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this is left as an exercise for the reader
Katılım Aralık 2021
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Had an idea of making an "almost-Great Books" syllabus, which might include things like
- The best expressions of worldviews which ended up losing
- The second-best expressions of worldviews which ended up winning
- Less-known works by canonical authors
What would you put on it?
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@CentipedeMouse @olivertraldi I feel like e.g. The History of Mr Polly is pretty widely studied.
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@olivertraldi Oswald Spengler
H. G. Wells' non sci-fi stuff
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The ancient tribal hatreds in Lancashire are immense.
Someone told me they were once with a Leigh resident in the street, and she spotted a pothole:
"That's Wigan, they did that to us".
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In the BBC comedy Red Dwarf, the crew encounter an artificial life form which is, unknown to them, made up of all the inhabitants of its ship. Legion.
Legion, keeps them prisoner to sustain his own existence. At one stage, Lister hatches an escape plan based on a film called Revenge of the Surfboarding Killer Bikini Vampire Girls which he assumes will succeed because no one else in the universe will have seen it. It fails as Legion, “benefitting” from Lister’s intelligence, knows of that plan too. During the brief scuffle, Legion's face-plate falls away to show his face is a composite of all four of his prisoners (with Lister's contribution disappearing during a brief instance of unconsciousness).
I am of the opinion that @kunley_drukpa is Legion. He knows exactly as much as we know collectively. No more, no less.
In the days of the early internet one assumes Kunley could manifest >160 IQ insight into matters of technology. However, as the world has come online the breadth of cultural understanding has skyrocketed alongside a tragic collapse in intelligence. The Eternal September.
If my hypothesis is correct then BILLIONS must be disconnected from internet.
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@octonion i have no particular opinion on the matter, but this is completely misses the issue people have, which is with the lifetime penalty, not the principle
would you defend giving life sentences for theft because "all society asks you is you don't steal"?
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The backlash against arXiv is a bit odd. All they're asking is that you read your papers before submitting them.
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Genuinely mystified anyone thinks of Wigan as Manchester, in danger of coming over all professional northener at this point tbqhwy..
Adam Wren@aswren
People in Wigan don’t really think of themselves as Mancunian, some do but not really. The journalists talking about how the ‘Burnham effect’ could overturn a polling lead don’t really know what they’re on about here
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We have accepted X’s public commitments to bring in new protections to tackle illegal hate and terror content.
Read the full list of changes and our statement here 🔗 ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/…
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Kemi should pursue a full Kamala strategy of getting endorsements from black American musicians.
jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/how-kemi-can…
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XH131 English Electric Canberra PR.9 39 (1 PRU) Sqn
Yesterday 77th anniversary of first flight English Electric Canberra. PR.9 version a valuable asset right up until withdrawal Jul 2006. Here seen giving the FRIAT stand a superb low departure after static display at RIAT 2005.
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We need our best players on the pitch. There is no doubt that Andy Burnham is one of them.
The Makerfield by-election will be tough. Votes will need to be earned.
Andy is the best chance of winning and that should override factional advantage or propping up one person.
Tom Harwood@tomhfh
I’m hearing the NEC isn’t as sewn up for Burnham as many are reporting. The vote is on a “knife edge” I’m told by sources close to the decision making body. “Everyone is wavering.” Number 10 might be briefing it is comfortable with shortlisting Burnham, but that’s not to say the 9 member officer committee agrees. “I don’t think any of us are taking notice of what [Number 10] are saying”, I’m told. NEC officers now expected to decide on Sunday or Monday.
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i feel like the answer to this is very obviously hedonism
Ayesha Ijaz Khan@ayeshaijazkhan
You can scaremonger against Muslims all you want. But you can’t return to a “Christian Britain” because that doesn’t exist. The churches are empty. That’s not because of the Muslims. So when the only choice is between hedonism and Islam, who do you think will win?
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Alright, Aiken Drum, calm it down
Jim Corbridge@MrBonMot
Times I’ve served soup with my ladle: 0. Times I’ve been prevented from opening/closing a drawer by my ladle: 16,627.
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@Goth_GF_Fan that's not even a title it EVER had
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people who still insist on referring to A New Hope as just "Star Wars"
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I want a full raft of character candidates.
Bin Face.
That man in a gannet costume from Edinburgh.
Some mad Christian sect.
Fathers for Justice.
Ibiza Boss prick.
Leo Sayer.
That old lady Brown said was racist.
Someone dressed as Andy Cap.
Think Defence@thinkdefence
Can you remember the Boaty McBoatFace thing, the public being bloody minded just for the shits of it, thats the Andy Burnham by election. I can see a massive turn out for anyone but Andy Burnham, for fun
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