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Didion got the book title from a line of a W.B. Yeats poem. These lines really are poignant today: “Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart, the center cannot hold,Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned,The best…
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Sagan’s final section of Chapter 2 outlines four main reasons for “a concerted effort to convey science.” In other words, why do we need everybody to get into some sort of science? And this line is especially prescient in 2025, “…if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the…
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Some time in July 2025, I was working on building a new neo-Modernist philosophy. This is before I finally shifted my focus to the CRAP framework. But I’m actually a bit disappointed in myself for burying this idea. I’d come up with four pillars to build upon. Yes, I know ‘pillars’ is a common LLM…
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Right in the introduction, there’s this: “In any systematic treatise two things are essential: first, there must be some definition of the subject; second, in order of treatment but of greater importance, there must be some indication of the methods by which we may ourselves reach the desired goal.” This whole piece was a response…
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From JA Westenberg on Selfonomics, “Living Next Door to Moloch” “The content industry has stumbled into a coordination failure of brobdingnagian proportions. Everyone produces more content because everyone else produces more content, and the Nash equilibrium of this game is a world where infinite noise competes for zero attention. “We are, collectively, a grinding, screaming…
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Wolfey did post a video about if it’s possible to spend no money at all on Champions. And nothing from past Pokemon games or even free stuff from home. I have some thoughts. https://youtu.be/abXBnl1Cwp8?si=-Yr62SDXkOaKZ_YQ I absolutely agree that Pikachu is the best starter here, because of the Pokemon you get alongside it. But what’s interesting…
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“Elizabeth Taylor” is the second track on Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” record. It’s probably my fifth favorite on the album, partly because it feels a bit more generic pop than most Taylor Swift tracks of recent years. Even while I feel like all this high-gloss and the highly referential nature of this…
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“The Fate of Ophelia” is both the first track and first single released from Taylor Swift’s album Life of a Showgirl. The music video itself deserves its own deep dive, but for today, we’ll focus on the track itself. Widely considered the “earworm” of the record – although I’d say track three “Opalite” fits that…
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Only doing the bare minimum the next couple of days as I battle extreme fatigue. First recruit wasn’t exciting. I just took an Alakazam on trial. I took wide guard off of Aegislash and gave it Poltergeist instead for singles. I only played one battle to knock out a couple more missions. That also netted…
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On this 4/20, my goal is to just see how many missions I can knock out today. They didn’t reset until around 7pm last night around which time I no longer felt up to doing much of anything. The sudden return to winter yesterday in Vermont didn’t help my state of mind or my nerves.…
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Excerpts From “Reflections on War and Death” by Sigmund Freud (1939), which is freely available on Apple Books here: https://books.apple.com/us/book/reflections-on-war-and-death/id494504141 “…for our conscience is not the inexorable judge that teachers of ethics say it is; it has its origin in nothing but ‘social fear.’” “Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and…
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I needed a good start to the morning and what do you know… I got an Omastar in wonder trade on home. Not something I can use, right? But when I checked the GTS for potential trades, I got a shiny Hisuian Goodra , level 100, ready to go. Now I do have one in…
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Source: TOP 10 BOOKS FROM UNDERGRAD IN HISTORY | philosophy, journalism, political theory by Ruby Hart Ruby is an undergraduate student of history offering her top ten book recommendations. These selections include fiction, non-fiction, journalism, and philosophy. Her approach is to offer books that reflect a diverse approach to understanding history. I felt these were…
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When I first began to develop the framework for what would eventually become the CRAP framework, it was because I felt the language I was using to discuss ideas was broken somehow. I needed a better vocabulary with which to define and expand on my own disillusionment with institutional education and intellectual life. I’ve long…
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The ABCD critique framework is an extremely useful tool for feedback, and is one I use for my critiques of both my own and others’ work all the time. I learned about it through a Sublime App interview with Substack writer Anu Atluru, but the ABCD framework origin seems to be the blog of Cassidy…
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With no weekly or membership missions available until tomorrow, I’m doing the absolute bare minimum today. I have other things to work on all of a sudden. Kind of an underwhelming first recruit today, although I really do like the female Meowstic. I really like the Sylveon, too, but I’ll take Meowstic here and recruit…
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Quotes from the book: Benjamin Hoff and His Conclusion on What We Can Learn from Pooh Corner: “Within each of us there is an owl, a rabbit, an Eeyore, and a Pooh. For too long, we have chosen the way of Owl and Rabbit. Now, like Eeyore, we complain about the results. But that accomplishes…
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I’ve always liked these big idea books, suggested by RJ of the flourishing actually, because they do what they suggest. While I gave away Star Trek book, as I didn’t really get anything out of it, the movie book and Sherlock Holmes books were enjoyable though. I didn’t care for some of the film selections.…
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I got a high level Furfrou through pokemon home, so we may see that eventually. While our battles went badly thanks to me being too lazy to team build, the recruitment lately has been great. I also have decided to bring in my corviknight. Since I’m not squeezed for storage space I can be a…
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While I will continue playing this game, I’m taking a step back for a bit and just doing daily quests and a battle here and there for completing goals. I will say I acquired an Eelektross through pokemon home wonder trade and GTS shenanigans, so we have a future mega eelektross to enjoy. I’ll be…