Aurelius
@r-les.bsky.social
veritas prima, sola veritas
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"You have slept for unnumbered ages,
This morning, will you not wake?"
— Kabir (tr. Tagore)
This morning, will you not wake?"
— Kabir (tr. Tagore)
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"You have slept for unnumbered ages,
This morning, will you not wake?"
— Kabir (tr. Tagore)
This morning, will you not wake?"
— Kabir (tr. Tagore)
We are not so badly off that we have to be as badly off as Stoics.
– Nietzsche, The Gay Science (tr. Kaufmann), 326 The physicians of the soul and pain
– Nietzsche, The Gay Science (tr. Kaufmann), 326 The physicians of the soul and pain
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We are not so badly off that we have to be as badly off as Stoics.
– Nietzsche, The Gay Science (tr. Kaufmann), 326 The physicians of the soul and pain
– Nietzsche, The Gay Science (tr. Kaufmann), 326 The physicians of the soul and pain
"But I think the best sign of greatness, of the best kind of greatness, is hardship."
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Back to the Playground
How I Was Taught and Am Unlearning Anxiety
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October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"But I think the best sign of greatness, of the best kind of greatness, is hardship."
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@amymantravadi.bsky.social do you have any comments on the _checks notes_ Cracker Barrel controversy?
(Let no one say I don't indulge a friend.)
(Let no one say I don't indulge a friend.)
August 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@amymantravadi.bsky.social do you have any comments on the _checks notes_ Cracker Barrel controversy?
(Let no one say I don't indulge a friend.)
(Let no one say I don't indulge a friend.)
Our state of drought in Britain is clearly a sign of our godlessness. After all, this sort of thing never used to happen when we properly paid honours to Ceres.
August 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Our state of drought in Britain is clearly a sign of our godlessness. After all, this sort of thing never used to happen when we properly paid honours to Ceres.
Dr @yonatan.bsky.social's book examining, from a social historical point-of-view, the origins of Judaism is such a clear and riveting read! The attention to detail and the painstaking methodology that's laid out for the reader make it so easy to follow. I'm really enjoying reading this!
August 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dr @yonatan.bsky.social's book examining, from a social historical point-of-view, the origins of Judaism is such a clear and riveting read! The attention to detail and the painstaking methodology that's laid out for the reader make it so easy to follow. I'm really enjoying reading this!
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I really thought I'd write a poem without sarcasm this time… and it certainly started that way!
I really thought I'd write a poem without sarcasm this time… and it certainly started that way!
August 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I really thought I'd write a poem without sarcasm this time… and it certainly started that way!
I really thought I'd write a poem without sarcasm this time… and it certainly started that way!
The angel told me the judgment we face is writ
Only if we choose to believe it
Jah love us all too much to ever let us burn in hell
They had to keep that one a secret
— Damian Marley, Looks Are Deceiving
Only if we choose to believe it
Jah love us all too much to ever let us burn in hell
They had to keep that one a secret
— Damian Marley, Looks Are Deceiving
July 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The angel told me the judgment we face is writ
Only if we choose to believe it
Jah love us all too much to ever let us burn in hell
They had to keep that one a secret
— Damian Marley, Looks Are Deceiving
Only if we choose to believe it
Jah love us all too much to ever let us burn in hell
They had to keep that one a secret
— Damian Marley, Looks Are Deceiving
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@benansell.bsky.social with another great article on the oh-so-common problem plaguing the uncommoners. If you don't follow his Substack, I really recommend it! It's one of only a couple I read religiously.
@benansell.bsky.social with another great article on the oh-so-common problem plaguing the uncommoners. If you don't follow his Substack, I really recommend it! It's one of only a couple I read religiously.
The (Non)Gamification of Real Life
What if you can't actually hack your way to social status?
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April 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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@benansell.bsky.social with another great article on the oh-so-common problem plaguing the uncommoners. If you don't follow his Substack, I really recommend it! It's one of only a couple I read religiously.
@benansell.bsky.social with another great article on the oh-so-common problem plaguing the uncommoners. If you don't follow his Substack, I really recommend it! It's one of only a couple I read religiously.
@amymantravadi.bsky.social
shows a solidly Biblical, evangelical and Christian stance against some of the dark tides of our time that also claim to be Biblical, evangelical and Christian.
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shows a solidly Biblical, evangelical and Christian stance against some of the dark tides of our time that also claim to be Biblical, evangelical and Christian.
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Why the Song "Citizens" Matters Now More Than Ever
A track by Jon Guerra helps us think about the issue of immigration
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April 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
@amymantravadi.bsky.social
shows a solidly Biblical, evangelical and Christian stance against some of the dark tides of our time that also claim to be Biblical, evangelical and Christian.
open.substack.com/pub/amymantr...
shows a solidly Biblical, evangelical and Christian stance against some of the dark tides of our time that also claim to be Biblical, evangelical and Christian.
open.substack.com/pub/amymantr...
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Strangely, the saddest I've felt at Good Friday has been since my loss of faith. What happened to Jesus of Nazareth, what has become of his legacy — I think he would not be able to bear any of it if he could have known. Re-reading this story, I feel the same now.
Strangely, the saddest I've felt at Good Friday has been since my loss of faith. What happened to Jesus of Nazareth, what has become of his legacy — I think he would not be able to bear any of it if he could have known. Re-reading this story, I feel the same now.
Killing Jesus
A Short Time-Travel Story
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April 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Strangely, the saddest I've felt at Good Friday has been since my loss of faith. What happened to Jesus of Nazareth, what has become of his legacy — I think he would not be able to bear any of it if he could have known. Re-reading this story, I feel the same now.
Strangely, the saddest I've felt at Good Friday has been since my loss of faith. What happened to Jesus of Nazareth, what has become of his legacy — I think he would not be able to bear any of it if he could have known. Re-reading this story, I feel the same now.
All is but feigned, and with Oaker dide,
That every Shower will wash and wipe away;
All things do change that under Heaven abide,
And after Death all Friendship doth decay.
Therefore what-ever Man bears worldly sway,
Living, on God, and on thy self rely,
For, when thou diest, all shall with thee die
That every Shower will wash and wipe away;
All things do change that under Heaven abide,
And after Death all Friendship doth decay.
Therefore what-ever Man bears worldly sway,
Living, on God, and on thy self rely,
For, when thou diest, all shall with thee die
March 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All is but feigned, and with Oaker dide,
That every Shower will wash and wipe away;
All things do change that under Heaven abide,
And after Death all Friendship doth decay.
Therefore what-ever Man bears worldly sway,
Living, on God, and on thy self rely,
For, when thou diest, all shall with thee die
That every Shower will wash and wipe away;
All things do change that under Heaven abide,
And after Death all Friendship doth decay.
Therefore what-ever Man bears worldly sway,
Living, on God, and on thy self rely,
For, when thou diest, all shall with thee die
The explosive ones.— When one considers how much the energy of young men needs to explode, one is not surprised that they decide for this cause or that without being at all subtle or choosy. (contd.)
March 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The explosive ones.— When one considers how much the energy of young men needs to explode, one is not surprised that they decide for this cause or that without being at all subtle or choosy. (contd.)
I haven't written any essays for a while, but thought I might collect some smaller bits and bobs together.
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Sunday Thoughts #1 & #2
From 23/02 and 02/03
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March 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I haven't written any essays for a while, but thought I might collect some smaller bits and bobs together.
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The Mower by Larkin
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February 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Mower by Larkin
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Today’s post tells the stories of two playgrounds, but it’s really about the imminent collapse of local government.
The end of the playground
In which one playground shuts and another is sealed off from the public before it even opens, in a chilling warning for the future of local government.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today’s post tells the stories of two playgrounds, but it’s really about the imminent collapse of local government.
I just realised: I can watch a show with subtitles, and have actually watched the show in spite of having needed the subtitles throughout to understand it, rather than missed scenes reading the text. But I cannot explain how it is done.
I have an extremely loose theory that part of the success of SQUID GAME and SHOGUN is that by using subtitles they actually demanded that the audience pay attention in an age of distraction and TV shows made for people half-watching
January 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I just realised: I can watch a show with subtitles, and have actually watched the show in spite of having needed the subtitles throughout to understand it, rather than missed scenes reading the text. But I cannot explain how it is done.
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Elon Musk has every right to say what he likes. And, yes, he & his fellow broligarchs are not the first billionaires driving politics. But, two things are new: A new hyperweapon they possess (cloud capital). Plus their hypocritical free speech campaign www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/06/m...
Musk, Trump and the Broligarchs' novel hyper-weapon - Le Monde 4-1-2025, full original English version - Yanis Varoufakis
How does wealth manage to persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? By merely posing his dazzling question in 1952, Aneurin Bevan captured liberal democracy’s greatest par...
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January 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Elon Musk has every right to say what he likes. And, yes, he & his fellow broligarchs are not the first billionaires driving politics. But, two things are new: A new hyperweapon they possess (cloud capital). Plus their hypocritical free speech campaign www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/06/m...