I also find this point really interesting in the context of some philosophers positions on consciousness, claiming fundamental limits to brain research because there's an "internal self" that will never be "open to view."

But what if there's none?

Also Parfit with his idea of the self as a 'glass tunnel'

You could have a Manhattan project dedicated to finding the dumbest thing to say about baseball and it would not achieve this

Amazing. Glad Razzball is on the right side of it at least, I can never tell if they are trying to be a bar stool sports type things

I use a tabletop dishwasher. A yuuuuuge gamechanger for me. It's done more work than I have.

I have taken things regarded by some as food, from freezer, to microwave, to air fryer and this would impact me

I feel like this is a good question

Reminds me of the art style of Seers Isle, a visual novel game that I really liked

Woohoo! May I suggest staying Mastodon-curious. That's the one that's built so that its spread around over a lot of servers and not owned by a single big bad wolf

Good reason to hedge bets and join the Fediverse instead of the Jackverse

Completely agree. It really has been the case that there's a continuous escalation of stakes from 2000 to the present.

It is amazing how Sleepy Centrists can both sides everything from Budget deficits to Jan 6th.

But with Israel, they will snap awake and tell you why "both sides"ism is unacceptable.