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"We feel accountable to our religious tradition. And just as accountable to our own intuition. When we have a question or a challenge on our religious tradition, we don't abandon our religious tradition, nor do we assume a posture of submission or sacrifice towards our own intution. That is not what the Talmud does, instead, we think harder, think more critically, think more carefully." Sammanfattar bra min syn på bibeltolkning och vrf Talmud är ett så storslaget dokument

R. Aviva Richman: Why Talmud is the Bedrock of My Faith - Ta Shma
The Talmud has often been subject to misrepresentation—viewed as esoteric or overly complex—yet it holds profound power as a centerpiece of Jewish tradition. How can Talmud and Talmud study anchor an approach to Judaism that speaks to the challenges  and dangers of our moment? How can its embrace of complexity, argument, and multivocality offer a model for living a thoughtful and principled Jewish life in our uncertain times?  Source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/…

Thinking back, I spent a hell of a lot of time in school learning to write by hand. By far, the most text I compose is behind a keyboard, and I go out of my way to find opportunities to write in longhand. I can't help but wonder what else I could've learnt that may've been actually useful later in life.
Also, my cursive’s so impenetrable that I sometimes wonder if a given passage is in English or Dutch, only to remember I don't know Dutch. Whatever I *did* learn clearly…

I don't get people with their "Friday evening out" or "night life" ideas. I mean, what's there to live when it's dark outside? You can live when it's daylight and you can go to a forest or something, but when it's dark, all you can do is either work or sleep.

Am I reading "Being and Nothingness" by Jean-Paul Sartre?
Yes. Because everyone dies. You, me, everyone, and everything we ever cared about. So why should you lose sleep over what happens or what anyone thinks, when the ending is already written?
When nothing has inherent meaning, I might as well understand why.
https://<…

Reflecting on legacy, it's clear it goes beyond financial wealth. Legacy is the cherished memories, enduring values, and life lessons we pass to loved ones. 💙 Integrity, for instance, is a value I hope my family treasures—acting with honesty and moral principles shapes character and success. What value do you wish for your family to hold dear? 🧡 #Legacy #FamilyValues

In life it is true
What we cannot just enjoy
We must then endure.
#dailyhaikuprompt - endure
#haiku
#poem

I am immensely amused by husband's gleeful handing out sweets to assorted neighbourhood kids ranging from about 4 to 16 years of age.
Hard to be sure who is having a better time. And isn't that what life is all about?
Happy Halloween
#SimplePleasures

“My body is here, but my soul never left the place that once held my laughter, my silence, my peace.
I miss the warmth of my home — the sunlight spilling through familiar windows, and the small joys I once took for granted: quiet mornings, fleeting smiles, the fragile moments that made life whole.”
– @…

Every morning, the wind circles my tent like a restless ghost, tearing me from...
My body is here, but my soul never left the place that once held my laughter, my silence, my peace. I miss the warmth of my home — the sunlight spilling through familiar windows, and the small joys I once took for granted: quiet mornings, fleeting smiles, the fragile moments that made life whole. Each gust of wind reminds me of what we lost, and each night the cold carves its way into my bones, as if searching for the warmth it once knew. Yet ...

Care for life, care for the chips: the future is re-used, recycled and permacomputing
https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-8/care-for-life-care-for-the-chips/

Care for life, care for the chips: the future is re-used, recycled and permacomputing - Branch
Alistair explores the imperfect answers arising from asking what we can do to radically cut down on our spiralling CPU habit.

Just finished "It's Lonely at the Center of the Earth" by Zoe Thorogood.
CW: Frank/graphic discussion of suicide and depression (not in this post but in the book).
It feels a bit wrong to simply give it my review here as I would another graphic memoir, because it's much more personal and less consensual than the usual. It feels less like Thorogood has invited us into her life than like she was forced to put her life on display in order to survive, and while I selfishly like to read into the book that she benefited in some way from the process, she's honest about how tenuous and sometimes false that claim can be. Knowing what I've learned from this book about Thorogood's life and demons, I don't want her to feel the mortification of being perceived by me, and so perhaps the best thing I could do is to simply unread the book and pull it back out of my memories.
I did not find Thorogood's life relatable, nor pitiable (although my instinct bends in that direction), but instead sacred and unknowable. I suspect that her writing and drawing has helped others in similar circumstances, but she leaves me with no illusion that this fact brings her any form of peace or joy. I wonder what she would feel reading "Lab Girl" or "The Deep Dark," but she has been honest enough to convey that such speculation on my part is a bit intrusive.
I guess the one other thing I have to say: Zoe Thorogood has through artistic perseverance developed an awe-inspiring mastery of the comic medium, from panel composition, through to page layout and writing. This book wields both Truth and Beauty.
#AmReading #ReadingNow

I think there is just as much chance of Half-Life 3 launching as there is of the rapture happening. Plot twist: I don’t see either happening.
https://www.ign.com/articles/why-is-everyone-posting-about-a-half-life-3-announcement-soon

A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks, why the long face?
Horse says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.
Bartender says, solution is simple. I have a marvelous Amontillado in my cellar—
#humor

Ukraine Update: Russian "Fraternal Aid" is offered to Ukraine.
Russian Fraternal Aid is described as: Destroy, repress, leave to the cold, and starve to the point of breaking even the most resilient will, only to then lead people to beg for help from the same hand that killed, plundered, and annihilated.
Giorgio is on the ground in Ukraine, risking his life to report what is happening there.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and give the world a glimpse …

Is it talent?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQM0-w2jEOd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Duaa Izzidien - Visual Storyteller & Artist on Instagram: "I had far too much fun creating this reel and couldn’t bring myself to delete any of it to make it shorter and more algorithm friendly 🙈 If you watched it all the way to the end - well done! You’ve just demonstrated the very thing the reel is about - showing up is the only talent that matters. My arrows don’t always hit the target. My paintings don’t always turn out how I planned. And honestly? Life rarely goes the way I intend. But really that isn’t what matters. In Islam we say that actions are by intentions and that sometimes means letting go of controlling our outcomes. We can control our intentions, our effort, showing up - but we have to remember that the result doesn’t actually come from those actions. Sometimes the arrow misses because there’s a better lesson waiting or perhaps it’s to remind you to stay humble and remember that ‘you’ are not the architect of your success. Sometimes the painting goes “wrong” because it’s becoming something more beautiful than you imagined. Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way you planned because there’s something different, better, round the corner for you. A huge thank you to @thabitoon_archers and @mamluk.academy for teaching me. You’ve taught me far more than just archery - you’ve taught me a rich history and life lessons that bring peace. (any mistakes in my form are entirely mine!). Want to learn how to use art as a tool for trusting and letting go of control? DM me ‘CREATE’ and I’ll show you these techniques. #showingisenough #trusttheprocess #archery #archerygirl #traditionalarchery #archerylife #overwhelm #personalgrowth #innerstrength #growthmindset #breakthrough #findingmyself #resilience #transformation #letgoofcontrol"
24K likes, 763 comments - duaaizzidien on October 24, 2025: "I had far too much fun creating this reel and couldn’t bring myself to delete any of it to make it shorter and more algorithm friendly 🙈 If you watched it all the way to the end - well done! You’ve just demonstrated the very thing the reel is about - showing up is the only talent that matters. My arrows don’t always hit the target. My paintings don’t always turn out how I planned. And honestly? Life rarely goes the way I …

Kyle Cheney. @kyledcheney
Jack Smith says Trump's claims that he won the election were not protected free speech because they were intended to target a government function.
"There is no historical analog for what President Trump did in this case."
Smith says Trump "without question" added to the danger to Mike Pence's life with his 2:24pm tweet while the Capitol was under attack.

A simple measure of happiness is the proportion of your life spent doing what you want to do vs the proportion spent doing what you have to do.

A look at how tech executives use "delay, deny, and deflect" when pressed on user safety and what it means for journalism, as shame loses power over public life (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-interview-backlash-analysis/<…

Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worse
What is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame?

Selling stuff on eBay is so funny sometimes, like when someone extremely low-balls you and you decline their offer and then they message you with "What's your lowest?"
That's not how haggling works, you need to make a fair offer to the seller—it's a deeply human thing to negotiate about price, and both sides need to be respectful of each other.
I think haggling should be taught in school tbh. A real life skill.

quote tweeting with ivory on iOS
cc @… https://autistics.life/@joshsusser/115583984080301073

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
George Harrison:
🎵 What Is Life
#GeorgeHarrison
https://newyorkceremonymusic.bandcamp.com/track/what-is-life-george-harrison
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Nux6Q8aJZ1i4vUpPDBvlX

Life In The Peloton, Presented By MAAP
Ever wondered what life is like as a professional cyclist...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/life-in-the-peloton/

Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
FEN: You're a sad man, Travis. Life must have reverence.
TRAVIS: Now. I want the other one.
FEN: No.
TRAVIS: Get the other one.
FEN: You know better than this.
TRAVIS: Do I?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/5 B7B3

Bari Weiss says she wants CBS News to redraw "the lines of what falls in the 40 yard lines of acceptable debate", such as elevating voices like Alan Dershowitz (@dropsitenews)
https://x.com/dropsitenews/status/1993154653941362892

Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) on X
Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate

The similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And

The similarity to the climate crisis is amazing - robust scientific research has identified a serious, life threatening problem - as well as what is needed to address that problem. But $€₱₹¥£ are flowing from customers who are unaware of the problem, and are seduced by marketing messages - in movies, TV shows, social media, and explicit advertisements. And there is huge profit from practices that are already resulting in injuries, illnesses and death, as well as economic losses. And

To portray a mind as a kind of high-powered survival machine orchestrated and controlled by genes is, then, fundamentally a misconceived picture of what minds are.
Ball, Philip. How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology (p. 427). (Function). Kindle Edition.

Just so you can guess where the "AI" thing is headed, look at this listing from a local community college
"AI made simple for everyday life"
... And look at what comes next:
"Flaggers certification"
The exciting thing (for bosses) is the idea that knowledge workers will be as interchangeable (and precarious) as DOT flaggers
#YouDeserveAUnion

Thanks Resilience.org for reposting and correcting the title.
Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-10-16/prospects-for-degrowth-the-story-so-far/

Prospects for Degrowth: the story so far
What our series shows is that despite the storm clouds, there is a lively and pluralistic degrowth movement waiting in the wings, with a life-belt to hand, since it is degrowth that is the only hope for a viable future.

I don't envy "vibe coders". I mean, let's for a minute assume that their vision is not a pipe dream, but an accurate prediction of the future.
For a start, what's their plan for life? Driving a tool whose primary selling point is that anyone can use it. And I'm not even talking about all the inside competition. I'm talking of people realizing that they can cut the middleperson and do the coding themselves.
The way I see it, vibe coders are a bit like typists (with no offense to typists). Their profession is a product of a novelty. And just like typists largely disappeared when typewriters and then computers became commonplace, so are vibe coders bound to disappear when vibe coding becomes commonplace.
And are true programmers going to become obsolete? Well, let me ask you: did the proliferation of cars and corresponding self-service skills render car mechanics obsolete? On the contrary. The way I see it, the proliferation of slopcode will only make competent programmers ever the more necessary.
What vibe coders are saying is basically this: "This new automated self-service kit makes car maintenance so easy. Car mechanics will become obsolete now. Everyone's just going to hire *me* to run this kit instead."
#AI #LLM #VibeCoding

Shawn Harris is highly qualified to replace MTG ... in every way except one. See if you can guess what that is
https://www.shawnforgeorgia.com/

The team I've cheered my whole life failed once again to make it all the way through October (but they got close!). So while my neighbors would call it fish and chips, we're having what any self-respecting Brewers fan knows is called fish fry for Game 1 - it is Friday, after all. Go Jays Go!
#baseball #WorldSeries

#New_Public is testing their nonprofit alternative to #NextDoor / Local #Facebook Groups. This could be very good! <…

Roundabout
Roundabout is your new online community for local life. Find what you need, connect with neighbors, and take pride in your community.

Plenty of people use various bags for things other than their intended purpose. Not every laptop bag is used to hold a laptop, sandwich bags don't always hold sandwiches, etc.
But usually it's still a *common* use, just not the only one.
And I don't think I have ever, in my life, seen someone put a duffel in a duffel bag. I don't even know what a duffel is.

Stephen Miller has amassed unprecedented power for a deputy White House chief of staff.
He exerts extraordinary influence over an unusually large swath of the government,
from immigration to criminal justice to even the military’s operations on American soil
❌Much of what defines public life in the Trump era
—masked kidnappings on U.S. streets,
standoffs between ICE goons and protesters,
military patrols in U.S. cities
—has been authored by Miller.

Stephen Miller Is The New Republic’s 2025 Scoundrel of the Year
He was counting on a nation of haters. He was wrong.

One of the fun things about being a parent is spending your whole day doing your job and caring for your child, dreaming of the days when you had time to yourself. And then the child goes to bed and life feaps empty and you almost don’t even know what to do with the time anymore.

https://www.lifeaftercars.com/
I love the podcast, and I agree with most of what they say.
But this book is not about Life After Cars, just about the "War On Cars".
It is 90% about how bad cars for us and the cities we are living in.
I think it is still an interesting book for som…

Life After Cars

I get the outrage, and the injustice of those sanctions, but 'Amazon', Uber, better off without those.
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life – The Irish Times
https://www.irishti…

‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary

the president of columbia is currently giving relationship advice on x dot com

The thing about a life-logger, is you input sensitive data about your life, lifestyle and activities, so privacy and data-integrity are some of the most important issues.
There can be no server, the data has to be yours and yours alone. Because you can’t tell what is happening to the data in a closed-source app, it must be completely free and open source.
You can’t trust a corporate diary, they must sell to anyone offering enough money.
So it is with my life log app, all data completely in your own device. No home server ever sees anything.
There is no home server. Just the code.
To achieve this Exocortex Log is a Progressive Web App. It downloads when you are online at the website and can be installed onto the homepage of your phone.
It keeps all data on the local device using indexdb.
This means you must be responsible for your own backups. Be sure to export and back up your data regularly. I have gaps in my ten year record where my phone was stolen and most recent backup was months prior.
Once installed it will work offline, airplane mode, no internet, down in the tube station at midnight, anywhere.
There's a blog on the website saying this and more: https://exocortexlog.com/news/articles/2025-12-06-release/

I would add that his comment is spot on but does not apply to the whole population, and we ought to be paying a lot more attention to the people here in the US who do know what life without democracy is like.
Like for example: Jim Crow existed in full force within living memory, and a huge part of the current fascist pitch in the US is bringing it back.

@… What I don’t understand about everything Fairphone makes, is that it is inevitable short of the average spec list. Headphones of that size should now have up to 50-60 hours of battery life. And really, a how often has your headphone broken? I have a Bose QC from 8 years ago that still is going strong.

@… What a thing of beauty! https://www.cbc.ca/life/food/cranberry-apple-candied-ginger-pie-1.5055127

Recipe: Cranberry Apple Candied Ginger Pie | CBC Life
This fresh pie with warm flavours is the perfect way to finish off a rich meal.

biggest red flag if someone has zero haters... consider the kinda people out there, you mean to tell me that you have beliefs and live your life in ways that they don't take an issue with? huh, what exactly is it that you're doing?

What life is like for Palestinians from Gaza on centralised, US-based, Big Tech networks like Bluesky (yes, it’s all those things… did something about them make you think otherwise?)
#Bluesky #complicity #genocide

dalia rezk (@daliarezk@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image @aral@mastodon.ar.al

NUNCA deixem nada "na nuvem". NUNCA.
A nuvem são os computadores dos outros gajos. Nada daquilo é vosso.
Têm conta no gmail ou em coisas semelhantes? Usem um programa de email e descarreguem as mensagens. Não as deixem simplesmente lš. Documentos? A mesma coisa. Trabalhem localmente, mesmo se fizerem uploads regulares.
Caso contršrio, correm este risco.

I just bought these on a whim and I have never owned a real life physical object that looks so digitally rendered. This is what Tron should have been

Bra exempel på en av mina stora samtida pet peeves: varor som görs till subjekt och tilltalar en.
https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/115453315237969031

Jim Stormdancer (@mogwai_poet@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image This burger is offering me a free burger. Is it offering itself, or has it enslaved the other sentient burgers, trying to make me complicit? Do I *want* to join this burger's rewards? What kind of life do the rewards have? The QR code isn't answering any of these questions. #food

Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ --
You deserve all praise, honor, and glory.
We thank you for so many precious and wonderful gifts.
We ask for power and knowledge to do your will.
Make us sensitive to what displeases you.
Forgive us our many stumbles and keep us from temptation.
Jesus is Lord.
Amen.
#prayers

Series B, Episode 02 - Shadow
BEK: So it was an alien life form that killed her?
CALLY: Yes. It was trying to use Orac as a bridge to cross from it's own universe into ours.
JENNA: That's why it needed so much power.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/202/598 B7B4

«I just don’t think working at an evil company should define me. I’ve only worked here for seven years. What about the twenty-five years before, when I didn’t work here? In fact, I wasn’t working at all for the first eighteen years of my life. And for some of those early years, I didn’t even have object permanence, which is oddly similar to the sociopathic detachment with which I now think about other humans.»
A case of "it's funny cause it's true", I know some of these
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person

Imagine a world that we all control together, not controlled by oligarch or dictators, even indirectly. Imagine something truly collaborative. That world would be very different from our own. In some ways many of us could have a lot more opportunity. But in others, we would be restricted.
In such a world, we couldn't really have elite luxuries. Having such luxuries is only valuable so long as others do not.
> Unlike the vacuum cleaner, the radio, or the bicycle, which retain their use value when everyone has one, the car, like a villa by the sea, is only desirable and useful insofar as the masses don’t have one.
- The Social Ideology of the Motorcar
Imagine a world in which we think about luxury in a radically different way, not as something that only has value via exclusivity but something that enriches the lives of the owners more as more people have them.
What would living in such a world be like? Can you describe a day in your life?
#SolarPunkPrompts #Writing #Prompts

This Medical Life
Our mission is to share stories about the triumphs and tragedies of diseases and illnesses from ancient times up until what we know today...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/this-medical-life/

The latest episode of my podcast is live. And it's all about #SelfCare - what it is, what it's not, how to bring it to life and the common pitfalls to avoid.
https://podcasts.…

So, what is the most important thing in my life? What is my life goal?
My family is the most important thing in my life. My most important goals are:
1. The health of my wife.
2. The mental health of our son.
3. Enough money to support their life.
-------------------
How to achieve these goals?
Simple, I just need to:
1. Budgetting my income.
2. Saving a portion of the income.
3. Paying all of my debts (hospital debts).
------------…

Kimi Onoda, Japan's new Minister of State for Economic Security, is a 43 year old half-Irish ex-game industry PR femcel with an extensive history of defending her exclusive attraction to anime boys on twitter

If you were in Carol's place in #Pluribus, what would you do? I'd probably have the talk of my life with the entire world's consciousness and then ask it to undo itself 😀 I mean, we know Carol has something in her that is a potential treatment for the virus. We also know the hive mind knows how to remove it and assimilate her. But it can't because that would make her unh…

Aging gracefully is more than just life's milestones; it's an investment in the adventure itself. I am dedicated to helping seniors thrive in health and wealth. What do you believe is essential for a fulfilling retirement? Share your wisdom! 💡
#SeniorsLivingWell #RetirementGoals #LifeJourney

Ignoring evil does not make it go away.
The world needs to wake up and stand against corruption, fascism, oligarchies and billionaires.
Giorgio is a singular point of truth from the frontlines in Ukraine.
Giorgio risks his life and shares the friend link to tell the world what is happening, and what is coming to their cities next.
Please support his work, share widely, and help the world stand up to the evil of greedy and horrid men.

«They tore them to pieces in front of me» – live from the European front of Zaporizhzhia
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

If you’re baffled by the chasm between “How could anyone support this kind of cruelty??” and “Society needs a Strong Father Figure with a firm hand,” well…
…look to who has endured abuse, who has only seen and abhorred abuse but not endured it, who has escaped abuse (and at what personal cost), who’s spent their life rationalizing and accommodating abuse, who is themselves an abuser.
Look at that, then look at what they think of Trump.

Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
BLAKE: Zen, surface conditions?
ZEN: Tolerable. The land masses are arid and support only primitive plant life. Nine tenths of the planet is covered by water which is highly acidic. The level of the oceans is constantly rising and they now virtually cover all traces of the cities built by early civilizations.
https://

Sword of the Sea (Multi, XP'd on PS5) Restore a dried up ocean world to its former glory as you surf along the land on a magic sword.
From the people that brought you Abzu, The Pathless, and Journey, SotS is the latest gem in their crown of gaming goodness. If you've played any of the previous games, you already have a good idea what to expect from SotS (and should have already played it TBH 😆 )
Basically, this is Journey x Tony Hawk. You travel this world as a Wraith on …

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec
12. Who is a writer whose life inspires you?
13. What have you written for another writer?
14. Share how you tackle a first round of revisions.
---
12. At this point, no idea. I prefer keeping lives of authors and works of authors on separate shelves. Specifically, lives of authors share space with lives of people. Lives of other people do not …

Miguel Ángel Russo passed away yesterday. Besides his sports achievements, he was loved and respected everywhere he go. And he died doing what he loved and being fully conscious about it, I can't think of a better way to leave this life.
Today, football is a little bit worse.
https://www.batimes.…

On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in the small town of East Palestine, Ohio.
Three days later, Norfolk Southern pressured local authorities to dump and burn five tanker cars full of chemicals,
blasting a mushroom cloud of toxic phosgene and hydrogen chloride into the air.
Nearly three years later, residents like Jami Wallace and her family are still suffering the toxic fallout

Residents in this small town ‘left for dead’ after industrial disaster
“It's not fair. We're people, our lives matter. My daughter's life matters. And that's what everybody is telling me: ‘You guys are just the cost of doing business. We can kill a whole community and who cares?’”

"Look again at this small world. This is home. The only home we’ve ever known.
Every person who has ever lived. Every story ever told. Every love, every war, every sacrifice – it has all happened here on this tiny, drifting world.
And yet, we act as if there is another waiting for us. We carve borders into the land and fight over them. We build towers of wealth while others are left to starve.
We poison the water we drink, scorch the air we breathe and tear apart the very foundation of life, driven by the hunger for more, by the illusion of control.
We hold power over each other but not over the forces that could erase us in an instant. A rock adrift in space could end it all. A wave of fire from deep within the earth could rewrite the world in a single eruption. A burst of radiation from a distant sun could silence everything we’ve built.
In the face of the universe we are fragile beyond measure. Mere passengers on a planet that owes us nothing. And yet, we fight, we kill, we burn our home as if it were replaceable.
We act as though our time here is infinite. Though history has shown us otherwise. But for now this is all we have. Out there among the countless stars, there may be other worlds. Planets where life has taken root. Where others look up and wonder if they too are alone. But they are distant beyond our reach, beyond our time.
For the foreseeable future there is no second earth, no distant rescue. This is where we stand. This is where we make our living. What happens here, what we choose to destroy, what we choose to protect will echo long after we’re gone.
Think again how small we are. how brief our time is, how easily we could vanish. A fraction of a second in the lifespan of the universe, a blink in the endless dark. And yet in this fleeting moment we are here.
We love, we create, we shape the world around us. What we do with our time matters. Because in the end everything we leave behind is what we chose to built and who we chose to be. But for now we stand together on a mote of dust."
#Trance
#Techno
#AmbientTechno
#EnlusionLabel

Me: "What is best in life?
Younger coworker: "to crush your notifications, see them flee before you, and hear the lamentations of the algorithm"

There's ice in the house and my computer is back--again. See what else is going on this week.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/cooling-it-down/

Cooling It Down – Bob Mueller
A quiet night turns chaotic, a computer gets rebuilt, AI brings the dead back to life. From icemakers to holograms, it’s been a strange week.

C has a very low threshold for coping with noise and chaos. Imagine for a moment, 5 kids, C and I in a small 3 bedroom house. The four older kids are boisterous, loud and hyperactive. And then there’s the baby. It’s a lot for me to cope with… and then imagine on top of that, C regularly spiralling into #autistic meltdowns. Fuck. My. Life. I wonder what the divorce rate is for those on the…

❝Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth. They were born into democracy and have no appreciation of what life is like without it.❞
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/14/wang-jian-china-journalist-reports-united-states-donald-trump-xi-jinping

Giorgio reports from the trenches of democracy on the ground in Ukraine.
He risks his life to report from the front lines so that the world might learn the truth of what is happening in Ukraine.
His is a singular voice that few others dare to experience, certainly not US media, who fail to do their job as the world is overrun with evil and lies.
Giorgio shares the friend link so the truth can be more easily shared. Please support Giorgio's work, and support Ukraine in …

The Front That’s Not On Maps
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

After a rewarding 50-year career in information management, I'm thrilled to guide seniors toward vibrant living. 😊 Life is truly a series of transitions. What career have you transitioned from, or are considering? Share your journey! #CareerJourneys #LifeTransitions #SeniorLiving

Every opportunity in life is a test. Of whether we use the opportunity, how we use it, what we use it for, and who (all) we use it for. 🌈
#life #philosophy #opportunity #test

Just so you know how deprived and lacking of humanity some people are, please read this and report and block the accounts that are spreading these conspiracy theories about Gaza Verified and our friends and families in Gaza.
Israel’s genocide is not limited to the physical erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank but aims to completely erase Palestinians from all aspects of life – both offline and online.
We may be helpless when it comes to what Israel’s milita…

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
SERVALAN: If you tell me about the rendezvous, I will consider sparing your life.
KASABI: My life isn't yours to spare.
SERVALAN: Oh, but it is.
https://blake.torpidity.ne…

Door Dasher Life Fun Facts: This might be useful to think of when you're rating your Dasher.... Who's at fault in this situation?
Let's say I accept an offer for McDonalds.
I head straight there... pull up to the store, and as I walk in the app buzzes again with a 2nd order for the same McDs.
Naturally, I accept. (not accepting reduces my Acceptance rate and potentially my ability to get new offers).
Now I have two orders at the same place! Great! Efficient!
The first order comes up quickly, I put it in my bag, 'pick it up' in the app, and wait for the 2nd order.
Now the fun begins. The restaurant says the 2nd order will be 10 minutes beyond the pickup time. I notify the app, and both customers of the wait... and I wait... and wait... if I remove the 2nd order from my app it affects my completion rate *and* means the customer has to wait for another dasher to come along.
Eventually the 2nd order is ready and I head out to make the deliveries. Both of course now late.. the first potentially cold (even in an insulated bag) *and* late.
In addition, sometimes, often a day or two later, the dasher will receive a “Contract Violation” for the lateness. 3 Contract Violations in a short period and you can be deactivated.
So... there ya go. It happens. I'm never sure what the best course of action is... unless both orders are immediately ready, which you can never predict, someone will end up losing; the store, customer, dasher, or a mix of all three.
#DasherLife #GigWork #DoorDash #Uber
P.S. It's worth noting that Door Dash is the only service I know of that is this strict. Uber Eats does not have mechanisms like this (at least in my experience). Never used Skip, so can't say on that.

What @… said here, and so well said.
Note that deciding it’s the wrong time to rub somebody’s nose in how incredibly wrong they were doesn’t make them any less wrong. Listening is not the same thing as accepting. Sometimes it’s a moment to say “you dumbass,” and sometimes it’s a moment to say “And how did that work out for you?” The wise know the difference.
People who were taken in by the likes of these scammers •can• walk out of it in moments of cognitive dissonance — and if you’re in a position to do what Luna describes with someone you know, you might just change a life.
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115329960629783431

Self-replication and Computational Universality
Jordan Cotler, Cl\'ement Hongler, Barbora Hudcov\'a
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08342 https://arxiv.…

It’s Audrey Denney with some big news 🚨
𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝟱𝟬 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲! 
I grew up on a family farm, worked my way through college in Chico, and built my life here as a teacher and nonprofit leader. I know this place, and I know Washington is failing us. 
That’s why I got into this race even before we were certain what the maps would look like; in the face of uncertainty, I’m cert…

Audrey Denney for Congress
Join Audrey Denney’s movement to fight for rural California. An educator, nonprofit strategist, and lifelong advocate, Audrey is ready to take on corporate influence, defend healthcare, protect our forests, and put people first in Congress 2026.

Embracing joy at every stage of life combats the challenges of aging. My mission is to inspire seniors to energize their lives with enthusiasm. What fuels your thriving spirit as you age? Let's delve into this important discussion! 🌟 #AgingWisely #StayYoungAtHeart #LifelongLearning

The term “yada kenarji” is part of our private family lexicon, and I want it to become general English.
It’s a based on my kid mishearing “chaotic energy” when they were very young, and that’s what it means: something adjacent to “unhinged” and “the zoomies,” fun but also alarming, with both a physical and mental component.
“Michael J Fox as Marty McFly being all cool, taking in his amazing new life, and then Christopher Lloyd just busts in with all this yada kenarji”

Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
TRAVIS: [To mutoids] Get after them!
SERVALAN: [Slaps Travis] You hesitated. My life was at risk and you hesitated. [Tries slapping him again, but he catches her hand]
[Blake and crew hurry through the red corridors.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/527

For my birthday today… I deleted the Facebook account I created in September to access Marketplace. It served its purpose. I was going to sell other things but never got around to it. Then friends started requesting to be friends. It was awkward. I didn’t accept any requests and even made one post on my profile that I wouldn’t be friending anyone.. that it was only for Marketplace. People still requested…
Then a colleague/friend passed away and I missed an RSVP because someone sent me the message on FB rather than real life even though we weren’t FB connected and hadn’t communicated on there for years. This is what happens when people treat FB like the entirety of “the internet” and “communication”. I have a website with my name and phone! My address is not hard to search. Email!?
I was angry and sad about that. 😢
So ya… if I do the Marketplace thing again I’ll just make a temp account and delete it after use, like a single use plastic bag to pick up dog poop. 💩 🤣
In the meantime I’ll keep focusing on good people here on the #opensocialweb… and also connecting with people in real life.
Most of the 48 years I have spent on this earth have been without Facebook. I’ll manage :)
#toxicsocialmedia #facebook #deleteyouraccount #mastodonMigration #dumpzuck

In life's grand mosaic, simple moments carry immense value. Financial freedom is less about wealth and more about valuing time with loved ones. A recent afternoon with my granddaughter reminded me of life’s true priorities. ❤️ What made your week special? #FamilyFirst #CherishedMoments

The latest episode of my podcast is live. And it's all about #SelfCare - what it is, what it's not, how to bring it to life and the common pitfalls to avoid.
#MyPocketPsych #SelfCare #Wellbeing #PsychologyPodcast

I've filed a report about a minor problem with a #Python package, namely that the source distribution contained some trailing junk that breaks GNU #tar. On one hand, I'm happy that upstream took the issue seriously. On the other hand, I'm terrified of how much #AI slop was involved in the response.
I mean, my short bug report yielded a few walls of text of #LLM analysis of what the cause of the problem might be, of suggested solutions… and praise of the author's fix. These are interspersed with short comments from the author, all pasted under their own personal account. And the linked pull request is also huge, with "verification code" that's quite sloppy (bits that don't do anything, conditions that will never be true… but at least it seems to do what it was supposed to do).
Honestly, I don't know what to do. Not that I ever planned using this package, but at this point I will definitely stay away from it. It's in #Gentoo, and I'll have to continue maintaining it for the sake of reverse dependencies, but I feel like it's unfair to expose our users to packages that have clearly proven to accept AI slop without reviewing it properly. Or rather, AI slop that's being reviewed… by AI. How can anyone think this a good idea?!
There were multiple times in my life when I've considered retiring from Gentoo, for variety of reasons. There were also multiple times when I wanted to get away from computers altogether. Unfortunately, we're living in a truly fucked up world, and there is no escape. The best you can do is put an ever increasing effort to keep fixing all that crap that will just keep piling on faster and faster.
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource

In retirement, I've found that gratitude transforms the mundane into extraordinary. The more I appreciate, the richer life becomes. Financial freedom is important, but truly savoring the moment reigns supreme. This weekend, I'm relishing a simple walk through my hometown. 🌳 What are YOU grateful for today? #GratitudeIsKey