Mike Lensi
@clinamina.bsky.social
I love the natural world and philosophies thereof. Lege feliciter.
Permanent obsessions:
* animal tracks
* philosophy of mind / perception
* Japanese history / culture
* world history
* cats
* your mom
Temporary obsessions:
* shogi
* knives
* your dad
Permanent obsessions:
* animal tracks
* philosophy of mind / perception
* Japanese history / culture
* world history
* cats
* your mom
Temporary obsessions:
* shogi
* knives
* your dad
September 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
At this rate* I'll hit a solid YEAR of listening time by 2032 ;)
*out of every 16 months, one full month is audiobooks
#books #audiobooks #Audible #LegeFeliciter
*out of every 16 months, one full month is audiobooks
#books #audiobooks #Audible #LegeFeliciter
July 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
At this rate* I'll hit a solid YEAR of listening time by 2032 ;)
*out of every 16 months, one full month is audiobooks
#books #audiobooks #Audible #LegeFeliciter
*out of every 16 months, one full month is audiobooks
#books #audiobooks #Audible #LegeFeliciter
I fucking love this stupid little chart. For its size, it punches way above its weight in terms of the anthropology and science it captures. There was a time, a long time, in which "uniform motion" was the desired characteristic of planetary motion - it was *heavenly*. But surely, truth won out...
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I fucking love this stupid little chart. For its size, it punches way above its weight in terms of the anthropology and science it captures. There was a time, a long time, in which "uniform motion" was the desired characteristic of planetary motion - it was *heavenly*. But surely, truth won out...
Vicarious shamanism.
Anyone else EDC small ritual objects?
As Reader and Tanabe note of the Japanese, the spiritual is less about belief and more about ritual, custom. Thomas and Miller add: play.
Small wonder my EDC are a magatama bead, mirror, and knife.
#EDC #occult
#三種の神器 #勾玉 #鏡 #劍 #超自然的 #遊び
Anyone else EDC small ritual objects?
As Reader and Tanabe note of the Japanese, the spiritual is less about belief and more about ritual, custom. Thomas and Miller add: play.
Small wonder my EDC are a magatama bead, mirror, and knife.
#EDC #occult
#三種の神器 #勾玉 #鏡 #劍 #超自然的 #遊び
April 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Films:
* Kwaidan - a series of spooky Japanese folk tales
* The Wind Rises - #StudioGhibli and Hayao Miyazaki's underrated masterpiece of a scientific dreamer born in the tragic era of #WWII
(6/6)
* Kwaidan - a series of spooky Japanese folk tales
* The Wind Rises - #StudioGhibli and Hayao Miyazaki's underrated masterpiece of a scientific dreamer born in the tragic era of #WWII
(6/6)
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Films:
* Kwaidan - a series of spooky Japanese folk tales
* The Wind Rises - #StudioGhibli and Hayao Miyazaki's underrated masterpiece of a scientific dreamer born in the tragic era of #WWII
(6/6)
* Kwaidan - a series of spooky Japanese folk tales
* The Wind Rises - #StudioGhibli and Hayao Miyazaki's underrated masterpiece of a scientific dreamer born in the tragic era of #WWII
(6/6)
Japanese Religion / #Zen :
* "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida
Do yourself a favor: skip the shitty overviews and go straight to this masterwork. Just look at the attention to phenomenology here!
(5/x)
* "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida
Do yourself a favor: skip the shitty overviews and go straight to this masterwork. Just look at the attention to phenomenology here!
(5/x)
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Japanese Religion / #Zen :
* "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida
Do yourself a favor: skip the shitty overviews and go straight to this masterwork. Just look at the attention to phenomenology here!
(5/x)
* "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida
Do yourself a favor: skip the shitty overviews and go straight to this masterwork. Just look at the attention to phenomenology here!
(5/x)
Sengoku Period History ( #Shogun fans, these are for you):
* "African Samurai" by Thomas Lockley (this is historical fiction but the extended notes - which you get as a PDF with the audiobook too - demonstrate Lockley's seriousness)
* "A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan Lopez-Vera
(3/x)
* "African Samurai" by Thomas Lockley (this is historical fiction but the extended notes - which you get as a PDF with the audiobook too - demonstrate Lockley's seriousness)
* "A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan Lopez-Vera
(3/x)
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sengoku Period History ( #Shogun fans, these are for you):
* "African Samurai" by Thomas Lockley (this is historical fiction but the extended notes - which you get as a PDF with the audiobook too - demonstrate Lockley's seriousness)
* "A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan Lopez-Vera
(3/x)
* "African Samurai" by Thomas Lockley (this is historical fiction but the extended notes - which you get as a PDF with the audiobook too - demonstrate Lockley's seriousness)
* "A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan Lopez-Vera
(3/x)
One more in General History:
* "History of Japan in Manga" by Kanaya Shunichiro
Not a deep dive on its own, but some of the visuals in here are immensely clarifying as you continue your studies (e.g. this graphic on bakumatsu alliances)
(2/x)
* "History of Japan in Manga" by Kanaya Shunichiro
Not a deep dive on its own, but some of the visuals in here are immensely clarifying as you continue your studies (e.g. this graphic on bakumatsu alliances)
(2/x)
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
One more in General History:
* "History of Japan in Manga" by Kanaya Shunichiro
Not a deep dive on its own, but some of the visuals in here are immensely clarifying as you continue your studies (e.g. this graphic on bakumatsu alliances)
(2/x)
* "History of Japan in Manga" by Kanaya Shunichiro
Not a deep dive on its own, but some of the visuals in here are immensely clarifying as you continue your studies (e.g. this graphic on bakumatsu alliances)
(2/x)
Thinking of diving into #JapaneseHistory and culture ? Here are 10 recommended #books / videos:
General History:
* "The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives" by Christopher Harding
* "Understanding Japan" Great Courses video series by Mark Ravina
(1/x)
General History:
* "The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives" by Christopher Harding
* "Understanding Japan" Great Courses video series by Mark Ravina
(1/x)
February 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thinking of diving into #JapaneseHistory and culture ? Here are 10 recommended #books / videos:
General History:
* "The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives" by Christopher Harding
* "Understanding Japan" Great Courses video series by Mark Ravina
(1/x)
General History:
* "The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives" by Christopher Harding
* "Understanding Japan" Great Courses video series by Mark Ravina
(1/x)
Is this not one of the most kick-ass scientific visualizations you've ever seen? It's a periodic table, and the first thing to note is it's a left step periodic table. But most strikingly, electronegativity is shown as a contour map, with toponomy inspired by physical maps. Brilliant.
#PeriodicTable
#PeriodicTable
February 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Is this not one of the most kick-ass scientific visualizations you've ever seen? It's a periodic table, and the first thing to note is it's a left step periodic table. But most strikingly, electronegativity is shown as a contour map, with toponomy inspired by physical maps. Brilliant.
#PeriodicTable
#PeriodicTable
What do y'all like to collect? I collect knives, mostly pocket knives. This is a great hobby (1) because knives are useful tools, and (2) as a type of meditation on life...
#collecting #knives #steel #D2 #M390 #VG10
Question: What is the value of a blade that remains in its sheath?
Answer...
#collecting #knives #steel #D2 #M390 #VG10
Question: What is the value of a blade that remains in its sheath?
Answer...
February 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
January 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
Kanji question! Why are the cursive-style kanjis on the top of these shogi pieces different if they both supposedly mean "dragon"? For the promoted rook "dragon king" piece, I can see 龍. But what is that kanji on the promoted bishop "dragon horse"?? Thanks! #kanji #shogi
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January 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Kanji question! Why are the cursive-style kanjis on the top of these shogi pieces different if they both supposedly mean "dragon"? For the promoted rook "dragon king" piece, I can see 龍. But what is that kanji on the promoted bishop "dragon horse"?? Thanks! #kanji #shogi
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@japanesetalk.bsky.social
The continued fraction expansion of the golden ratio (phi) is all 1's. The continued fraction expansion of 48/phi is [1 1 1 106 1 1 1 106 1 1 1...] (non-repeating). Interesting indeed!
#math #GoldenRatio #ContinuedFractions
#math #GoldenRatio #ContinuedFractions
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The continued fraction expansion of the golden ratio (phi) is all 1's. The continued fraction expansion of 48/phi is [1 1 1 106 1 1 1 106 1 1 1...] (non-repeating). Interesting indeed!
#math #GoldenRatio #ContinuedFractions
#math #GoldenRatio #ContinuedFractions
My top Spotify wrapped artist was Hiromi Uehara, owing almost exclusively to the soundtrack to this dope movie
#BlueGiant #jazz #Hiromi #HiromiUehara #UeharaHiromi #anime
#BlueGiant #jazz #Hiromi #HiromiUehara #UeharaHiromi #anime
December 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM
My top Spotify wrapped artist was Hiromi Uehara, owing almost exclusively to the soundtrack to this dope movie
#BlueGiant #jazz #Hiromi #HiromiUehara #UeharaHiromi #anime
#BlueGiant #jazz #Hiromi #HiromiUehara #UeharaHiromi #anime
My kid's letter to Santa reminded me of Dennett "Real magic, in other words, refers to the magic that is not real, while the magic that is real, that can actually be done, is not real magic." Ie everything we've ever known, including the fantastical, is of this world #Dennett #magic #Santa
December 4, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Storyboard cuts from what is by far my favorite movie, The Wind Rises. The movie was exquisitely researched. The NACA M9 and M12 airfoils mentioned are real airfoils. The calculations shown, however, are gibberish ;-)
#TheWindRises #StudioGhibli #AeronauticalEngineering #風立ちぬ #スタジオジブリ
#TheWindRises #StudioGhibli #AeronauticalEngineering #風立ちぬ #スタジオジブリ
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Storyboard cuts from what is by far my favorite movie, The Wind Rises. The movie was exquisitely researched. The NACA M9 and M12 airfoils mentioned are real airfoils. The calculations shown, however, are gibberish ;-)
#TheWindRises #StudioGhibli #AeronauticalEngineering #風立ちぬ #スタジオジブリ
#TheWindRises #StudioGhibli #AeronauticalEngineering #風立ちぬ #スタジオジブリ
The triangular relationship between symbols, concepts, and objects is pregnant with philosophy. What I'm sitting with right now is a new motto: "no extension without intension". [1/4]
#philosophy #language #meaning #symbols #concepts #extension #intension
#philosophy #language #meaning #symbols #concepts #extension #intension
November 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
The triangular relationship between symbols, concepts, and objects is pregnant with philosophy. What I'm sitting with right now is a new motto: "no extension without intension". [1/4]
#philosophy #language #meaning #symbols #concepts #extension #intension
#philosophy #language #meaning #symbols #concepts #extension #intension
According to Heil, qualities of objects are identical with dispositions. They co-occur. Heil notes he did not consider abstract objects. If Heil is right, perhaps abstract objects are those whose qualities are NOT dispositions: they are causes of nothing. The constellation Orion would be one such...
November 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
According to Heil, qualities of objects are identical with dispositions. They co-occur. Heil notes he did not consider abstract objects. If Heil is right, perhaps abstract objects are those whose qualities are NOT dispositions: they are causes of nothing. The constellation Orion would be one such...
When Merleau-Ponty says: "The painter 'takes his body with him,' says Valery. Indeed, we cannot imagine how a mind could paint."
He doesn't just mean the trivial thing - that the mind doesn't have arms. He means, a disembodied mind doesn't have *a view*. Thus mind as we know it REQUIRES body.
He doesn't just mean the trivial thing - that the mind doesn't have arms. He means, a disembodied mind doesn't have *a view*. Thus mind as we know it REQUIRES body.
November 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM
When Merleau-Ponty says: "The painter 'takes his body with him,' says Valery. Indeed, we cannot imagine how a mind could paint."
He doesn't just mean the trivial thing - that the mind doesn't have arms. He means, a disembodied mind doesn't have *a view*. Thus mind as we know it REQUIRES body.
He doesn't just mean the trivial thing - that the mind doesn't have arms. He means, a disembodied mind doesn't have *a view*. Thus mind as we know it REQUIRES body.
"Best Books of 2024" x Shogun (2024) appreciation post!
"A Gentleman from Japan" by Thomas Lockley - a Japanese sailor ends up in England, just 10 years prior to William Adam's own adventure to Japan
"In Service of the Shogun" by Frederik Cryns - new bio of Adams ("Blackthorne")
#Shogun #books
"A Gentleman from Japan" by Thomas Lockley - a Japanese sailor ends up in England, just 10 years prior to William Adam's own adventure to Japan
"In Service of the Shogun" by Frederik Cryns - new bio of Adams ("Blackthorne")
#Shogun #books
November 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM