SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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Turns out that if you have an Audible membership, you can listen to Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue for free, which is pretty cool. https://www.audible.com/pd/After-Virtue-Third-Edition-Audiobook/B07B7C7K9D
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Good ol' Biden, making the world hate us once again. Say what you will about Trump but it was nice having 1/3 the usual military deployed and engaging in peace talks with the enemies way better strategy than a policy of "we refuse to come to the negotiating table" and then bomb them instead.
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Declare a year-long war on law and order to weaken the Bad Orange Man in an election year and this is what you get.
Keep reminding 'em.
Murder rate jumps back to 1990s levels, data show
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/murder-rate-jumps-back-1990s-levels-fbi-data
Having broken one leg last week, I'm often feeling like a dufflepud
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Why you do software testing: so you can go "oops I forgot I only implemented half of it and then got distracted" without customers knowing.
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Taking a break from #running after breaking my leg on this morning's run. Fractured my fibula, damaged the soft tissue.
Demotivating.
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I am so old that I can remember when other people's achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1369654186338566150 #Mises
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Dear black people: defend the rights of white people with the same vigor that you wish they would they would use in defending your rights.
I'm tired, I don't want to go #running
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. "
-- Benjamin Franklin
Thanks for sharing
@verretor, verified and reposting.
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” — Benjamin Franklin
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
