Shimmering Vapors
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“My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind."
My upstairs neighbour is getting absolutely railed
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My upstairs neighbour is getting absolutely railed
Claude seems pretty convinced I should go to a Quaker meeting
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Claude seems pretty convinced I should go to a Quaker meeting
I just watched the 2006 Miami Vice movies and boy are people wrong about that film. It is amazing.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just watched the 2006 Miami Vice movies and boy are people wrong about that film. It is amazing.
I miss reading in the evening but I also love watching movies with my kid. It is truly a joy to have such problems
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I miss reading in the evening but I also love watching movies with my kid. It is truly a joy to have such problems
A little fyi on sortition: it doesn't need to replace elections, but supplement them
November 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A little fyi on sortition: it doesn't need to replace elections, but supplement them
No one hates vibes more than Wittgenstein
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
No one hates vibes more than Wittgenstein
I haven't left at home in any politics ever since I quit anarchism
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I haven't left at home in any politics ever since I quit anarchism
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A form of “hyper-Liberal Quakerism” has emerged, with no explicit expectation to believe in God. Could it rewrite British Quakerism’s core text?
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A form of “hyper-Liberal Quakerism” has emerged, with no explicit expectation to believe in God. Could it rewrite British Quakerism’s core text?
Lots of ecopolitics posting today from people who haven't read the evidence on where we are or what needs to be done. But loud and confident projection is the same as knowing things so it turns out that's fine.
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Lots of ecopolitics posting today from people who haven't read the evidence on where we are or what needs to be done. But loud and confident projection is the same as knowing things so it turns out that's fine.
In 2023, 240 million people took international flights into or out of the UK. That's 72 megatonnes of carbon. Seems like a lot.
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In 2023, 240 million people took international flights into or out of the UK. That's 72 megatonnes of carbon. Seems like a lot.
If you see me post about politics please say attention and religion to me
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you see me post about politics please say attention and religion to me
she was a girl; can I make it any more obvious
He was a pure manipulator; his brain, if he had ever had one, must have early oozed along into the muscles of his fingers.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
she was a girl; can I make it any more obvious
So frequent correct but still reticent to speak loudly. Must be some kind of neurosis. If only I knew how to treat those...
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So frequent correct but still reticent to speak loudly. Must be some kind of neurosis. If only I knew how to treat those...
I hate fandom culture. Not everything needs an in-universe explanation. You don't explain shit. You just start the best film. It's made up, pretend.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I hate fandom culture. Not everything needs an in-universe explanation. You don't explain shit. You just start the best film. It's made up, pretend.
Might leave social media again and then come back in six months again
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Might leave social media again and then come back in six months again
Sorry, officer, I was speeding because I need you to be my, be my little baby
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sorry, officer, I was speeding because I need you to be my, be my little baby
Had some cancellations at work and thought I'd read some Wittgenstein but somehow wrote an essay about a poem instead
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Had some cancellations at work and thought I'd read some Wittgenstein but somehow wrote an essay about a poem instead
Speaking as someone who does case management in mental health in a university settings, the suggestion that employers do the same is bullshit.
If you're suffering from I-hate-my-boss-itis, the best medicine is organising a union.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Speaking as someone who does case management in mental health in a university settings, the suggestion that employers do the same is bullshit.
Why did I buy an drink with my udon? Because I am a fool — a fool and a liar
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Why did I buy an drink with my udon? Because I am a fool — a fool and a liar
Reading Wittgenstein and thinking that the way he talks about pictures in the Investigations reminds me of James Hillman on images.
Turn the page:
"My symbolical expression was really a mythological description of the use of a rule".
Well.
Turn the page:
"My symbolical expression was really a mythological description of the use of a rule".
Well.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reading Wittgenstein and thinking that the way he talks about pictures in the Investigations reminds me of James Hillman on images.
Turn the page:
"My symbolical expression was really a mythological description of the use of a rule".
Well.
Turn the page:
"My symbolical expression was really a mythological description of the use of a rule".
Well.
I relinquished all connections to this world of dust and grime, except for the rage I feel at twice failing to install a new screen protector
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I relinquished all connections to this world of dust and grime, except for the rage I feel at twice failing to install a new screen protector
I really miss working 3x12 hour shifts a week and an extra shift a month. I find it so hard to get anything done on my current compressed four day week, I don't know how people live with a 2 day weekend
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I really miss working 3x12 hour shifts a week and an extra shift a month. I find it so hard to get anything done on my current compressed four day week, I don't know how people live with a 2 day weekend
Experiments in Mystical Atheism with Brook Ziporyn
YouTube video by Hermitix Podcast
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sometimes think I should quit the old philosophy hobby and just read poems exclusively
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Sometimes think I should quit the old philosophy hobby and just read poems exclusively
Attention is everything
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Attention is everything