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Wilhelm Stekel is the quote. This is the entire passage (inset w/ quote blocks), but it leads us to think deeply about action, inaction, community, and being part of something larger than yourself. The world around us can make us insular, and care less about anything outside of our perceptual horizon (“well, as long as me and my family are safe”). But we need not be passive, as that leads to the poem, “First they came” by Pastor Martin Niemoller: https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they-came-by-pastor-martin-niemoller/

 

There is no love without hate; and there is no hate without love. The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference; the opposite of feeling can only be the absence of feeling. Disinclination, which is coloured by feeling, often only serves the purpose of concealing and protecting oneself against an inclination. Love and hate must go hand in hand; and the people we love most we hate also, because hate is grounded in the nature of love.

 

 

Me: Do not let injustice manifest because it is inconvenient for us, or too difficult to parse.

 

In fact, it leads to a fascinating and completely valid point of narrative in these divisive times:

“The paradox of tolerance” states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually ceased or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

The Paradox of Tolerance: When Acceptance Becomes a Threat – Indrosphere

 

 

 

  • Also, I’m not going to do this Klettersteig / Via Ferrata “hike” in Griffen, Austria, because I am sane. This is insane.

 

 

 

 

  • Here’s an old article I think about a lot. I don’t give space to quiet in my life, very often. I’ve been consciously doing it more, and it’s quite good.  This article is 2011/12, mind you. Think of the last time you heard dead silence. Maybe a hawk, or rolling wave, or rustle of the leaves, but just silence, and peace?

The Joy of Quiet https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html

 

 

SPACE

  • Not from space: 16 years later, Hubble would discover the nature of galaxies from this precise location…

The lights of Los Angeles in 1908, as photographed from the Mount Wilson Observatory by astronomer Ferdinand Ellerman. This is 115 years ago. Via The Huntington Collection (a great museum to visit if you’re ever near Downtown LA or Pasadena: https://huntington.org/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Upshot: James Webb Telescope is trained on, and staring at, a planet that very likely has life on it. Maybe just microbes and organic processes, but what Webb detects on this planet means it could be teeming with underwater and evolved alien ocean life!!!

Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/2023/webb-discovers-methane-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-of-k2-18b

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s high resolution, near-infrared look at Herbig-Haro 211 reveals exquisite detail of the outflow of a young star, an infantile analogue of our Sun. Herbig-Haro objects are formed when stellar winds or jets of gas spewing from newborn stars form shock waves colliding with nearby gas and dust at high speeds https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/141/01H9NWH9JEBFPKVD3M1RRTGGQJ

 

 

 

 

SCI & TECH & NATURE

The discovery could transform the current belief ancient humans led simple, nomadic lives.

“They made something new, and large, from wood,” Prof Barham said.

“They used their intelligence, imagination and skills to create something they’d never seen before, something that had never previously existed.”

Archaeologists dig at the site in Zambia

 

 

 

 

  • More Midjourney AI generated video, this time it isn’t horrifying or bizarre. The trick with AI is to never look at the hands.
@kellyeld23 Another@Runway app video i made using @Midjourney images i made. I’m on a DJ theme. ##aivideos #midjourney #aianimation #ai #aivideo #runwayml #runwaygen2 #beck ? Where It’s At – Beck

 

 

 

 

 

  • Speaking of old articles, I keep thinking of the fact that we has tech nailed as problematic for our noggin’s as far back as 2010:

YOUR BRAIN ON COMPUTERS Attached to Technology and Paying a Price https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html

Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html

 

 

 

I like the Mobile Floor Cleaner Unit. These photos, and the brochure in the link, are quite rare! Donald G. Moore’s patent included a travelling dishwasher as well. https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-service-robots/1957-heck-and-robot-floor-cleaner-donald-g-moore-rca-whirlpool-american/

 

 

  • Lo-Tech, but someone built a 3 story driftwood shack house on the cliffs under Devil’s Slide in Pacifica, which would be the most inhospitable place to exist, especially at night with the wind ramming into the cliffside. But that little rope to the top helps traverse existence from theirs to ours, and it’s just wild this exists: Mysterious driftwood home appears on Bay Area cliff face https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/mysterious-driftwood-home-bay-area-cliff-18364565.php

 

 

  • Also, Crypto like Bitcoin is a scam and Ponzi scheme operated by a small cabal of people who can really control it. But NFT’s were always uproariously stupid. And not to be glib here… this is like much of the art world and money laundering. If you don’t believe that, search art auctions and the people that never even put it up, or even have viewing access to it, vs it as an “investment” that can sit hidden in a warehouse to, then, also bypass taxes. How Money Laundering Works In The Art World https://www.artandobject.com/news/how-money-laundering-works-art-world

 

Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles may now be worthless. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/nft-market-crypto-digital-assets-investors-messari-mainnet-currency-tokens-2023-9

 

COMEDY & FAKE AI CGI GARY BUSEY (but why??)

 

  • Bob is the best, but *WHAT IS HAPPENING*????
@baseball_life250? original sound – Baseball_life250

 

Apparently, it’s a San Diego soft board “party wave” joke concept, and it’s hilarious to watch:

 

 

 

 

  • Behold, the first mother-in-law joke *on record*, written sometime between the years 0 and 200, Juvenal’s satires, Satire VI: Don’t Marry:

Satire VI:231-285 They Do As They Wish

Despair of any harmony if your mother-in-law’s alive. She’ll teach a daughter how to strip her husband bare; https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/JuvenalSatires6.php#anchor_Toc282858861

 

 

  • So, have you had travel horror stories? Like this Live Laugh Love CHAOS?
@9gag House of true horrors (? @notnoahray) – #livelaughlove #horror #9gag #funny #foryou #foryoupage #fyp ? original sound – 9GAG

Because we had a WILD moment in a Grand Junction Hotel around 2009, when we missed a flight. This was terrifying, I imagine crystal characters and fox news are in many homes. Eek. But the rooms with Nixon Era fixtures and lamps and tvs? EVEN SCARIER.

Lobby:

The Room in 2009:

 

 

 

  • This nails the Gary Busey charm, his oeuvre and idiomatic existence, but this is also fake… and not sure why. I don’t think these two things were meant to be viral to trick people, vs just some fun project (like a newsletter for no reason):

 

MOVIES AND TV (AND COMIC IP)

  • At CU Boulder, I had a silent film class with Bruce Kawen (tough cookie, and he may have been part of the people who threw out Stone and Parker prior to Southpark). I had ZERO IDEA how big a deal it was. But we saw Mothlight. I actually happened to sell Brakhage cigarettes on the hill, and we talked a bit. But we saw it in class, and Kawen knew enough to have the sound of the projector by placing it outside of the projectionists room, and behind us in the seating area. It broke my head to finally start to understand it, in the moment. And here I am casually talking to this guy. He was so approachable and unpretentious, but to climb inside his head and think the way he was thinking…. incredible.

‘Mothlight’: Stan Brakhage’s beautiful attempt to capture the totality of nature https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mothlight-stan-brakhage-totality-of-nature/

The 1963 silent collage work was made without the use of cameras, created as a result of the director’s laborious efforts in pressing real-world objects like moth wings, flower petals and grass between strips of 16mm editing tape. He described it as “what a moth might see from birth to death if black were white and white were black.”

 

 

  • DAVID S. GOYER wrote a Star Wars script for GUILLERMO DEL TORO to direct, and that’s heavy to process. I am not even a casual Star Wars fan anymore. LOL This would be incredible.

 

 

 

  • This is pretty remarkable footage of Chris’ voicework actually existing:

 

 

 

  • This is a sage, sanguine, wildly timed and great judgement, that might grab us some new content and help move the strikes along. 2 articles:
  1. AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-works-not-copyrightable-studios-1235570316/
  2. Judge Rules Wholly AI-Created Art Can’t Get Copyright Protections Authorship is a big sticking point when it comes to AI, and the involvement of real humans is keeping AI-made creations from being granted copyright protection. https://gizmodo.com/ai-made-art-not-copyrightable-us-copyright-office-1850754829

 

 

 

 

  • These two and their careers. It’s unreal.

 

 

  • Bob Kane, man. This is EMBARASSING. This story is Chihuly or Kinkade level depressing, or Mr. Brainwash. He thinks he created Batman, and he thinks he drew him. When your whole personality is… uhh…. A clown.

 

MUSIC

  • In Germany, through the end of the month at the Royal Opera House, one of my favorite works: THE RING CYCLE! =) Das Rheingold is pretty amazing:

Giants, valkyries and a complex 20th century. Wagner’s Ring remains both toxic and irresistible. The epic cycle… is daunting, complex – and one of the most profound achievements of western civilisation https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-see/wagner-ring-western-civilisation-covent-garden-rheingold/

 

 

 

  • Jaco Pastorius is always amazing to watch.

 

 

  • The Mellotron is such a wildly interesting and unique instrument. It’s behind so much classic rock and prog.

You may remember it from such songs as maybe THIS ONE:

 

 

Another really, REALLY interesting instrument. Like a electro bass cutting board.

@harpejjiHarpejji k24 jams? original sound – Harpejji by Marcodi

 

 

 

  • Harry Mack freestylin’ FIRE next to Ice Cube for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie marketing bit… was not on that bingo card. Look at Ice being “what have I done in my life to be here with scrubs and kids” and then TURN ON when he realizes Mack is a legend:

 

  • This is simply here because the Ship of Theseus is the greatest thought experiment: You have a wooden boat, you take care of it, and at some point you’ve replaced all the wood on the boat. SO… when did it stop being the original boat? Well you can apply this to ANYTHING… say a human (like the film annihilation) always losing it’s cells, create new ones, and become constantly different.

BUT WHAT ABOUT BANDS? When is it no longer the band. Case in point… Tangerine Dream is “still” touring, but none of the original members are in the band. So interesting thread, and it’s even sadder than a lone remaining member essentially becoming a cover band. LOL But The Specials toured with a single original member. I’ve seen the Skatalites probably 10 times, and every time that band was different, with a retired member out and a new young face in. What’s more, bands change lineups constantly… Primus has had a couple drummers, but it’s the same band. It’s fun to think about.

Tangerine Dream & The Ship Of Theseus: When is a band no longer a band? https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsTalkMusic/comments/rhts19/lets_talk_tangerine_dream_the_ship_of_theseus/

This new exhibition celebrates the music of Tangerine Dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • I’ve recently realized I need to gear up to “learn” more, like a language or music. I’m 47, and am like “forget it, too old”.

Well here’s Dick Van Dyke learning the ukulele at 97. This guy is the best.

 

 

  • Japanese Fusion Rock Funk Jazz? That bassline SLAPS like Claypool at his best:

 

 

  • Yo-Yo Ma covering an iconic mele

The original:

 

PEOPLE CULTURE SOCIETY

  • Wash over me with my hot buttered Zelda nostalgia. Who knew that was your happiest time, the final childhood of the human race in the 1980s.
@retro_redux Legend of Zelda ad from 1986 #80s #1980s #vintage #nostalgic #80sads #80scommercial #80scommercials #loz #legendofzelda #80sgames #nes ? original sound – ? Retro_Redux ?

 

 

 

A temple-like sculpture in a grassy field

 

 

  • This story is hilariously bonkers and sorta sweet in a bygone era sense:

Comic Book Squirrel Monkeys: Long time comic readers might remember ads in the pages of ’60s/’70s comics selling live Squirrel Monkeys for only $25! George has the story of one fan who bought one, which resulted in an ER visit and 28 stitches. https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-squirrel-monkeys/

 

Reminds me of this insanity. His hotel bill is gonna be significante!:

 

 

Playpen Sofa

 

 

 

  • So, 1980s Perestroika and the end of the USSR… they all looked like they were living in an episode of Seinfeld.

Soviet Fashion: Styles and Colors of the 1980s Soviet Union https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/soviet-fashion-from-1980s/

 

 

 

  • This is heartbreaking someone needs to speak like this, but she NAILED the current situation of politics and brainwashing simply interfering in teachers trying to educate, to exhausted for this notion of indoctrination.
@humanrightscampaign “I have math to teach. I literally don’t have time to teach your kids to be gay.” #LGBT #Florida #hernandocountyschoolboard ? original sound – Human Rights Campaign

VEHICLES & CAR CULTURE

 

 

  • Chuck Yeager stages, I am telling you… a foiled monohull towing a maniac is fascinating.
@nikolasplytas The fastest WHIP of my life! Navigating my board through the chop and intense speeds was a significant challenge. But I was really committed. Upon reaching the turning point and feeling the board’s edge touch the water, I felt comfortable. Then, the acceleration that followed was insane and I enjoyed every bit of it. @Prada @Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli #PradaLineaRossa #Prada #LunaRossaPradaPirelli ? original sound – Nikolas Plytas

 

 

@logankenobenzpatience The incredible Mercedes-Maybach S680 #mercedes #maybach #luxury #luxurycars #interiordesign #fyp ? original sound – Logan Keno Benz

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • So that “Famous people on Mars” reality show on Fox has this vehicle, AND I WANT IT…. 4×4 8 wheel multi-use badass little machine.

2024 ARGO FRONTIER 700 8X8 https://www.argoadventure.com/2024-ARGO-FRONTIER-700-8X8_p_101745.html

 

BUT IT LED ME TO THIS BEAST. I may have highlighted it once before, but it’s amazingly for sale and awesome:

2024 ARGO CENTAUR XT SAR 4X4 https://www.argoadventure.com/2024-ARGO-CENTAUR-XT-SAR-4X4_p_101777.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 1983 Audi Allroad Quattro, that does not exist.

 

 

 

 

  • I have a Tik Tok and wanted to post one single post, but apparently, here’s my profile:
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