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John XXIII was an amateur

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futurebird , to random
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Feeling a little off the day after my booster was annoying but, thinking about making ANTybodies makes me happy.

AlexanderVI ,
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@futurebird I genuinely love how much you love ants.

RickiTarr , to random
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It still gets me the Bible Jesus is a homeless socialist with brown skin, hangs out with 12 dudes and a Prostitute, tells rich people to pay their taxes and give their wealth to the poor, tells the religious leaders that they need to love everyone equally, gets a whip and goes hog on people using religion to sell stuff, and then straight up gets murdered for these beliefs. Yet somehow churches act like he's some kind of Conservative Haircut in khakis and a button up, who would support cutting welfare programs, and would preach Prosperity Gospel.

AlexanderVI ,
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@statsguy that sounds generous

@RickiTarr

TheBreadmonkey , to random
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God, Chris Cornell was beautiful

AlexanderVI ,
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@TheBreadmonkey one of few who could equally well pull off "Living Embodiment of the Expressive Potential of the Human Voice, Heavy Metal Specialisation" and "Dashing Pirate Captain I Guess I Will Just Let Kidnap Me Because This Looks Interesting"

AlexanderVI ,
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@TheBreadmonkey my favourite less-known musical fact about him is that he started as a drummer.

Like he had that voice inside him and did not immediately think "well I'm a once in a generation vocal superstar". Just boggles my mind.

This probably helped when he had to write vocal lines over all those odd meters in Soundgarden.

AlexanderVI ,
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@sollat yep, this is where I learned about it - I was a HUGE fan from Louder than Love through Superunknown (even managed to see them twice despite not living in a major market) and this interview was a real eye-opener.

It seemed that despite his success and all the acclaim he garnered, in his own mind he never seemed fully capable of fully inhabiting his power. When he died I thought of Orwell's "any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats".

@TheBreadmonkey

18+ futurebird , to random
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Which physical process of the body is most closely aligned to consciousness? Firing neurons?

The correlation between the self-reported state: ‘being self-aware’ & brain activity is strong but it is far from a justification for the necessity of such a state existing. Why can’t my body & mind go on living my life without awareness? Without a ‘me’ to watch & reflect on it all?

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AlexanderVI ,
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@futurebird it's possible they can, but because someone in that state can't report it to anyone else, I don't know that this is a resolvable question

AlexanderVI ,
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@futurebird all adaptations are accidents. That's how evolution works. It's not teleological.

wdlindsy , to random
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"The future of proselytizing—and surveillance—has arrived. An app called Bless Every Home, which has been backed by some of the biggest names in evangelical circles, is mapping the personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and 'prayerwalking' rituals through their neighborhoods."

~ Elle Hardy


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https://newrepublic.com/article/179397/evangelical-app-targeting-immigrants-surveillance

AlexanderVI ,
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@wdlindsy considering the number of recent "they were in my driveway so I shot them to death" stories, this seems like it might be a dangerous strategy

@rgulick

futurebird , to random
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I'm calling it now: he won't select a VP. He's too paranoid, self-centered, and stubborn to imagine "what would we do if you couldn't be president" just as he can't admit that he lost, he can't admit that it might not be him.

And the republicans will put up with it too.

AlexanderVI ,
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@futurebird "I can't nominate a VP because the IRS is auditing my taxes right now but I will DEFINITELY do it once that's over with, of course"

thegamerstavern , to random
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Last night I got back to and I must admit that the latest patch isn't working for me.

Even at the "Challenging" level the environmental hazards are just an instantaneous and often unavoidable death.
Feeling more like a "Ok lol you dead, kk thx bye" than a nice addition to the depth of the game.

Yes, the game is hard and it will getting harder, but this new addition is just...frustrating.

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AlexanderVI ,
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@thegamerstavern @mybarkingdogs I'm easily twice the average age of the player base and originally fired it up just out of interest in what the kids are into these days. Never played a title before, don't enjoy experiences that suck as an ersatz skill filter.

I finished it (hundreds of hours later).

It's the most beautiful game I've ever played. It's hugely challenging, but it gives you almost limitless ways to play the style you want to. Jaw dropping on every level.

LeviKornelsen , to random
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Tabletop gamerdom is, historically, largely defined by bespoke, hand-crafted folk art remixes of prior material, all the way back to Wesely, Arneson, and Gygax.

Trying to figure how the widespread, strong reactions both in favor of and against AI, which is industrialized machine remix, are entangling with subcultural values on that topic is odd.

It feels like they should connect all over the place, but aren't, that much? Like, there's compartmentalization or something on that score?

AlexanderVI ,
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@LeviKornelsen wait until Hasbro unleashes AI DM's and AI generated encounters and campaigns. I expect there will be a lot to discuss.

GottaLaff , to random
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“U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Elon 's Neuralink, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans” https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fda-finds-problems-animal-lab-run-by-musks-brain-implant-company-2024-02-29/

AlexanderVI ,
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@GottaLaff they are going to be SO shocked to discover gambling going on at Rick's casino

GottaLaff , to random
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1/... MORE IN NEXT TOOT.

Via Kyle Griffin:

Reuters: DONALD LOSES BID TO DELAY ENFORCEMENT OF $454.2 MLN JUDGMENT IN NEW YORK CIVIL FRAUD CASE WHILE HE APPEALS - COURT RECORDS

AlexanderVI ,
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@GottaLaff so a guy who just told a court he doesn't have money is going to convince a bank he's a good guy to loan money to? Ok, this will be interesting.

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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what was linkedin for

AlexanderVI ,
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@RikerGoogling this is why the Star Trek universe is a utopia

wdlindsy , (edited ) to random
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In addition to a 17th-century Dutch theologian (Petrus van Mastricht) and the King James bible, one of the authorities cited by Alabama chief justice Parker in his ruling on IVF is the medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas. Parker's ruling cites Aquinas six times.

As someone with an M.A. and Ph.D. in historical theology — from a Catholic university — I know a little about Aquinas. Here are some salient points:

#ThomasAquinas #TomParker #Alabama #IVF #reproduction #embryos
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AlexanderVI ,
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@wdlindsy did the decision cite, er, law at any point, or is it the Court's position that the law of the United States is actually to be found in Scholasticism?

This is a serious question, I'm baffled as to how anything Aquinas or Aristotle said about anything is relevant in this case.

AlexanderVI , to random
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When considering joining a new group, the most important question is not "what system are you running", but "how horny is this table?"

AlexanderVI OP ,
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@SJohnRoss I don't care if I need more d6's or a weird system-unique d2, but I do want to know if that Half-Orc Barbarian is going to show me ALL of their piercings in the secret passageway to the tavern keeper's dockside warehouse.

GottaLaff , to random
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"Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Estonian Secretary General Tõnis Saar announced today at the Munich Security Conference the transfer of nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds for the purpose of providing aid to ." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-transfers-approximately-500000-forfeited-russian-funds-estonia-benefit

AlexanderVI ,
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@GottaLaff that's an amazing "lol get fucked" from Estonia like a day after Putin put their PM on his Most Wanted list.

gemelliz , to random
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Pay attention 🇨🇦​

‘They’re frightened of diversity’ says Rob Reiner on the threat of Christian-nationalism. Reiner's new documentary traces the rise of the white evangelical political movement and what would make god-fearing bible huggers reject democracy and embrace a con artist like Donald Trump.


https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/rob-reiner-christian-nationalism-trump-documentary-1234969196/

AlexanderVI ,
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@gemelliz @Snowshadow the guy is very consistently importing all the worst stuff he can manage

AlexanderVI ,
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@Snowshadow @gemelliz beat me to it😁

MikeDunnAuthor , to bookstadon group
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Today in Labor History January 31, 1971: For the second time in six months, rioting broke out during an anti-war protest in East Los Angeles. Police fired into the crowd, killing one protester. The anti-war demonstrations were organized by the Chicano Moratorium. Chicanos were dying at a higher rate during the Vietnam War than white Americans. During the August 29, 1970 protests, police killed three people, including Journalist Ruben Salazar. Oscar Zeta Acosta portrayed Salazar in his 1973 novel, “The Revolt of the Cockroach People.” Hunter S. Thompson portrayed Acosta as his “Samoan attorney” in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

@bookstadon

AlexanderVI ,
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@MikeDunnAuthor @bookstadon Acosta is a fascinating guy. Wonder what ever happened to him....

GottaLaff , to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️ joins 10 other states in regulating bathroom access for people

Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law requiring people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/utah-joins-10-states-regulating-bathroom-access-transgender-people-rcna136521

AlexanderVI ,
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@GottaLaff @Snowshadow
https://mastodon.social/@randahl/111846918530441434

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