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Sunday, February 26. 2023How Scott Adams got in troubleNot really in trouble, but saying whatever he thinks can upset people and, as he says, mostly white-skinned people. I disagree with him often, but he is a smart guy and a good talker. I have found some of his abstract ideas valuable, especially "framing." So Musk calls the media racist.
Normal Life During Biblical TimesSaturday, February 25. 2023How Scott Adams got himself cancelledDilbert creator Scott Adams is the latest to be canceled Do most "people of color" really hate caucasians? I don't see that, but what do I know?
BookWhile Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park She has seen it all. She has been a slave.
Words women use
Saturday morning linksWhale deaths and windfarms The question is whether the sonar ships used to build the windmills are blinding sea mammals' sonar Exercise and depression WSJ: Why We Should Keep Reading Freud - Today’s psychologists find him embarrassing, but the founder of psychoanalysis had powerful insights into the way our minds work. 'Health at Every Size' Group Razes the 'Racism and Healthism' of Physicians Fighting Obesity Pediatric cancer fundraiser not diverse enough, Penn State students say Spectator: Are the adults back in charge at the New York Times? Newsroom leadership chastised staff for aligning with activist groups Microaggressions can "kill you," criminalize speech against "oppressed groups" Major Association Of US Doctors Makes Official Statement On Transgender Procedures For Minors DeSantis worse than murderer NTSB Chair Shuts Down Pete Buttigieg's Pathetic Blaming of Donald Trump for Train Derailment Sarah Huckabee Sanders Pushing Through Education Reform for Arkansas – Including School Choice Angela Davis Descended from Slave Owners. "No. I can't believe this. No, my ancestors did not come here on the Mayflower," Friday, February 24. 2023Imagine this tune if Roy had not just diedWould it have been better? (The rocking chair.) The Wilbury gang made up their (mostly goofy) tunes and lyrics on the fly. Talent to burn. I'd say Jeff Lynn was the glue.
When you're around Rome
One cool thing about Rome is that you can hop on a quick train south to Ostia Antica which is the most intact ancient Roman city. Far more preserved than Pompeii, which is all rubble except for a few ancient street food vendors and the porn pictures in the ancient whorehouses. One thing Pompeii and Ostia have in common is that they were both seaports. Ostia (now Ostia Antica - Ostia is nearby, a beach town) was the Port of Rome in olden times, now silted up as is Pompeii. Ostia Antica is huge - can't see it all in one day but a few hours with a nice lunch and beer in their cafeteria is enough to get the gist of it. Except for our technology, their lives were not too different from ours. Heck, they even had apartment buildings. We live in a Roman civilization. Western medieval times were a crazy step "backwards" in civilization. A degeneracy, you could say, or a throwback. That's why those medieval times capture the imagination. I guess Hadrian's Wall, and Regensberg, were Rome's high water marks before the barbarians took over again. Ancient Rome is familiar, kinda boring to me. Medieval Europe is weird.
Friday morning linksSome high profile writers at the NY Times are pushing back against the mob College censors art exhibit with content warning, curtains following Muslim students’ complaint What the Hell Is Going on With That Trump Grand Jury Foreman? Morning Joe Declares Free Speech to Be 'Out of Date' Rolling Stone: Cancel Culture Is Good For Democracy Or Something Heidegger’s Downfall - Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance. Who is "indiginous"? America is running out of oppressed classes in need of saviors, so apparently, we must expend every more effort to find people to save. Victor Davis Hanson: The Ukraine War's Prelude To What? Thursday, February 23. 2023The story of the MIT Blackjack TeamAmusing.
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Big acciptor: Goshawk with cameraThursday morning linksThere is no evidence for a Universe before the Big Bang.Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, famed for his work on black holes, claims we've seen evidence from a prior Universe. Only, we haven't. ROALD DAHL CAN NEVER BE MADE NICE. Rewriting his novels is about corporate safetyism, not social justice. Rank Innumeracy On The Cost Of Electricity From Renewables Yale sacred music center launches climate change art initiative Drucker on Education, 1969 Charters succeed at teaching — that’s why their enemies hate them Names, pronouns & the law Unease Over Biden's Proxy Quagmire in Ukraine Is Growing Racism in reporting: when they don't tell you the race... World’s Superpowers Threw Their Cards on the Table This Week and Every One of Them Came Up in Favor of WWIII Wednesday, February 22. 2023Do we live in God's (or some god's) simulation?It must be Ash Wednesday. None of us have a doctorate in metaphysics nowadays (I think), but is life just a dream? I like to imagine that my life has my own steering wheel, but I am not sure about that. I do know that all lives have or need some sort of anchorage, centering, lodestar - whatever. Do we live in a God's simulation? Is that Judeo-Christian view? Best if I shut up before writing more. Not qualified. Wednesday morning linksMasks no longer required at NY healthcare facilities NYT: Masks did nothing Fight the Anti-Trans Backlash With Accountability, Not Silence Re Dahl: Rewriting Children’s Books to be Politically Correct - "We regularly review the language to ensure that it can continue to be enjoyed by all.” Report: In a Staggering Number of Chicago Schools, Zero Students Are Proficient in Reading or Math Media censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story was horrible and then it got even worse. Hunter Biden laptop coverage went from guilt and fear to revisionist history New York City Mayor Eric Adams Takes a Shot at Ron DeSantis. Hits Himself Instead. TRUMP’S APPEAL BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE The campaign against Musk reflects a degree of desperation as the control of social media collapsed with his purchase. US joins Security Council condemnation of Israeli settlements, violence from ‘all parties’ Polish High Court Rules National Sovereignty Supersedes EU Authority, EU Sues Mood In Washington Shifting In Favor Of Jets For Ukraine Escalating the US vs Russia war. Really? Biden Went to Kyiv Because There’s No Going Back Good cocktails: The Campbell Apartment has re-opened
Located in Grand Central Terminal (aka Grand Central Station), this office of John Cambell in the 1920s had been abandoned for decades and used for storage. Here's what it looked like in Campbell's time:
Tuesday, February 21. 2023Everybody should know thisChicken HawkPeople used to call Cooper's Hawk "Chicken Hawk." They are not rare across the entire US, but can be difficult to distinquish from their Sharp-Shinned Hawk relatives. Often impossible, so people like me just call them "Accipter sp.". In the US, there are 3 accipter species, all bird-hunters. The noble Goshawk, beloved of falconers, is the king. Rarely seen.
Tuesday morning linksCOOLIDGE: LAST OF THE FOUNDING-ERA PRESIDENTS America’s Culture Is Booming. Really. Yes, the legacy institutions are shrinking. But thousands of small players in music, publishing, and the arts are powering a new golden age of artistry. Why does it seem only sane people get canceled? A literary lion roars against wokesterism Good News: We Can Mitigate Climate Apocalypse With Rationing How New Zealand Dealt With "Disinformation" Dumbing Down America Wajahat Ali claims Nikki Haley uses ‘brown skin to launder’ white supremacy What Killed Tyre Nichols? His fatal torture was a tragic culmination—not of racism, but of the racism-in-policing narrative. Four Reasons Why Heterodox Academy Failed Project Veritas Releases Statement, Responds to O’Keefe’s Resignation Monday, February 20. 2023Fish-eating, fish-farming, etc.And is fish-oil "healthy"?
Monday morning linksBlueberries in New Hampshire Irish Man Died After Being Attacked by Chicken Business professors are wrong about the future of work When Stuff Happens – Blame it on Climate Change! DEI And The Reality Of Failing Democrat-Run Unionized Public Schools Pro-BLM teacher forced out of South Carolina school for claiming it was 'white supremacy' to call theft a crime is now accused of concealing student's gender issues from parents at new Maryland school UK Counter-Terrorism Program Flags Shakespeare and ‘1984’ for ‘Encouraging Far-Right Sympathies’ Joe Biden might be the White House’s best communicator. Have you heard the rest of them try to speak? Chicago: What’s truly notable isn’t DeSantis’s visit. It’s the terrified reaction to it. It’s almost as if a serial killer was coming to town. DeSantis should carefully note the hysteria by Democrats. It should serve him well when his campaign for president begins in earnest. Sunday, February 19. 2023Pancake TimePancakes are for fun, not nutrition. Little ones like pancakes. So do adults - if with bacon and fried eggs on the side. Bacon just makes everything better. Pancakes are no more nutritional than bread, but fun with real maple syrup. Fact is, as a kid, we sometimes used molasses instead. We make them many ways: with a little corn meal and canned corn; with sliced apples, with our stash of frozen cranberries (best), or with blueberries. All good. The only ones I do not like are the doughy diner ones. I like them thin, with edges dark brown and crispy. How do our readers like their flapjacks?
From today's LectionaryMatthew 17:1-9 17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 17:3 Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. 17:4 Then Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 17:5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!" 17:6 When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Get up and do not be afraid." 17:8 And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. 17:9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, "Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." Saturday, February 18. 2023Masks‘I want to be human.’‘I want to be human.’ My intense, unnerving chat with Microsoft’s AI chatbot Who wants this? Lonely people?
The Maggie's Farm Classic Mommys of America Cheap, Quick, 'n Easy Winter Supper CookbookKid-friendly, unfashionable, and not for weight loss. Reposted annually by popular request. I've collected the posts on old-timey Mommys of America non-gourmet, comforting (eg filling), quick 'n easy (eg no lasagna or fried chicken), and sensitively-multicultural (even Shrimp 'n Grits) winter suppers here, in no particular order. Such foods mean family love. I suspect some of our foreign readers - of whom we have quite a few - might be interested in what American moms (and sometimes modern dads) fix up for ordinary family suppers in Upper Yankeeland (with the exception of Shrimp 'n Grits which is real Southern food and suitable for breakfast, lunch, or supper). A number of these are suitable to ye olde slow cooker aka electric crock pot. Corned Beef and Cabbage, aka New England Boiled Dinner Beans: Black Bean Soup, and Red Beans and Rice
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