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I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.
Katılım Ekim 2023
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This is kind of interesting. The British painter John Constable did this - he would throw in a splash of red just to liven things up, draw the eye. Like in this painting The Lock - you notice the lockkeeper’s jacket:
Arquiteto João Gabriel@arqjoaogabriel
VERMELHO INESPERADO Uma teoria que surge no design e que faz muito sentido pra arquitetura, principalmente a de interiores. Uma coisa chama atenção nesses ambientes e os pontos de vermelho são responsáveis por isso. Nessa teoria diz que quase qualquer ambiente ou composição visual fica mais interessante quando você adiciona um pequeno elemento vermelho inesperado, mesmo que o restante da paleta não tenha vermelho. Não é uma lei científica, é uma heurística estética: um toque vermelho pode deixar algo comum mais memorável. Isso acontece porque o tom de vermelho cria uma tensão visual no espaço e leva seu olhar a focar por mais tempo.
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Galveston, Texas 1927
Before processed foods & Tex Mex
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@FischerKing64 @Cernovich Same with stuff like pool and darts.
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It’s interesting that chess - which doesn’t require any physical prowess - has distinct sections for men and women. Chess organizers allow women to play in open tournaments against men, but they mostly don’t because they would get wiped out.
J.K. Rowling@jk_rowling
Today's ruling by the IOC means a welcome return to fair sport for women and girls, but I'll never forget the scandal of Paris 2024, when people who consider themselves supremely virtuous and progressive publicly cheered on men punching women.
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A woman can now buy a vibrator in a CVS. They advertise that ‘97%’ of users report an orgasm. Couple aisles over you can still buy a plastic chess/checkers set for the kids. You can also get your Percocet at the pharmacy and buy a $4 bottle of wine. Drug stores have it all.
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@FischerKing64 I’m guessing you’ve read it, but if not, check out Ayn Rand’s Open Letter to Boris Spassky.
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Bobby Fischer was able to defeat the Soviet school of chess by copying it, and then subverting it through a long term plan. He learned from reading their magazines, studying their games. In the 1960s learning certain openings and structures inside and out was the way to victory. This is something Botvinnik was teaching all the Soviet masters. And they passed this training on. Fischer picked it up in their literature. He didn’t have a Soviet teacher - which is another reason to admire his achievement.
Beyond opening analysis - the USSR masters would focus on consistent endgame play. Fischer became proficient in winning endgames where he had a bishop and his opponent had a knight - he studied this endlessly and became unbeatable in such situations. And he mastered rook endings - which every GM must do.
But his masterstroke to the World Championship was hiding his ideas until 1972. Fischer was so good that he beat everyone to become the challenger to Boris Spassky. But in doing so he played the openings everyone expected him to play. What he had been playing for a decade. The Soviets knew what he would do, prepared for it - but Fischer beat them anyway.
Then he shifted course.
When he played Spassky for the actual World Championship in Iceland, he unleashed new ideas in the Benoni, the Alekhine, the Queen’s Gambit. These were openings he mostly avoided his entire career. He had planned this stuff for years. For one moment in 1972. And he delivered.
It’s an extraordinary achievement. It was a feat of great planning. And Fischer was the GOAT because he put far more distance between himself and every other player than anyone else - including Kasparov and Carlsen - has ever achieved.
Endgame AI@EndgameaiChess
Why Russian chess is declining, according to Karpov In an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov 🇷🇺 gave a blunt take on why Russia no longer dominates chess. He says the core issue is the disappearance of the Soviet chess school, a system that once produced generations of elite players through structured training, top coaching, and strong institutional backing. Today, nothing has replaced it. Karpov also pointed at the state, noting the lack of a serious development program and limited initiative from the Ministry of Sports. In his view, rebuilding success wouldn’t be difficult, if there was real political will. The results show it: Russian players are now barely present in the world top 10, something once unthinkable. According to Karpov, this decline isn’t random. It’s the consequence of a lost system, while other nations continue to invest and rise.
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What’s the best Chuck Norris movie to watch with your 15 year old son in remembrance of the legend?
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Schindlers list is a great movie minus the ending. It’s a real feel good holiday film. I don’t get why they used so much sad music tho, doesn’t really fit the happy nostalgic vibe of the classic date night movie.
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@loganclarkhall @MattWalshBlog This is the passage I usually think of when I think about this book. "death hilarious"
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Reading Blood Meridian. I wonder if there will ever be an author like Cormac McCarthy again, or if we’ve seen the last of the truly great writers. Every sentence he composes is art, like a painting. You see and feel what he’s trying to convey. He wrestles with big things, the human condition, good and evil. He doesn’t give you answers but he leaves you with a lot to think about. An absolute master of his craft. Not the last, I hope, but I don’t know.
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A 16 year old in Melbourne, Australia posted a message on MySpace in January 2008 that read “Parents away, tell yr m8s, u don’t want to miss it.” Over 500 people showed up to a quiet suburban street. Police called for backup with dogs and a helicopter. A police car was damaged. The neighbours’ properties were trashed. And the kid who threw it refused to apologise on national television.
His name is Corey Worthington. His parents were on holiday at the Gold Coast when he sent out the invitation via MySpace, MSN Messenger and text message. Within hours a crowd of hundreds had overwhelmed the small street in Narre Warren, a suburb in Melbourne’s outer south east. Two days later the Australian current affairs programme A Current Affair sat him down for an interview. He arrived shirtless, in a fluffy jacket and a pair of yellow sunglasses that would become the most talked about accessory in the country. When journalist Leila McKinnon asked him to take off his sunglasses and say sorry, he said: “I’ll say sorry, but I’m not taking off my glasses.” When asked if he would do it again he said yes. When asked if he had a message for anyone he said: “Get me to organise your party.”
Within days he was hired as a professional party promoter. He sold his sunglasses to a magazine for $2,000, but bought an identical pair for $20 beforehand and kept the originals. He appeared on Big Brother Australia, competed on Australian Ninja Warrior, and released a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party.” The 2012 Hollywood film Project X, about a house party that spirals out of control, was widely rumoured to be based on his story. It grossed over 102 million dollars worldwide. He named his company Not Sorry Entertainment and had the words “Not Sorry” tattooed across his fingers. He is now in his early 30s and barely recognisable from the teenager in the yellow sunglasses.
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*cue up “Missing You” by Diana Ross*
I also miss the Black Lab (🐐); Tony Mandola’s when it was in the Brasserie 19 spot (and I miss Tony); Nippon on Montrose; Dolce & Freddo (all locations, poker games in the back); Big Frank’s Hot Dogs; Biba’s; 59 Diner; Dolce Vita
tani@keepupwithtani
Fuck a breakup you ever been addicted to a restaurant that closed down?😭😭
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@RichOToole Pappasito's Chicken Fajita > any other chicken fajitas
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Houston Fajitas Ranked:
1. El Tiempo
2. Ninfas
3. Alma
4. Lupe Tortilla
5. Little Pappasitos
6. Teotihuacan
7. Mexican Sugar
8. Goode Co Cantina
9. Hugo’s
10. Candente
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We are all sIaves to the bottom 20 percent of society, far more than we are to the top 1 percent.
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My friend's wife cut problem bangs and a ton of her hair off after an argument. He needs to start saving for a divorce attorney because I give her three months after cutting problem bangs before filing for divorce. Once the emotional hair cutting starts, it's over. It's female molting and once they molt, there's usually no turning back.
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This is a weird and pointless post, but how do you say Caribbean? I noticed something strange. When I'm talking about the movie Pirates of the Caribbean (Not often since I've never seen any of them) I say it "kara be in", but when I say it unrelated to the movies, I say it "ca riby en"
If I switch them up, it sounds completely wrong. Like I said, this is a pointless post, but I'm genuinely curious now.
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@FischerKing64 Is being a New Yorker (really NYC) still a thing? I recall that being a bigger deal when I was younger.
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I have a conspiracy theory. I think people are aggressive in removing statues of Robert E. Lee or other confederate icons because the South is the last place in the USA with a deep sense of identity.
If you can destroy that sense, you can flood the place out with immigrants.
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