Palomar
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Telescope that can point itself and think about what it sees.
Hm, large crowds stopped attending his rallies but I believe he still has some devoted fans that will continue to the rest of their lives. Whereas these other guys have 0, I believe.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Hm, large crowds stopped attending his rallies but I believe he still has some devoted fans that will continue to the rest of their lives. Whereas these other guys have 0, I believe.
Have not watched this, but the idea of increasing deliberate asymmetry or paywalling of some forms of knowledge is also a ‘blast from the past’, not new except in the technological particulars
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Have not watched this, but the idea of increasing deliberate asymmetry or paywalling of some forms of knowledge is also a ‘blast from the past’, not new except in the technological particulars
He, a narcissist, is surrounded every day by his ‘team’ who are I think not very charming, only slavishly loyal & probably either can’t disguise very well their lack of real regard for him, or come across as totally abject nonentities.
He looked down on the ‘common people‘ who attended his rallies
He looked down on the ‘common people‘ who attended his rallies
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
He, a narcissist, is surrounded every day by his ‘team’ who are I think not very charming, only slavishly loyal & probably either can’t disguise very well their lack of real regard for him, or come across as totally abject nonentities.
He looked down on the ‘common people‘ who attended his rallies
He looked down on the ‘common people‘ who attended his rallies
You recall that extended soliloquy he gave on Arnold Palmer
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
You recall that extended soliloquy he gave on Arnold Palmer
He just absolutely loves Mamdani for some reason, I mean many do, but still so funny consideringggg this particular case
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All the rw is probably absolutely sick with jealousy & confusion 😅🤷🏻♀️
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All the rw is probably absolutely sick with jealousy & confusion 😅🤷🏻♀️
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
He just absolutely loves Mamdani for some reason, I mean many do, but still so funny consideringggg this particular case
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All the rw is probably absolutely sick with jealousy & confusion 😅🤷🏻♀️
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All the rw is probably absolutely sick with jealousy & confusion 😅🤷🏻♀️
Frankly the horrible unpopular ‘dirty work’ that will get ppl run out of office, is being given to ppl from outgroups, prob. also to try to counter charges of racism; if anything this will further division. Wonder if some of that was intentional w/Thatcher.
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But ppl should refuse these tasks/jobs
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But ppl should refuse these tasks/jobs
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Frankly the horrible unpopular ‘dirty work’ that will get ppl run out of office, is being given to ppl from outgroups, prob. also to try to counter charges of racism; if anything this will further division. Wonder if some of that was intentional w/Thatcher.
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But ppl should refuse these tasks/jobs
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But ppl should refuse these tasks/jobs
If I remember, my favorites from this are ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ and ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ (even though the lyrics to that one don’t make any sense)
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
If I remember, my favorites from this are ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ and ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ (even though the lyrics to that one don’t make any sense)
If they take power the dullards who want jobs in their bureaucracy will follow
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
If they take power the dullards who want jobs in their bureaucracy will follow
I guess I am doing well?? 😄
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I guess I am doing well?? 😄
I‘m personally concerned with why he looks exactly as though he was the 3rd Oasis brother
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I‘m personally concerned with why he looks exactly as though he was the 3rd Oasis brother
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PS: The fucking escalator at the Pompidou that kind of resembles a protracted or repeated slide might also ‘lead to that’ if you lose your balance
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
PS: The fucking escalator at the Pompidou that kind of resembles a protracted or repeated slide might also ‘lead to that’ if you lose your balance
Also he doesn’t even sound ‘envious’ in this poem so much as approving (within the poem by itself he could be in all manner of life situations!) but I know you have read much of him and know his life, so I must believe you on this 😄
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Also he doesn’t even sound ‘envious’ in this poem so much as approving (within the poem by itself he could be in all manner of life situations!) but I know you have read much of him and know his life, so I must believe you on this 😄
Also I don’t take it as loss of self as such, though ‘the slide’ certainly leads to that. The birds he mentions fly in that air, in fact it can’t be a vacuum for that, or to be blue. But the air ‘is just present’ an empty canvas for our ideas of meaning, somewhat like the couple sparks thought
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Also I don’t take it as loss of self as such, though ‘the slide’ certainly leads to that. The birds he mentions fly in that air, in fact it can’t be a vacuum for that, or to be blue. But the air ‘is just present’ an empty canvas for our ideas of meaning, somewhat like the couple sparks thought
I took ‘sun-comprehending glass’ to mean the sun is visible within the frame of the window, though this still presupposes a reference point and an eye…
But I mean I take it to mean like ‘the sun is included in the view’ not ‘the glass is understanding the sun’.
But I mean I take it to mean like ‘the sun is included in the view’ not ‘the glass is understanding the sun’.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I took ‘sun-comprehending glass’ to mean the sun is visible within the frame of the window, though this still presupposes a reference point and an eye…
But I mean I take it to mean like ‘the sun is included in the view’ not ‘the glass is understanding the sun’.
But I mean I take it to mean like ‘the sun is included in the view’ not ‘the glass is understanding the sun’.
When I was in the restaurant on the roof of the Pompidou Center in Paris w/my sibling & their partner, we reflected that many if not all of our ancestors of similar traits to us would very likely have loved to have the chances & freedom we did in life. And we could well have been living their dreams
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When I was in the restaurant on the roof of the Pompidou Center in Paris w/my sibling & their partner, we reflected that many if not all of our ancestors of similar traits to us would very likely have loved to have the chances & freedom we did in life. And we could well have been living their dreams
No, that’s the point imo, it is in the life and in the blank sky.
You say the conclusion of the poem is unsatisfying but I disagree
You say the conclusion of the poem is unsatisfying but I disagree
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
No, that’s the point imo, it is in the life and in the blank sky.
You say the conclusion of the poem is unsatisfying but I disagree
You say the conclusion of the poem is unsatisfying but I disagree
Well we found out who nowhere man is
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Well we found out who nowhere man is
The human brain also calibrates itself through years of lived embodied experiment and sensory feedback… and our sense of causality is still not necessarily accurate even then.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The human brain also calibrates itself through years of lived embodied experiment and sensory feedback… and our sense of causality is still not necessarily accurate even then.
Who could have guessed that it would have been infeasible??
(Everyone, including the architects involved as a cash grab)
(Everyone, including the architects involved as a cash grab)
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Who could have guessed that it would have been infeasible??
(Everyone, including the architects involved as a cash grab)
(Everyone, including the architects involved as a cash grab)
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I assigned Helen’s final blog post, Can’t Take it With You, as reading in my Intro to Ethics class for the unit on value and the meaning of life.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
Can’t take it with you
I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.
helendecruz.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I assigned Helen’s final blog post, Can’t Take it With You, as reading in my Intro to Ethics class for the unit on value and the meaning of life.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.
I suspected Helen’s warmth and openness would reach my students in a way stilted academic prose wouldn’t. I suspect I was right.