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PeterWyrm

@PeterWyrm@social.wxcafe.net

Some of my interests:

#Stoicism #Stoic #philosophy #philosophie #Stoïcisme #StoicPhilosophy @stoicism

#ClimateAction #Queensland #SunshineCoast

#languages #linguistique #linguistics #grammar #vocabulary #français #Esperanto

#gay #lgbt #AusPol #politics #SocialWork
#journalling #reflection

#AppleScript #automation #TextExpansion #AlfredApp

Descendant of European invaders, living on Gubbi Gubbi land (Australia).
Incredible and/or lame sense of humour.
Social worker. Atheist. Father. Husband.
Bachelor of Theology from the Brisbane College of Theology, 1992.
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anirvan, (edited ) to random
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Sometimes I still pinch myself

PeterWyrm,
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@anirvan I just did some discovery reading on Wikipedia. Amazing story. Thanks.

whitequark, to random
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please tell me the most obscure joke you know

(feel free to explain or not explain it, depending on what you find more amusing to think of me reading it)

PeterWyrm,
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@amyworrall @whitequark (My favourite English-French joke.)

Why doesn’t a French person have two eggs for breakfast?

Because one egg is un œuf.

tkinias, to random
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AP story on the reactionary momentum in U.S. Catholic dioceses <https://apnews.com/article/catholic-church-shift-orthodoxy-tradition-7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487>.

The thing that’s got me thinking is how this movement ties, on the one hand, things like Latin and incense, and on the other, hard-line doctrinal rigidity and broadly right-wing politics.

I’m actually curious, though, if there is a place for Christians who want a liturgically rich service (yes to Latin and incense) but more progressive politics (yes to Liberation Theology, say?).

PeterWyrm,
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@tkinias Interesting thought. Maybe I would still be a Catholic if there were such a place. (Although that’s simplistic: the bells and smells weren’t that important to me, and my growing agnosticism was the real issue.)

mate, to random French
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Je cherche deux psychiatres (hommes, par respect de la parité) pour répondre à quelques questions sur leur pratique. Est-ce que vous l'êtes ou en connaissez des bons ?

Le partage est doux ❤️❤️❤️

PeterWyrm,
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@mate Mon mari est psychiatre mais il ne parle pas le français.

harryfk, to random
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In the forest with the dog (close-up in the second image 😄)

image/jpeg

PeterWyrm,
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@harryfk The closeup really shows the power of the human mind in being able to interpret these images.

yanncphoto, to random French
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    PeterWyrm,
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    @yanncphoto Du Vegemite. (De la Vegemite ?)

    brunorocher, to random French
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    PeterWyrm,
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    @brunorocher On lave quoi ? 😜

    Heliograph, to random
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    @benroyce voting third part applies to OZ as much as it does to all countries I guess... and but yes fully agree

    PeterWyrm,
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    @benroyce @Lats @Heliograph
    I think compulsory voting “works” not because it forces people to vote but because it forces the government to provide an opportunity for everyone to be able to vote. I would prefer that an individual doesn’t give a donkey vote. But some people having donkey votes is a small price to pay for the benefit of mobile voting booths in places like nursing homes & hospitals, or ways for people in remote communities to vote.

    PeterWyrm, to random
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    “Now night drew near, enfolding the wide world in shadowy wings.”

    Virgil, Aeneid, 8, 368

    Nox ruit et fuscis tellurem amplectitur alis.

    charlotteclymer, to random
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    The Pope has publicly called for a universal ban on surrogacy, which is pretty bad news for Mary, mother of Jesus, the OG surrogate.

    PeterWyrm,
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    @tantramar
    [Warning: this is a reply-guy reply.]
    Technically his statements are only infallible when he states “This bit is infallible” e.g. when the pope said in the 19th century that it’s an infallible teaching that Mary’s body was taken into heaven at the end of her life. 😂

    @charlotteclymer @dannotdaniel

    PeterWyrm,
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    @rexi The “joke” at the seminary was that however many years you spent at the seminary, it would take twice as long to recover once you had left. I only spent 3 years there and left in 1991, so I’m almost normal now. 😜 (My Bachelor of Theology has been of much more use than simply shitposting on social media: it gave me entry to three different postgraduate programs!)
    @tantramar @charlotteclymer @dannotdaniel

    PeterWyrm, to Stoicism
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    “We are tormented alike by what is past and what is to come. A number of our blessings do us harm, for memory brings back the agony of fear while foresight brings it on prematurely. No-one confines their unhappiness to the present.”

    Seneca, Letters, Letter 5

    @stoicism

    mpjgregoire, to Catholic
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    Why Does Anyone Go to Mass?
    https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-20/why-does-anyone-go-to-mass


    PeterWyrm,
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    @mpjgregoire @cynblogger The Catholic Church has changed some of its teachings over the years (e.g. slavery, usury); how can it always be correct? (Perhaps only in an Orwellian sense.)

    PeterWyrm, to random
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    Interesting photography in public spaces devoid of people.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-26/rocketgirl-chronicles-melbourne-photographer-andrew-rovenko/103253728

    PeterWyrm, to random
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    I’ve been a bit slack with blasphemous memes this year: my humble apologies.

    PeterWyrm, to climate
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    "Somebody here has had a successful COP, that's the 2,000 lobbyists. And you know, we're given crumbs to celebrate, but it's like asking us to celebrate flowers that will lie on our graves, you know, how do we celebrate that?"

    • Brianna Fruean, a Samoan climate activist

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/pacific-islands-cop28-agreement-climate-change-sultan-al-jaber/103227422

    shojiwax, to climate
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    What are YOUR feelings on the role of civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action in provoking actual change with respect to the climate emergency?

    ….and if you do approve of these actions, how disobedient and how nonviolent and what strategies do you believe are needed?

    (please boost if you would like to promote conversation on this topic)

    @breadandcircuses

    PeterWyrm,
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    @shojiwax @breadandcircuses I used to think that civil disobedience was not the right thing to do, and we should do things like: have legal demonstrations; vote sensibly; engage in the political process. I think that these things are still important but they aren’t enough. We need to inconvenience people to make governments sit up and take notice. I would prefer action that inconvenienced bureaucrats more than members of the public.

    PeterWyrm,
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    @shojiwax I just re-read my post, and my usage of “we” hit me, as I’m not participating in civil disobedience and I’m unlikely to do so in the near future. I think it’s amazing that people of various ages and backgrounds get in and do the unpleasant work.
    (Maybe when I don’t have youngsters depending on me I might take more risks?)

    @breadandcircuses

    PeterWyrm, to random
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    Mon dieu !

    Scmbradley, to random
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    It's 2023. How the fuck is compose key (or something like it) not part of windows? Like, my options for typing accented characters are still "open up character map, copy and paste" or "learn unicode shortcuts".

    Say what you like about the weird blind spots of Linux development, but compose key is a super useful elegant solution to a general problem.

    Oh it gets better. Win+. brings up a dialogue box that makes it really easy to insert GIFs and emojis into my text BUT NOT ACCENTED CHARACTERS. Incredible work, guys. You built a solution to a problem nobody had, and you failed to solve the problem that was right fucking next door.

    PeterWyrm,
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    @Scmbradley I have used Macs almost exclusively for two decades. I now use Windows at work. I don’t often need an accented character at work, but it’s funny holding down the “e” key and getting a line of “eeeeeee” instead of the pop-up window offering me a choice of é, è, ê etc.

    JonathanMBR, to random
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    There is a youth counselor here who is counselling youths on why they should not tackle their problems by suicides which is “cowardly” move, who doesn't fear death?

    PeterWyrm,
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    @JonathanMBR Oh, that’s disappointing. If someone feels suicidal they don’t need more negativity and guilt added.

    PeterWyrm, to ArtificialIntelligence
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    A presenter at my online social-worker conference just said that the impact of artificial intelligence will be greater than that of electricity and the internet combined.

    dimi, to Meme
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    @humour

    PeterWyrm,
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    @dimi @humour 😭 It’s depressingly true.

    mpjgregoire, (edited ) to Turkey
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    Remembering today the contributions Kemal Atatürk made to modern Turkey.


    PeterWyrm,
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    @mpjgregoire There are two things that pop into my mind whenever I see his name: driving the alphabet change; fighting at Gelibolu/Gallipoli in WW1.

    PeterWyrm, to random
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    I’m surprised and pleased that the Australian government will allow the people of Tuvalu to resettle in Australia. (Of course a better option would have been for Australia to have taken greater action on climate change decades ago and shown leadership on climate action, to reduce the chance of island nations like Tuvalu being inundated.)

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