZE a president to fire huge numbers of bureaucrats and ELIMINATE illegal agencies. FDR did the same thing…
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Can be funny
Reddit can be nasty but it can also be wickedly funny. After several items like this: How to Avoid Standing Water by Front Door byu/Newbie87654 inlandscaping Somebody posted this: Should I add gutters to help with this standing water problem? byu/mikevanatta inlandscaping The answers are deadpanly identical to the first item.
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Yes, but who?
Interesting to watch Deepstate’s sudden rejection of Biden. Before this week he was the youngest and healthiest man in the world. Now he’s too old, and Kamala is also unwanted. Lots of people are noticing the flip, but I don’t see anyone speculating on the replacement. Rulers are never removed in order to allow a…
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Substack getting haughty
Substack is getting more and more elitist, more unfriendly to uncelled peasants. Today this QR thing has started obscuring every page: The QR thing doesn’t have a close button. Clicking on it leads to the Download choice, which does have a close button; but trying to close the Download choice just cycles back to the…
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Which way is the endorsement?
Rob Lowe’s latest little podcast discusses the increasing need for side-gigs as the entertainment industry fades into AI oblivion. An actor’s main asset is his face. (Or her tits, but Lowe didn’t say that.) When an actor wants to argue with a director, his main case is “It’s my face up there.” Lowe mentions a…
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