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albnelson

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I make my living doing social change strategy. http://albnelson.com http://socialchange.substack.com Came from bird site. Here for #books and news and fun. Got a long thread on Modern Library. “Colloquially expressed, but essentially correct.” -Spock Avatar: 30ish white male w/ T-shirt of Princess Leia w/ David Bowie makeup - says "Rebel Rebel" Header: screenshot from NES Little Nemo game with our hero running through Nightmare Land

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CatsOfYore , to random
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Cat guys. ❤️ Photo from my collection, no date. The only info I have is that “Tom” is written on the back.

albnelson ,
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@CatsOfYore they’re all named Tom

ElleGray , to random
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At last, a worthy adversary

albnelson ,
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@ElleGray or it’s Canadian

albnelson , to bookstodon group
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Always happy to see Modern Library on the screen. Selected Writings of Kant brings an MCM feel to the Overseer’s Office in Vault 33 in Fallout. @bookstodon

futurebird , to random
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The only way anyone could fall asleep in their criminal trial would be if it was just all gibberish to you, blah blah blah...

I think I understand why lawyers who work for Trump, some who were once pretty OK at their job get worse the more they work for him.

Can you imagine trying to explain a theory of the case to him?

We knew about this. They had to load the daily briefings at the white house with images and "news articles about him" or he'd get bored and ignore them.

albnelson ,
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@futurebird I recently went through jury selection (rejected!) and couldn’t help but notice how the defendant was just sort of trapped while we answered questions about things like how many of us watched true crime shows. I think this may be maddening for him in a way we have not yet seen.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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"The animal iconography of the site could shed light on the world view and religion of the people."

I get it. So often that's all they have to go on. But what if it's just decorations?

I wonder what people would make of the Bronx based on the decorations on our buildings that could stand the test of time? Let's choose some random things to survive...

How would you describe this culture?

(assume all writing is gone because of an AI info bomb making all text useless)

albnelson ,
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@futurebird vertebrate?

albnelson ,
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@futurebird they are the gods

appassionato , to bookstodon group
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Stoic Foundations by Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus

An essential guide to the core texts of Stoic philosophy, featuring a new introduction from Massimo Pigliucci, author of How To Be A Stoic.
Stoicism is a philosophy, a worldview, and a transformational practice.

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Three writers form the bedrock of Stoic thought: Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor; Seneca, a playwright and advisor; and Epictetus, a former slave turned philosopher and teacher. Stoic Foundations combines the work of these three pillars of Stoic thought into one essential volume, including Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, selections from Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic, and Epictetus’s Enchiridion.
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    • albnelson ,
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    @Lady_Thistle @eldubuu @appassionato @bookstodon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWUc8BZgWE

    ianbetteridge , to random
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    I love this post from @pluralistic because it reminds me of the other, more broad adage: "you can't shop your way out of capitalism".

    https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/05/the-map-is-not-the-territory/

    albnelson ,
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    @pluralistic @ianbetteridge the kind of interaction you can only find on Mastodon

    RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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    breitbart coverage of cardassian occupation of bajor

    albnelson ,
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    @RikerGoogling the grocery stores on Cardassia Prime are AMAZING

    eivind , to bookstodon group
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    Reading in the foreword to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea that Verne originally envisioned Captain Nemo as a Polish noble on an underwater campaign of vengeance against the Russian Empire that'd killed his entire family, but that this version was pronounced unprintable by his publisher for political reasons. @bookstodon

    albnelson ,
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    @patterfloof @eivind @bookstodon yup, the Wikipedia page gets into the politics and editorial changes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas

    I may be wrong, but I also think it’s safe to say that a Polish crusader (with the implication of the liberation of oppressed people in Europe) would have been more controversial in France than an Indian one (because screw those Brits)

    albnelson ,
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    @patterfloof @eivind @bookstodon if you’re willing to suffer through this old long book review by me, the middle part explains why revolutionary Poles were regarded with such suspicion in Western Europe.

    https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/political-revolutionaries-international-conspiracies-fearful-frenzied-elites/

    albnelson ,
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    @mattmcirvin @eivind @bookstodon I like him as a mariner without a country

    albnelson ,
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    @8petros @patterfloof @bookstodon @eivind ha ha I'm not sure they are!! It's almost a decade old. But yeah I would love to still write stuff like this.

    albnelson ,
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    @8petros @bookstodon @eivind @mattmcirvin exquisitely put.

    slevelt , to bookstodon group
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    if anything good can come out of the disaster at the , surely it’s a rethink of accepting digital “copies” as fulfilment of legal deposit. @bookstodon

    albnelson ,
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    @slevelt @bookstodon I see from the alt text that it's Noah's Ark but my first thought was "the bark of Peter"

    albnelson ,
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    @slevelt @bookstodon it makes me wonder about the shift to the Michelangelo “really old guy” God the Father. Then other Renaissance/early modern folks wouldn’t show God the Father at all, just the Tertragrammaton (sp). I wonder if it’s all a result of Aquinas/scholastics

    courts , to bookstodon group
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    I'm really not sure what show I'd be more excited to watch, Sanctuary Moon or Pirate Exiles of the Death Moons.

    @bookstodon

    albnelson ,
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    @courts @bookstodon don't forget Worldhoppers!

    lowqualityfacts , to random
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    Still trying to find my people on Mastodon. Please boost if you:

    -Like french fries.

    -Enjoy watching TV.

    -Have recurring dreams that you are a frog.

    -Feel distraught when you wake up and realize that you are in fact not a frog.

    -Spend your days studying ancient texts in search of a forbidden incantation that transforms humans into amphibians.

    albnelson ,
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    @lowqualityfacts try hashtags

    RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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    starship won't start

    albnelson ,
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    @RikerGoogling

    video/mp4

    rbreich , to random
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    "Today, the GOP frontrunner for president said, ""A president...must have full immunity…even events that 'cross the line' must fall under total immunity.""

    I'm really tired of hearing about ""law & order"" from these people.

    No matter what he thinks, Trump is not above the law."

    albnelson ,
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    @rbreich furthermore, he doesn’t mean “a president.” He means “me.”

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