Probably not! Feel free to drop the rec

gasp. a librarian and academic? actually click on a link? instead of skimming a summary and calling it a job well done?

It does make me wonder how much is the human instinct to seek/create religious frameworks on a psychological level and how much of it is the neurodivergent comfort of self soothing via ritual.

HUH. As someone who grew up deeply religious and am still very religiously inclined despite cutting ties with any church institution, I also see many of my longstanding habits in this

Me nodding as Nerva gets mentioned like "ah I should have known that the Garlean war of succession in award winning mmo Final Fantasy 14 would end like that"

Anyway the Mary Beard book I had on hold is finally available and it is very funny recognizing the names of so many Roman politicians and emperors via fantasy media bc fantasy writers love referencing the roman empire

I have actually listened to several Kenneth Harl lectures and he does manage to hit that history professor cadence that makes you zone out a bit while still being interesting enough to pay attention and retain the lecture, 10/10 listen on a long drive

me several hours into this: i could fuck with stoicism actually

Today was pretty hard folks

ngl I still am not entirely sure how archiving via hashtags work on this site but if it'll help me find my fun facts later I'm putting them in there 😅

Today my wife's Rook is kissing Lucanis and their WoL is taking a nap somewhere comfy

Yeah I'm really lucky to have them, anyway *holds up a mirror*

My friends with a megaphone to my face like YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE WORTH BEING PROUD OF YOUR KINDNESS IS WORTH NURTURING AND THE OBSTACLES YOU'VE OVERCOME DON'T HAVE TO MEET INSTITUTIONSAL CRITERIA OF SUCCESS