TomB
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Contemplating life and death at the beach.
"Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love." --Rabindranath Tagore
"Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love." --Rabindranath Tagore
Yay! I learned a new word today: 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯.
Meaning: adj. Theology of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
Context: "In that prelapsarian era between the rise of Web 2.0 and the Facebook IPO..."
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Meaning: adj. Theology of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
Context: "In that prelapsarian era between the rise of Web 2.0 and the Facebook IPO..."
www.wired.com/story/ruby-i...
Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
Ruby survives on affection, not utility. Let's move on.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Yay! I learned a new word today: 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯.
Meaning: adj. Theology of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
Context: "In that prelapsarian era between the rise of Web 2.0 and the Facebook IPO..."
www.wired.com/story/ruby-i...
Meaning: adj. Theology of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.
Context: "In that prelapsarian era between the rise of Web 2.0 and the Facebook IPO..."
www.wired.com/story/ruby-i...
50 emotions that don't exist in the English language, but we all have experienced - Upworthy share.google/usCNRzGgDfE3...
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
50 emotions that don't exist in the English language, but we all have experienced - Upworthy share.google/usCNRzGgDfE3...
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"If we can learn to see every person as a ‘fellow sufferer’, and thus extend our compassion without discrimination, then there are, even in these hard times, genuine grounds for hope."
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"If we can learn to see every person as a ‘fellow sufferer’, and thus extend our compassion without discrimination, then there are, even in these hard times, genuine grounds for hope."
This is a wonderfully thoughtful book review by Stroud. Well worth taking the time to read the review. David Bather Woods' biography is going to be put on my reading list through interlibrary loan tomorrow.
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of hope | Charlotte Stroud
engelsbergideas.com/reviews/scho...
Schopenhauer's philosophy of hope
A new biography shows how Schopenhauer’s philosophy of universal suffering might offer surprising grounds for hope.
engelsbergideas.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is a wonderfully thoughtful book review by Stroud. Well worth taking the time to read the review. David Bather Woods' biography is going to be put on my reading list through interlibrary loan tomorrow.
Reposted by TomB
Reposted by TomB
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
November 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski
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There’s some interesting emerging scholarship about this, btw
Exploring a vulnerable side to dark personality: People with some dark triad features are gullible and show dysfunctional trusting
Although people higher in “Dark Triad” (DT) constructs are known for manipulating and distrusting others, a few studies suggest these people might als…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There’s some interesting emerging scholarship about this, btw
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Loved this recent video by RobWords: The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAT-...
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The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
YouTube video by RobWords
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November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Loved this recent video by RobWords: The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAT-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAT-...
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A truism, if there ever was one.
October 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A truism, if there ever was one.
How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography ‹ Literary Hub share.google/6mMygFzo7G2b...
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography ‹ Literary Hub share.google/6mMygFzo7G2b...
This is an interesting idea. I hope it comes to pass. We need new thinking and new ways of doing things.
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After Kimmel’s Sudden Ban, Fallon, Meyers, and Oliver Halt Their Shows in Solidarity — Threaten Launch of Uncensored “Truth Network” - News
The television industry has been rocked by many shocks in the past decade, but nothing has rattled the late-night landscape quite like the sudden suspension
ha.colofandom.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is an interesting idea. I hope it comes to pass. We need new thinking and new ways of doing things.
ha.colofandom.com/hoanganh1/af...
ha.colofandom.com/hoanganh1/af...
Sometimes we forget what's important: To help the broken heal, sometimes just by being a listening presence. In a broken world, more than ever, we need a return to wholeness.
September 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Sometimes we forget what's important: To help the broken heal, sometimes just by being a listening presence. In a broken world, more than ever, we need a return to wholeness.
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Now this is my sense of humor
September 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now this is my sense of humor
From the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17: "When the Master [Leader] governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised."
We live in a time when our leader is the worst.
We live in a time when our leader is the worst.
September 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
From the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17: "When the Master [Leader] governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised."
We live in a time when our leader is the worst.
We live in a time when our leader is the worst.
Not the first article I've read about this. The interesting part is that many of the people having developed psychosis have no prior history of mental illness. This phenomenon is something new.
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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"
People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.
futurism.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Not the first article I've read about this. The interesting part is that many of the people having developed psychosis have no prior history of mental illness. This phenomenon is something new.
futurism.com/commitment-j...
futurism.com/commitment-j...
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The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major.
The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September.
Woof.
The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September.
Woof.
June 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major.
The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September.
Woof.
The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September.
Woof.
This is a damn good article. Well worth the time to read.
“When you make a moral decision, there are always costs.” -Pauline Shanks Kaurin.
“When you make a moral decision, there are always costs.” -Pauline Shanks Kaurin.
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is a damn good article. Well worth the time to read.
“When you make a moral decision, there are always costs.” -Pauline Shanks Kaurin.
“When you make a moral decision, there are always costs.” -Pauline Shanks Kaurin.