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@TheProjectUnity First thing I thought, unless it was left as a gift

Obviously the idea of a craft crashing that is subsequently too large to move is quite unrealistic, as is the idea that it's a human made vehicle that is too large to move, neither of those really make sense, but an archeological discovery does make sense.

@HomoAge @Heghoulian That's great. Thank you

@adjtewck @Heghoulian Would suggest the two volume ' A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism ' by the late Gareth Knight for an understanding of the Sephira and the paths in the second volume. The Kabbalah Unveiled by McGregor Mathers is made good by Moina Mathers annotations. Zev Ben Halevi also

Kind of disappointing that all the Kabbalah and mysticism in Neon Genesis Evangelion was just window-dressing.

@gilday_haydn @Heghoulian Just Googled, thanks!

@Heghoulian @adjtewck Followed by The books of Jacob by torkarczuk

@Heghoulian Thank you! He actually sounds like a Pynchon character

@adjtewck I’m no expert, but Scholem is generally recognised as the most important modern writer on Jewish Kabbalah. Note there are Christian (Cabbala) and Hermetic (Qabbala) flavours too.

@NoContextBrits I was trained to do this when I worked in a luggage department

@jgreenhall Listening now. There's a warmth to you in this podcast that doesn't always come across in your conversations

A little while back, a young man just graduating from my Alma Mater (Texas A&M) reached out to get my perspective on a few things. Recently he and a friend started a podcast and asked me to chat. I think this might be the only time I've talked about the Civium in a podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/659Fbp…

@AmericanGwyn Looking forward to it

@adjtewck It’ll be a few more years.

Everyone I've recommended Philipp Meyer's THE SON to has loved it and thanked me later on for the rec. Have taught it many times in both grad and undergrad fiction classes and students always list it as their favorite novel in the evaluations.

@AmericanGwyn That's great to hear. I've been checking for news on it's release periodically since I read The Son a few years ago

@adjtewck Just read the first 50 pages in manuscript. Great!

Happy (Belated) Birthday to the most important musician of the 20th century:

@dieworkwear @MikeySunnergren Thinking about it, Michael Williams probably deserves some credit for the Red Wings revival

@dieworkwear @MikeySunnergren I know he said that, I also know designers talk a lot of rubbish. I know you were around at that time cos I must have been reading your blog for about that long

I know I've said this before, but it continues to amaze me how many anti-LGBTQ+ crusaders wear things such as tight jeans with work boots, a style that was shaped by LGBTQ+ fashion in the early 2000s and was a revival of flagging styles such as the Castro Clone look of the 1970s

@dieworkwear @MikeySunnergren Don't care about the political angle but high street designers will claim inspiration from anywhere because it sounds better than 'we ripped off some cool indie stores we visited on buying trips to London and Tokyo'

@dieworkwear @MikeySunnergren Mutyjens is taking far too much credit here, like 'designers' at big corporations always do

@LittleHenryD @Magpie24_7 @Michael_Haig Probably cos of sir bobby

@Magpie24_7 @Michael_Haig Pep has always had a soft spot for us

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola: "They (#NUFC) are one game away from qualifying for the Champions League next season. Yesterday, I saw the game against Brighton, the energy and determination, wow. Newcastle deserve to be there for what they have done this season." #NUFCFans #Newcastle #ManCity

@Heghoulian lol

If asked to explain Burial in just a few words I’d call this music ‘Dark Deano’. youtu.be/RsF0BoJSeqA

@Heghoulian His book The Lost Continent is a wonderful document of that old, whimsical America

@adjtewck Haven’t read Bryson.

I miss this America. Whimsical, outlandish, irreverent.

@Heghoulian I always thought DFW's essays about America were a lot like Bill Bryson's.

It occurs to me that David Foster Wallace was the last great poet of that America, and that they died at about the same time.

@bonnittaroy Until very recently intelligence was considered a prerequisite for the ability to manipulate language

LLM's are not intelligent. They merely manipulate language. People are not intelligent if they allow themselves to be manipulated by language. Prove me wrong.