'In breaking news, the Wisconsin Attorney General has indicted for forgery, former #Trump attorneys Ken #Chesebro and Jim #Troupis, and the head of Trump’s Election Day ground game, Mike #Roman arising out of their leadership roles with Trump in the fake elector scheme.'
«Le journaliste canadien Roger Ashley couvre un événement sans précédent : une découverte scientifique permet de ramener certaines personnes d'entre les morts. [...] Mais leur existence cache un sombre secret»
J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie de mon nouveau roman : IMPACT
"Donald Kessler l’avait prédit dès 1978. En cet été 2025, le nombre de satellites en orbite avait atteint une limite au-delà de laquelle l’impact d’un débris spatial provoquant une fragmentation pouvait avoir une conséquence catastrophique, déclenchant une réaction en chaîne qui allait tout emporter..."
So stoked to share that I’ve accepted a freelance blogging gig at Read Poetry, an online community that celebrates poetry as a form of expression, activism, & self-care.
My first article shares 4 poetry prompts to support self-care and mental wellbeing. Check it out on readpoetry.com, and be sure to subscribe to their blog to get future articles from myself and the rest of the Read Poetry blogging team!
Which is more important? Learning from your own mistakes or learning from other people's mistakes?
Or is the real problem the idea that any mistakes can be prevented? Maybe we just have to make the same mistakes over and over again, and the entire project of worrying about the unknowable future is the real mistake?
Too many examples in the current news, but it really feels like "There's nothing new under the sun", just new fools making the same old mistakes.
Neuf médias indépendants d’#information locale, nationale et internationale ont été primés par le Fonds pour une #presse libre à l’issue de son cinquième appel à projets. Le FPL va octroyer des subventions et des avances remboursables pour un montant global de 200.000 euros. Ces aides financières ne sont possibles que grâce à votre soutien.
I've always been sceptical about using #microblogging for discussion of complex issues such as topics in #theology. But a #toot of mine yesterday led to intelligent and thought provoking replies. Is this another way in which #Mastodon beats what came before?
@br00t4c This leaves out the probably important point that the "fifth element" crimes are FEDERAL crimes, not New York crimes, but that this is supposed to be within what the law means.
If it weren't, that law might be pretty toothless, to be frank. Just make sure to pay in New York for crimes elsewhere!
And I remember the National Inquirer specifically testifying (to paraphrase) "What we did was a crime", and Cohen making clear he was being retained as a "fixer", not as a lawyer.
@Peternimmo idk if I'm a theology nerd and idk how relevant it is to "christianity" but for getting an appreciation of the bible, i'd recommend robert alter's commentated translation of genesis. Fascinating. And have them read some other ancient stuff too. By and large I think the characters in the bible are much more complex & rounded than, for example, most of the figures in greek myths. Flawed heroes! It's like they're halfway to inventing the modern novel!
Did you know that "eat the #rich" was first a #philosophy concept?
Limitarianism is fundamentally the study of when it might be #ethical to put limitations on citizens in a governed society. It's a case-based theory, not a political system.
It asks questions like: is #wealth ever individual? What is the wealth limit?
& questions it isn't positing, like: If no one is ultra-rich, should no one be #poor? Is limitarianism virtue #ethics or justifiable without perfectionist views?
An inscribed golden ring found in the #Roman settlement at Aalen. The ring belonged to a child, the inscription reads CRESCAS, which translates as “may you grow”. A wish every parent still has for their kids today.
Also found this Vintage Atari 520 ST Game System Machine on Goodwill. It's currently priced at $60 with the auction ending on May 29. Someday I’d love to get more into the Atari machines, both the 8-bit and 16-bit, they seem to be a bit of a dark horse that could have been much more popular even than they were. More details here: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/199889478.
I'm thinking of selling my late Mom's diamond. I don't have daughters. I won't have grandchildren. I don't even wear my own diamond. Not really into jewelry. It's in a safe deposit box.
Mom and I had a very complicated relationship. I'm not sure what to do with it.
Pour celles et ceux qui grâce à la littérature et les écrits humoristiques arrivent encore à se lever le matin, voici les 16 dernières parutions depuis le 2 avril dernier sur VIS COMICA mon blog dédié à ces sujets : nouveautés, vieilleries, infos, veille… vis-comica.francismizio.net #littérature#roman#humour
Since I’m on an #atheist rant, what if a kid with a horrific congenital brain injury dies? He doesn’t have the mental capacity to accept Jesus, so I’m assuming someone baptizes the kid so he or she is “saved”? What happens? Is the brain damage healed in Heaven and the kid suddenly is normal, speaks and thinks just like the rest of us. What kind of implication does that mean? Is our ADHD taken from us, so we are normal? Is that facial birthmark which embarrassed and defined us for decades carelessly removed? Do castrated molesters get their penis back because they repented at the 11th hour? What’s that guy like in Heaven?
This one almost pains me to post, I want one of these so bad. But it’s pickup only in San Diego, CA: A NEXTStation along with MegaPixel display, keyboard & mouse is up for auction! Current price is $61. Only a few days left, it ends on May 29th. For anyone close enough to San Diego, this might be a heck of a deal because the pickup only tends to go for reasonable prices from what I’ve seen. Take a look here: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/199889590
For #ancientsitesunday this stunning aerial view of the Parco degli Acquedotti, south east of #Rome. The park is named for its seven aqueducts which supplied the city with water.
“How would the average #atheist react if his daughter got #cancer? Will he pray to #science?”
When my now 30-year-old son was a baby, his mother and I had reason to suspect he had a brain tumor. As it turned out, he didn’t: what he had was a benign fluid cyst that looked remarkably like a certain kind of tumor on x-rays and MRIs. It took the most specialized of specialists, the Air Force’s only pediatric neuro-radio-oncologist, to figure it out. That was a terrifying couple of weeks.
I did all kinds of stuff during that time. I studied the subject, taking advantage of the medical library at the base hospital where I worked. I talked with military and civilian specialists about treatment and prognosis. I discussed options and plans with his mother. I braced myself for the horrifying conversation I expected to have with my parents when I told them what was happening to their only grandchild.
You know what I didn’t do? Pray.
See, I worked in the ER. I saw a lot of prayer. Patients praying for relief of pain. Their families praying for their survival. And chaplains praying for the souls of the dead. Because the patients’ and families’ prayers never made any difference at all.
But most of our patients survived, and left the hospital reasonably healthy and whole. It wasn’t prayer that accomplished that outcome. It was our knowledge and skill. The hard work of the medics and nurses and physicians—not just taking care of patients, but for our whole careers. Late nights and early mornings, endless hours of study and practice.
Many of my colleagues prayed too. They wanted God to guide their hands, and they believed that praying would help make that happen. I’m fine with that: whatever works for you. Me, I’ll put my trust in what I can see and touch. A whole lot of people are walking around today because that trust was warranted. I have no idea if God was there when I was working on them … but I know I was.
So fuck you for turning other people’s very real pain and fear and death into an excuse to evangelize. If you ever need care, I’ll give it, because I’m a better person than you. God won’t save you, but I will. Chew on that for a while: I hope it tastes like ashes in your filthy mouth.
Understanding microfascism: reading Deleuze and Guattari alongside management guru texts
Sideeq Mohammed (2019) Culture and Organization
"the desire for fascism, power, conformity, and rule-following of which Deleuze and Guattari speak offers a productive way of understanding the success of the management guru and the broader allure of the management advice industry."
"‘Why did the masses desire fascism?’ ... Posed in the context of their attempts to develop a more robust conceptualization of ‘desire’ as a psychosocial force, they suggest that ‘only microfascism provides an answer to the global question: why does desire desire its own repression, how can it desire its own repression?’ (Deleuze and Guattari 2005, 215)"
#NorthKorea Korea and #Russia may be preparing a large-scale military provocation in October, before the US presidential election, NBC News reports.
The #US is also worried that the strengthening of the military alliance between Putin and Jong-un could significantly expand the DPRK's nuclear capabilities.
