My friend over at the Dacian wrote a piece recently that I believe is worthy of consideration. Namely - about how ragebait and clickbait were a slow and chronic Daily Dose of Poison [https://thedacian.com/2021/07/02/your-daily-dose-of-poison/]. > The sick part is that we love it. We are addicted to the hate served by the Technodemons. Did you see what the vice president did? Tweet, Retweet, Like, Comment. Snow White is now a Zulu Princess! Tweet, Anger, Like, Comment. Grilling is patriarch…
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Truth Just a reminder - You don't have to be an expert on a subject at hand, but there are several ways to spot a lie even when you are not an expert. One is to look for actions at odds with stated goals. At minimum, assuming it's not incompetence, blind pride, etc., it means there is something else on the line than what is stated. "But I only", or similar construction, when they've done far more than was needed to achieve that goal, especially when doing things counter to that goal,…
The last month or so has been clarifying. One thing I will say - while the politicians in charge may be lying, do not underestimate the ability of seemingly normal and otherwise compentent and intelligent people to believe the narrative. By narrative, I mean of course the line that, among other things, Trump is awful, Trump is incompetent, that anyone who supports him is a moron, desperate because they lost their jobs, or a racist, that Trump declared corona a hoax, and of course that Trump inc…
It's been quiet over the holidays, yet not. If anything, one of the problems with finding things to write about the last few weeks was the overabundance of current-events cruft, and yet the same kind of cruft over and over again, so nothing truly new. Nevertheless, it was a good week or two with family. So, a few odds and ends that I found or came up. First - an article on how many of the supposed pagan origins of Christmas are not [https://historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/]. I…
May all of you and yours be blessed with joy and grace in the upcoming year. May the light of beauty and Truth shine upon you all.…