@riley Oh -- knowing Epstein, I thought it would have been "Bare Sterns"... [is tempted to make another crude pun but decides to be merciful]
🧠 Oh no, I am ahead of schedule! I must procrastinate quickly if I'm going to get behind again on time!
@artemis ...although now that I reread your comment (the one to which I was responding) a bit more carefully, this (the text in the screenshot, especially the last line) seems more relevant than my actual response.
The curse of standing on the middle ground*: from everyone else's perspective, you appear to be on the other side.
(...because apparently they lack depth-perception.)
(*Yes, there are often legitimate middle-grounds to stand on; it sounds like this is one of them.)
@alisynthesis If we learn who we are through our interactions with others, but we're surrounded by others who treat us as infallible... :spiral_eyes:
@artemis I'm seeing this as yet another manifestation of The Inherent Incompetence of Authoritarianism.
The authoritarian/right-wing worldview basically denies the existence of natural consequences, and therefore the focus of all decisions is on controlling perception rather than producing favorable outcomes.
...hence their disdain for the "reality-based community".
@artemis Despite knowing as little as I do about military tactics, even I know* that one of the best ways to defeat an army is through logistics.
(*mainly because of Miles Vorkosigan)
@davevolek Yeah, that's certainly the home page. I first went directly to https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org, though, and it's just a directory listing -- which superficially resembles a Git repository, so I was looking for the README.md... 😅
@davevolek How is that project going? Is there any documentation?
(edit) Ahh! I thought I was looking at a code repository, but I see that the "files" are actually pages...
Elephants are born weighing 250 Ibs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for Motorists when one bike lane is added in their city.
#urbanism #bikes #bikecommuting #fuckcars #motonormativity #cars #transportation #trucks #highways #roads #bikelane #bikelanes
@blogdiva
I always appreciated Grace Jones, for whatever that may be worth.
("Not typically feminine" is an automatic win, in my book.)
I want to get better at taking pictures of my garden. I do not want to get a special camera, just use my iPhone. Can you recommend some kind of online course or blog post or a good video i could watch that would improve my (completely nonexistent) photography skills?
Assume i am impatient and a little lazy and just want good pictures.
