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Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Nacirema people is their insistence that they do not participate in practices of which they clearly do. Equally unusual is the fact that, unlike other sacrificial cultures who raid neighboring tribes for victims, both slaves and victims for human sacrifice are only taken from within the society. In fact, there is a very strong cultural taboo against sacrificing or enslaving those from other tribes.
They are aware of the rituals of human sacrifice in other tribes, but claim such rituals to be inconsistent with their society. Yet their human sacrifice rituals are some of the most elaborate in the world. These rituals are so important that there is a whole part of Nacirema society dedicated specifically to arguing about who should and should not be sacrificed, restraining and feeding the potential victims for the years during which these arguments take place, and ultimately preparing and administering the ritual poison.
This is strangely similar to their approach to slavery. Both human sacrifice and slavery were once a much larger part of Nacirema society. Their human sacrifice rituals now take far longer and happen far less often, but at no point have they ever recognized these ritual sacrifices as such. Meanwhile, the Nacirema do acknowledge that slavery was part of their culture once. During the time when they did recognize their practice of slavery, they did raid other tribes for slaves. Now they follow the same complex ritual for slavery as they do for human sacrifice.
It is strange that, by following this ritual and only choosing victims from within their society, they seem to become incapable of seeing their behavior for what it is.

Filing: Oracle signed ~$150B of data center leases in the three months ending November 30, raising its total data center and cloud capacity commitments to $248B (Martin Peers/The Information)
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Oracle Strikes $150 Billion of Data Center Leases in November Quarter
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Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off.
https://cnznews.com/tesla-is-recalling-cybertrucks-again-yep-more-pieces-are-falling-off

Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again. Yep, More Pieces Are Falling Off. - Cnznews
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Three Czech helicopters deployed to Poland following recent Russian drone incursions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/15/three-czech-helicopters-deployed-to.html

Trying very hard to maintain my calm.
☑️ Hollywood stars, politicians pay tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife following their shocking deaths
Reiner, 78, was found dead alongside wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 68, at their home in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Rob Reiner death: Tributes pour in for filmmaker and his wife, Michele
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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change #America

Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
If you've been following recent debates about health, you've been hearing a lot about vaccines, diet, measles, Medicaid cuts and health insurance costs—but much less about one of the greatest threats to global public health: climate change.

Folks, Mohammed ( @…) has taken ill after his trip to the South to try and secure a place for his family.
It’s likely Covid.
It’s the second account I’m seeing of someone who visited the South falling ill with Covid in as many days.
Please help him cover cost of treatment in addition to everything else.
This is his fundraiser:

No shelter, no safety - Help Mohammed survive genocide in Gaza
My name is Thomas and I live in France and in the UK. I'm hosting Mohammed's campaign because Palestinians cannot host their own campaigns. If you've got any questions or if you'd like any proofs, I'm happy to provide you with these. Please support! Peace ✌️

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Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: job losses to AI, work used for training, falling wages and rates, freelancers losing clients, and more (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
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Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov promoted to battalion commander: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/15/ukrainian-filmmaker-oleh-sentsov-promoted.html