Lamhfada

@Lamhfada@mastodon.ie

Nothing very interesting. Déghnéasach (#bisexual).
Work in Crisis Mental Healthcare. Interested in lots of nerdy things (see pinned posts).
[He/Him/Sé/é] 🏳️‍🌈

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Lamhfada, to random

My important Season 2 review is - The Imperial General's husband is cute.

That is all, more news as we get it.

Lamhfada,

@psneeze 🍎

Lamhfada, to paganism

Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts is a Classicist /Greek Historian looking for modern Hellenic Polytheists who worship and for research on how modern polytheists approach texts from antiquity.

Survey for Hellenic Polytheists! – Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts
https://elliemackinroberts.net/2023/08/30/my-first-survey/

Lamhfada, to random

Róisín Murphy’s statement about her trans comments is disappointing

https://nialler9.com/roisin-murphy-disappointing-response-to-her-trans-comments/

Lamhfada, to ireland

The "protesters" in question are of course transphobic and homophobic fascist thugs.

Fairytales and sex-ed guides: The children's books being targeted by library protesters
https://jrnl.ie/6151889

khthoniaa, to religion
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    Lamhfada,

    @khthoniaa This is why I like . The Gods are so full of Goodness, and therefore love, that it overflows into all of Being and all individuals.

    Lamhfada,

    @khthoniaa writes "all the Gods are boniform, and through intelligible wisdom they have a knowledge ineffable, and established above intellect, thus also, I think, through the summit of beauty, every thing divine is lovely. For from thence all the Gods derive beauty, and being filled with it, fill the natures posterior to themselves, exciting all things, agitating them with Bacchic fury about the love of themselves, and pouring supernally on all things the divine effluxion of beauty."

    Lamhfada,

    @bodhidave @khthoniaa I've had similar experiences, which I don't talk about a lot as they defy language (or at least my language!) and are private.

    But I'd say Platonically the Gods are the Good beyond Being, rather than the children of that (but to each their own).

    Lamhfada, to DnD

    Finished the Baldur's Gate 3 Goblin Camp/Druid Enclave story last night after work and started making my way through the Underdark but had to use all my revive scrolls when a creature came from nowhere and outright killed most of my party.

    I may have to rethink my strategy tonight.

    Lamhfada,

    @Imperor The Bulette, that's the bastard!

    Ciaraioch, to art

    33 today, which is also the atomic number of arsenic, the last meal of all seven of my late husbands.

    I don't really do birthdays, so here's a little discount across the shop for today only instead - enter the code AULDWAN at checkout to get 10% off all orders until tonight. All proceeds will go towards poisoning my next five husbands. https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

    Lamhfada,

    @Ciaraioch Happy birthday!

    Cat_LeFey, to paganism
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    The terms "hard" and "soft" polytheism are relatively new in paganism. Scholars of ancient polytheism started using the terms in the early 2000s to differentiate these large disparities in ancient belief systems that before were lumped together. Naturally, pagans follow academics, and I believe it was Greer from ADF that first popularized the terms in modern paganism.
    These words were meant to be a quick summation of how you see the gods, just a general idea. Instead of having to write out a whole essay on how you specifically think of the gods as beings, you could just slap this handy label on it.

    They are not meant to be diametrically opposed, and therefore constantly debated.

    They are not meant to be an entire identity.

    You are not meant to choose either/or, it is a spectrum, and you might only lean one way.

    Our labels are just simple, quick ways to connect with others. Because modern polytheists are so widely diverse, we have these little phrases we use to more easily talk to each other, no more than that.

    Lamhfada,

    @Cat_LeFey This is why I like the model of Butler, it transcends the soft and hard versions of polytheism and transcends them, to my mind at least.

    https://www.academia.edu/30296722/_Polycentric_Polytheism_pp.

    Lamhfada,

    @Cat_LeFey I think that serves as a good introduction as a lot of his other stuff is very in depth. This has the conclusions and concepts without the massive deep dive into that's in some of his other works.

    pluralistic, to random
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    "" isn't intrinsically left or right. The distinction between the two is often obscured by jargon, but there's a simple litmus test (courtesy of ): "ask what's more important: human rights, or property rights. If they say 'property rights are human rights,' they're on the right."

    --

    If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

    https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping

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    Lamhfada,

    @anarchopunk_girl @Azuaron @InkySchwartz @ianepperson @pluralistic That's a fantastic point that I hadn't thought of before - it explains so much.

    Lamhfada, to ireland

    Petition to the State to buy , and to it and make it a public park.

    Sensible decision for the environment and the people of .

    https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/buy-conor-pass-rewild-it-and-make-it-a-national-park?source=rawlink&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=launched&share=631a892f-1510-4801-a23b-248be94f185b

    Lamhfada, to random

    Watching a few interviews/appearances with , obviously the Late Late with Gay Byrne but also this interview with Arsenio Hall. There's a real gentleness and strength together in Sinéad, and those who had the greatest rapport with Sinéad met that gentleness with their own gentleness.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAf7fGEeRQs

    Lamhfada,

    This is why Pat Kenny and Tubridy and many others in Irish and other media couldn't have a proper rapport with Sinéad, they couldn't meet that gentleness.

    (Tubridy's interviews and interactions are frankly cringeworthy and I find it hard to watch them).

    Gay Byrne's interviews with her could, albeit a bit paternalistically at times, but he could find that gentleness. I don't have as much time for him as many, but I will give him that.

    Lamhfada, to random

    "It’s frightening to see segments of Irish society appease the irrationalities of a loud minority whose tactics are underpinned by conspiratorial belief and fascist tendencies. We are better than this and stronger than this and we must continue to push back at every given opportunity."

    Analysis: 'Terrifying' anti-LGBTQ+ event in Tralee aims to drag us back to the past
    https://jrnl.ie/6124389

    AimeeMaroux, to tunisia
    @AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social avatar

    It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / ! ⚡

    abducted by Zeus in the shape of a giant eagle. 🦅

    🏛️ Roman mosaic from Sousse, , 2nd century CE

    @antiquidons @histodons @mythology

    Lamhfada,

    @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons @mythology The myth of leads to what may be the raunchiest homoerotic passage of in the Phaedrus:

    >"[255c] then the fountain of that stream which Zeus, when he was in love with Ganymede, called “desire” flows copiously upon the lover; and some of it flows into him, and some, when he is filled, overflows outside;"

    Although it's mostly how *Eros *as desire helps elevate the soul to the Gods, I think we can read the cruder sex joke into it!

    Lamhfada,

    @RubyJones @AimeeMaroux @antiquidons @histodons @mythology The Phaedrus literally opens with a "is that a scroll in your pocket or are you happy to see me?" joke...

    Lamhfada, to wheeloftime

    season 2 trailer looks promising.

    I can see the Seanchan and their enslaved channellers looking horrific, as they should, Rand and Siuan having the chat, the black Ajah, "Selene", Nynaeve's test for Accepted.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-1OT1jxuQo

    ronanmcd, to random
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    Those chivalric fruit cakes are out in Dublin today, making noise and handing out flyers. Weirdly they aren't shouting about playing with swords, being anti women, being anti gay, anti trans, anti abortion, anti everything. Instead they are getting people to photograph the pipe band.

    Lamhfada,

    @ronanmcd Has someone told them that we've reached out quota for Catholic religious oddballs?

    faduda, to random

    Odd how the Gaia theory was quietly forgotten.
    You'd think with the planet running a fever to get rid of the human infection, the idea of viewing the biosphere as a single self regulating organism would find an audience.

    Lamhfada,

    @faduda @stancarey as I recall Lovelock's later later books focused on cybernetics (as in the science of systems and not robots) which probably fell into being too nerdy and academic for the general audience but not rigorous enough to be considered academically.

    Lamhfada, to mastodon

    Interesting point in making the transition from to .

    I made this post last night about a (really badly designed, neoliberal) survey on from the Irish government on both twitter and at the same time.

    Both have the same number of RTs/Boosts as of now. I wonder if Mastodaoine, is getting enough mass to make it a good place to share and discuss for .

    https://elk.zone/mastodon.ie/@Lamhfada/110713619563139887

    Lamhfada, to ireland

    Thanks to @kd for highlighting this government survey on climate change.

    Worth filling out, if only to counter the individualistic bias in the survey itself and leave comments.

    I feel like they want answers like everyone should buy a new EV and install a wind turbine, rather than face the systemic changes like critically reducing car use that are necessary and making public transport/cycling better.

    https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/62ce3-climate-conversation-2023/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/climateconversations/

    Lamhfada,

    @alisca @oisin LOL I was constantly thinking of "It's one heat pump Michael, how much could it cost, ten dollars?"

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