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He perceives the passage of time differently than we do.  He’ll be content to sit in the circle I drew out until the sun grows cold.  For him, the conversation is ongoing, and you’ll need to see the notes on his page in Dark Names so you can continue from where I, and each member of our line, left off.  Failure to do so may confuse or irritate him.  In any case, you can come and go, and he’ll see no difference in it. 

me going to the Claude "recent chats" list.

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@mitigatedchaos said

Maybe Democrats shouldn't have promoted insane racism for 10 years? If Biden weren't senile, he might've been able to turn it around. Like, if Dems are having an argument over "is teaching algebra to middle schoolers white supremacist" while California still can't build HSR, still has rolling blackouts, that just looks deranged to anyone who isn't required to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Wow, good thing we elected Trump. San Francisco politics should be fixed in no time.

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OK this is impressive, I hope they do In The Mood next.

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Hate when when you are a little annoyed about something and realize you are wrong about it but your brain is still moving forwards in justifying why you are right and you have to put in mental effort to stop the momentum of self deception. Must be what it's like to be a cat and bite your own leg to stop it kicking.

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happy baby donkey

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look, I know I've talked about this essay (?) before but like,

If you ever needed a good demonstration of the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", have I got an exercise for you.

Somebody made a small article explaining the basics of atomic theory but it's written in Anglish. Anglish is basically a made-up version of English where they remove any elements (words, prefixes, etc) that were originally borrowed from romance languages like french and latin, as well as greek and other foreign loanwords, keeping only those of germanic origin.

What happens is an english which is for the most part intelligible, but since a lot everyday english, and especially the scientific vocabulary, has has heavy latin and greek influence, they have to make up new words from the existing germanic-english vocabulary. For me it kind of reads super viking-ey.

Anyway when you read this article on atomic theory, in Anglish called Uncleftish Beholding, you get this text which kind of reads like a fantasy novel. Like in my mind it feels like it recontextualizes advanced scientific concepts to explain it to a viking audience from ancient times.

Even though you're familiar with the scientific ideas, because it bypasses the normal language we use for these concepts, you get a chance to examine these ideas as if you were a visitor from another civilization - and guess what, it does feel like it's about magic. It has a mythical quality to it, like it feels like a book about magic written during viking times. For me this has the same vibe as reading deep magic lore from a Robert Jordan book.

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a twitter thread that actually killed me

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You became like coffee, in the deliciousness, and the bitterness, and the addiction.

Mahmoud Darwish

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Kintarô Okamura

Icones of Japanese algae

Tokyo,Kazamashobo[1907-1942]

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@squareallworthy:

If “does God exist” is not the same sort of question as “does bigfoot exist,” then it’s not a very interesting question.

 - the real bigfoot exists in our hearts

 - hell is a state of separation from bigfoot

 - since I can postulate an entity hairier than any other, that entity is bigfoot

 - every culture has their own cryptids, there are many roads to bigfoot

 - we cannot prove that bigfoot does not exist

 - if believing bigfoot exists makes you a better person, then bigfoot exists

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Speedy kitty

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He’s studying, do not disturb ♡

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Squirrel having time of its life

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