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Logged out Twitter for the last time today, it definitely feels good. I don’t think I’m really going to use these notes unless there’s a good reason, because the dopamine treadmill is a huge part of why I left. If I’m gonna get likes and restacks at least let me earn it with longform content.

It turns out that I’m really not all that great at the art of promoting myself.

Anyway, if you have a little bit of time and have any interest in really geeky topics, come check out my latest Dream of the Red Chamber analysis post:

There’s some really cool stuff going on here that most literary critics won’t tell y…

How Cao Xueqin Subverts Buddhism

Went to my first

meet-up last night. I expected lots of conversation about old characters, favorite episodes, why everyone likes Katie better than Jesse, etc but people most talked about normal stuff.

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‘Vatican II was used as a departure, not a foundation’

Good morning, though Tashi wondering if today is a good day to just stay in bed and pretend the great unraveling is not accelerating

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A part of us cannot sentimentalize death. We cannot love the destruction of a human being. With grace death can become something holy and good. Yet such grace is only offered because without it, death is something quite horrible. And it’s okay to hate that kind of death.

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to listen is all important-----that means to- BOTH PARTIES---- and when you have listened,-- make up YOUR MIND and not ANY POLITICAL PARTIES, they cannot make up your mind-----ONLY YOU CAN !----REMEMBER----ONLY YOU CAN,-- YES IT MAY BE HARD----BUT IT MUST BE DONE-- AND BY YOU! and YOU ALONE----- PS I'm not a member of any party, I'm able to make up my- OWN MIND, I will listen to both sides, and I will---- MAKE MY OWN DECISION-----NOT ANY PARTIES--- YOU HAVE A MIND--USE IT !!!!! PLEASE JUST TRY IT--IT WILL NOT HURT -BUT IT WILL BE HARD TO DO !!!!

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