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Books. Art. Iaido and Qigong. Lutheran and Zen. Wandering.

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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

10.11.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25818    ๐Ÿ” 6606    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 495    ๐Ÿ“Œ 371
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On This Day in Comedy History - The Young Ones debuted 43 years ago today!

09.11.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 185    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Many of the same people who shop at Dollar Tree voted in favor of tariffs on Chinese goods.

10.11.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul;...This is my substitute for pistol and ball."
โ€”from "Loomings" (chapter I) of MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville.

โ€œNovember always seemed to me the Norway of the yearโ€ โ€” Emily Dickinson.

03.11.2025 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spooky Stories for Spooky Season When my friend and frequent creative collaborator Will McDonald told me in mid-October that he wanted to launch a horror-themed anthology podcast, I thought he was a little crazy. We were gearing uโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s Halloween double feature time. Today, you can listen to me narrate not one, but TWO new short stories: an original ghost story and an adaptation of a creepy tale by H.G. Wells.

Listen now: jweberle.com/2025/10/29/s...

#SpookySeason #Halloween #WritingCommunity

29.10.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Grokipedia: a first look To begin with my credentials for those who arrive here not knowing who I am: I've started, or helped start, five encyclopedias and meta-encyclopedia projects, including Wikipedia.((I founded Nupedia a...

"So, the stakes are too high not to remain skeptical of an encyclopediaโ€™s claims to neutrality. Keep the pressure onโ€”both on Wikipedia and on Grokipedia."

larrysanger.org/2025/10/grok...

29.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lab monkeys initially believed to be carrying hepatitis C, herpes, COVID escape in highway crash The overturned truck scattered wooden crates labeled โ€œlive animalsโ€ across the roadside.

Captain Trips anyone?

www.kiro7.com/news/nationa...

29.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Sufjan Stevens.

09.10.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bands/musicians I do not connect with: Grateful Dead.

09.10.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Three Girl Rhumba
YouTube video by Bark Psychosis - Topic Three Girl Rhumba

Cover version by Bark Psychosis. youtu.be/8URESrAxVO0?...

02.09.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still can't get over the photo of the Staircase ranger station.

07.08.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another the Letter. Being Sucked in Again. Used To.

06.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The stories we tell matter. I know this not from watching but from memory. I was just a child, held behind barbed wire in a U.S. internment camp, when an atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshimaโ€”killing members of my family.

06.08.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18807    ๐Ÿ” 4717    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 443    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155
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How to turn off Googleโ€™s AI Overviews in web searches If you find Google's AI Overview more irritating than helpful, here's now to turn it off in Chrome.

IT WORKS!
How to turn off Googleโ€™s AI Overviews in web searches

www.engadget.com/big-tech/how...

06.08.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Explosions
YouTube video by DEVO - Topic Explosions

"We like ideas, we thought you understood..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EE...

31.07.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All the artists leaving Spotify Bands like Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu are pulling their music from Spotify in protest of founder Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech company Helsing.

www.thefader.com/2025/07/29/a...

31.07.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.

22.07.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12263    ๐Ÿ” 3354    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110
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Terrifying GIF made with Google Deep Dream Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and ...

Edvard Munch meets H.P. Lovecraft on the Google Deep Dream dance floor.

imgur.com/terrifying-g...

Ten years ago. (Not my GIF. Just a repost.)

07.07.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy are beyond despicable. They will be responsible for thousands of deaths.

01.07.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12524    ๐Ÿ” 4236    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 707    ๐Ÿ“Œ 185

Around 80,000,000 people in the US are on Medicaid. Many don't even realize it because it's called something different in every state:

KanCare
MassHealth
MedQuest
Apple Health

These cuts will:
A. Plunge states into deficit
B. Force states to slash enrollment
C. Likely, both of the above

22.05.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 519    ๐Ÿ” 161    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

It's Revelation, singular.

The Revelation *of* Jesus Christ *to* John.

21.05.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"[O]nly five of the fifteen books listed here as titles you should read are actually real. Brit Bennett doesn't have a book titled Hurricane Season." โ€”xxxlovelit, Reddit

www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

20.05.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Voivod with JG Thirlwell - Zero Zero UFO [Official Visualizer]
YouTube video by Magnetic Eye Records Voivod with JG Thirlwell - Zero Zero UFO [Official Visualizer]

"Zero Zero UFO" by The Ramones, covered by Voivod and JG Thirlwell.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPSy...

20.05.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Tone deaf': Proposed Seattle earplug law draws mixed reactions Everyone agrees hearing protection at live music venues is important, but does that mean the government should get involved?

"Kane and Suโ€™s band [Trash Panda Go Kart] already provides earplugs for free at shows. They see the proposed earplug law as more unnecessary regulation."

www.knkx.org/politics/202...

14.05.2025 23:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why this Japanese sculptor is putting Buddha statues on drones | CNN In Kyoto, Yozan Miura says he is using todayโ€™s technology to achieve the same goal as artists from centuries past: to bring Buddhist teachings to life.

www.cnn.com/2024/11/29/t...

14.05.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sloan Science & Film Sloan Science and Film is a website devoted to exploring the intersection of science and film, and enhancing the public understanding of science and technology.

"It's interesting that they recently discerned that the butterfly has no memory of the caterpillar. They did brain scans. So the butterfly would emerge as though it was just born and has no awareness of its life as a caterpillar."
โ€”David Cronenberg

scienceandfilm.org/articles/368...

08.05.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My new painting in progress

08.05.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5458    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

6/ "If the US terminates its relationship with the city planning office, the embassy will have difficulty obtaining a building permit if they want to rebuild, for example. That's their headache, not ours."

07.05.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5624    ๐Ÿ” 427    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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He was killed in a road rage shooting. AI allowed him to deliver his own victim impact statement Family and friends of Christopher Pelkey submitted dozens of statements to the court before a man convicted of shooting him during a road rage incident was sentenced.

The dead speak in the courtroom. What could go wrong?

"In whatโ€™s believed to be a first in U.S. courts, Pelkeyโ€™s family used artificial intelligence to create a video using his likeness to give him a voice [which] told the shooter during the sentencing hearing..."

apnews.com/article/ai-a...

08.05.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been fined $7,700 or the option to serve 12 months in prison for violating wildlife conservation laws.

"Authorities said the ants were destined for European and Asian markets in an emerging trend of trafficking lesser-known wildlife species."

apnews.com/article/keny...

08.05.2025 18:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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