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Five perspectives on speedrunning

Bear: this is fun! I have not had this much fun in ages. Lets go again, whooosh, vroom, roar! Bird: wow, to think that so many got together to sing this particular tune. Play it again, Sam! Cat: myes, this is something I am good at, it is my wheelhouse, bailiwick, domain, playground Snake: fast, [ ]

Having a strong sense of justice in no way implies also possessing a good understanding of it

“God bless ye,” he seemed to half sob and half shout. “God bless ye, men. Steward! go draw the great measure of grog. But what’s this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale! art not game for Moby Dick?” “I am game for his crooked jaw, and for the jaws [ ]

The skateboard academic’s stratagem

It was a simple request. Nothing out of the ordinary. Happened all the time. Sicknesses and contingencies. The person who was originally supposed to be doing the thing, was suddenly not doing the thing. Someone had to fill in. Thus, a request: Hey, could you sub these two lectures? The discipline, computer science, was ever [ ]

A gravitationally accurate feline horoscope

AriesCats gravitate towards you TaurusYou gravitate towards cats GeminiGravity cats towards you CancerCats you towards gravity LeoGravity gravitates towards cats VirgoYou are a gravity well. Cats think you are swell LibraThe universe bends towards one universal force that transcends all time and space. It is cats ScorpioCats weigh you down. This is a feature SagittariusFor [ ]

A working email privacy template

Unrelated to what has been said above: we note that you use a work email account for this correspondence. We have no particular insight into your specific workplace situation, but want to caution that in general, such an arrangement means that your employer has both the opportunity and at times obligation to partake of the [ ]

The esotericism iceberg

Surface tierThe surface of esotericism is the exoteric. This is, in plain language, what it says on the tin. The text itself. The words as literally and straightforwardly as possible. The butler did it. Moby Dick is about a whale Tier oneThe esoteric is what is left unsaid, for only the initiated to glean Tier [ ]

Egg (disambiguation)

Egg (luxury good)Egg (fine art investment)Egg (timekeeping device)Egg (weapons component)Egg (arcane object from the beforetimes)Egg (an intensive body, crossed with several zig-zagging lines of vibration, changing its shape as it develops without being compartmentalized through organs)Egg (platonic)Egg (linkedin stratagem)Egg (institution within the EU)Egg (egg 2)Egg (theatrical prop)Egg…

A semi-randomized list of movies to maybe watch sometime

A while back I started a thread on Mastodon, wherein I every week post a poll where four movie titles duke it out. I then watch the winner under ritualistic and ceremonial forms on friday evenings. This has gone on long enough to start to become a brand new ancient tradition, which as we all [ ]

The graphic designer’s tale

Traffic spiked. More than usual. Much more than usual. The spike went off the charts, even when adjusting the charts. It was as if suddenly an entire industry had suddenly come crashing down on this one singular magnet link, in a desperate attempt to rekindle the one last hope of getting things done. To escape [ ]

Nine different kinds of social media drama

Tumblr drama: the most particular people you could have ever imagined are having the most intense disagreement about the smallest of infinitesimal details in a fandom that, for all intents and purposes, is small enough that merely encountering another person within it would suffice for forming a lifelong friendship LiveJournal drama: I’m happy for you, [ ]