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The line is from John Dryden and his poem “Absalom and Achitophel”, written in heroic couplets in 1681. I’ll put the entire poem at the bottom. It’s a GREAT read. Also, a similar quote:

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” – Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear

Also, I was going to title it this, but I wanted a source:

“It’s time to try radical love in every direction”

The line is apocryphal, I’d thought I’d known a source and now I can’t even find the quote, so maybe it’s a quote from me that I made up, I heard myself say, and attributed to myself and forgot. But I agree with myself, and am unanimous with my own thoughts.

 

  • Also, this is wild, and a quote that could be ripped from today’s news and politics:

Ulysses S. Grant’s Controversial Visit to Ireland https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ulysses-s-grant-s-controversial-visit-to-ireland.htm

This prescient and freaky quote that could be from last month is from 1879

Grant remarked that “if we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason & Dixon . . . but between patriotism & intelligence on the one side & superstition, ambition & ignorance on the other.” He went on to say, “Encourage free schools and resolve that not one dollar of money appropriated to their support . . . shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian school.” Even though he did not include the word “Catholic” in his speech, many Catholic journals condemned Grant and claimed his use of terms like “superstition,” “ignorance,” and “sectarian” were direct attacks against their religion.

 

 

 

  • Maybe we don’t trust governance to people waiting for a freaking Rapture.

Society is going to fall apart simply because of unquestioned magical belief that is not provable. We’re at a point where people shouldn’t be unchallenged for believing in things without proof.

Mike Johnson’s Satanic panic: How evangelical delusions trained Republicans to love Trump’s lies If you believe Noah’s ark was real and demons come out of the TV, it’s just a small jump to embrace the Big Lie https://www.salon.com/2023/10/31/mike-johnsons-satanic-panic-evangelical-delusions-trained-the-christian-right-to-love-lies/

 

 

 

 

  • Like Ex Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says… Borders are a failure. One planet, one earth, one race of humans. And you don’t need a passport when you’re rich… you just walk on the tarmac, get on your private plane, and leave the unwashed masses to wage wars over resources.

Debates about immigration are a diversion, and almost never in good faith.

But the whole point is that the elites and wealthy don’t want legitimacy in discourse. They want to stoke the fires of a culture war to protect themselves from a class war.  Stupidity and the proliferation of proud ignorance always benefits the wealthy.

This post, for any context at all, was from a month prior to the month old war of Hamas vs Israel, and IDF vs Gaza.

@unherdtv Wowses. Ex #Greek #finance minister #YanisVaroufakis tells #UnHerd’s #FreddieSayers #SuellaBraverman should be “expelled” from the #UK for starting this “misanthropic, stupid debate” about #immigration — that she is a “ridiculous #idiot” and a “poor excuse for human nature.” Watch the full interview LIVE tomorrow at 3pm on our #YouTube channel! #News #Politics #UK #US #Refugees #asylumseekers ? original sound – unherdtv

 

Space

 

 

 

  • Asteroid worth $100 Quadrillion Dollars

Metal asteroid Psyche has a ridiculously high ‘value.’ But what does that even mean? The asteroid’s absurd “value” could foreshadow future contributions to the budding space mining industry. https://www.space.com/psyche-metal-asteroid-composition

 

 

Here’s how to understand a representation of just $1 Quadrillion dollars…. now do it x10.

 

Science and Technology

 

  • Someone built an AI engine where you can upload a selfie, and it searches all active CCTV cameras and will show you when you took it in public:

 

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Sign in and explore here: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/266/inside-the-great-pyramid

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mingus, NYC, 1976

Performance for the U.S. Bicentennial, New York City, July 4, 1976 Photo by Tom Marcello

 

 

 

Comedy

 

  • Kevin Nealon on Conan O’Brien needs a friend is so table pounding funny… I just cannot get enough of their trolling, wit, and quipping.

 

 

  • Andy Richter is an American Treasure:

 

  • Rich Little roasting Truman Capote

 

 

  • Raanan Hershberg is hilarious, and a solid stand up comic. I get how crowd work is a way to highlight your funny and your wit on social media, without exposing your sets or jokes… but it’s a little out of hand. I LOVE Jeff Arcuri and Ian Bagg, but them aside, this is brilliant, and why some comics think it’s a bit hacky and lazy to crowd work for most of your set: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv2b4sSgNni/

TV & Movies

 

  • 55 celebrities you had no idea were on Miami Vice:

 

 

  • Holy cow this Gucci movie looks horrible.

 

 

Speaking of Ridley:

Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden (written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681)

 

 

  • These deep dives are bonkers. Some do typeset alone, but this goes into visual identity:

Colossus: The Forbin Project: EXPLORING THE FRONTIERS OF VISUAL IDENTITY DESIGN AS ENVISIONED BY SCIENCE FICTION https://www.speculativeidentities.com/research/colossus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s Pinhead, because I definitely cannot show that scene.

hellraiser

 

Music

 

  • Aussie-New Zealand gent, London based. Jordan Rakei is one of my favorite musicians in the last decade or so, and it just so happens he covered another all time favorite musician, Bill Withers, and his song “Who is he (and what is he to you)?

The original:

 

Another brand new track of an old Casio w/ Jordan’s voice. It’s so beautiful.

 

 

 

  • Fun 10yr+ old song with prescient lyrics about politics and the world:

 

 

Mikiphone World First Pocket Record Player

 

 

 

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme at the Grammy’s singing about “What is Jazz?”

 

People, Culture, Society, Political History, and Places

 

 

 

  • This late 1960’s anecdote from Hunter S. Thompson about how the Whigs fell apart, from “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72″… is too relevant not to revisit in context of the right becoming a fringe cult that doesn’t represent America.

Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden (written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681)

 

 

  • Hilariously accurate, for other countries as well:
@footballworld2756 He sums up what being like British. #british #britishhumour #uk #fyp #viral #tiktok ? original sound – place of entertainment

 

 

 

 

 

BUT A SUMPTIOUS CHINESE MEAL? Reminds me of Democracy Manifest:

They found him! =)

 

 

  • Mount Fuji in Shizuoka

CDN media

 

Vehicles

 

 

 

 

 

POETRY

 

Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden (written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681)

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