Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

@sabbatical Wow! I'd find any "sermon" about politics in that way to be very off-puttting, even if the politics aligned with my own thinking!

I guess one minor thing about Catholic churches that I like now that that's where I am is that the Sunday sermon has to be tied to the readings for that Sunday, which are dictated by Rome, in some way.

@sabbatical Oooh I think i feel a venn diagram coming on

@sabbatical I'm going to guess "most" is true, but I have a few clear memories of comments in past churches about things like how a good sermon is or should be the reason you pick a church… definitely was a turn-off!

@sabbatical They'll call you a boomer for refusing to say it one day

@sabbatical I have heard "the kids these days" basically using it whenever it's a tray of bite-size food bits you might stab with a toothpick!

People seem to forget that "charcuterie" used to mean _just_ meats.

We should start using charFRUITerie to clarify.

@sabbatical Now that you mention it, totally!

I totally forgot about Anathem… loved that book back when it came out. You're right, a bit of the same thing going on

@sabbatical It might get me in hot water with some friends/family but I dare say it is!

@progo Indeed! I don't think I'd ever be interesting in going to one for the talks… they're just a method to get like-minded people together

@sabbatical Quite possibly my favourite sci-fi novel!

@sabbatical Yeah, that's a good point. The whole holding in the hand while moving it around makes it seem like she's very aware of what needs to happen

Listening to a talk recorded at a conference delivered via podcast and I'm realising that going to a conference for the talks is the worst podcast app

@sabbatical Some people are a glutton for the risk of punishment, I suppose‽

@sabbatical Working along with this quietly in the background is like what working as a scribe in a medeival monastary must have been like.

Or maybe not because everyone would have been pray-chanting together.

I never really realised how crazy rabies is.

> Treatment after exposure can prevent the disease if given within 10 days.

> Once rabies develops, death almost certainly follows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#Treatment

@ambihelical Aha yes, but still an odd choice… but now I wonder how the ancestor got the name

Which of these non-paid non-"proper" ways to watch a mainstream Hollywood film do you consider morally/ethically wrong?

@sabbatical I have not!