thesagan

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by thesagan 9mo ago
Once again Garamond is passed over. I truly live in dark times.
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by thesagan 1y ago
I agree with your point. I'll just add that in my country, at least, the facade of democracy seemed to provide society with infectious glimmers of hope. The hope is fading quickly, and the general mood is both sour and bitter, strainin
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by thesagan 2y ago
If time permits, this is a good era to learn guitar if you haven't already. Or some sort of creative brain or muscle hobby where screens aren't the central focus.
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by thesagan 2y ago
I never cared for the "learning how to learn" line. We start from infancy and learn to walk and talk, albeit in that very special way. We are always learning, every day. For me personally, earning by bachelor's and master&#x2
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by thesagan 2y ago
Those around me just write a lot more slowly, writing in print (they don’t connect the letters like in cursive, they can’t easily read my very-clean cursive either, which gives a feeling that my cursive is a sort of superpower)
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by thesagan 2y ago
So often I watch/read various excavations with resulting museum/institutional acquisitions and I think to myself, “things may have been undiscovered, but now that they’re discovered these artifacts are on borrowed time, long-long
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by thesagan 2y ago
And Earth is way cooler and it's right here. I can see little dinosaurs flying and singing outside my window at the moment. Cool.
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by thesagan 2y ago
That particular illustration is an artistic interpretation of another older illustration. I wish I could place a link for reference right now but I’m using my phone and that’s no fun. There’s a YouTube video somewhere that explains all of t
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by thesagan 2y ago
I see one right now near the bottom limb (observing from North America). It's been slowly moving to right the last few days as the sun rotates. I'm using cheap eclipse glasses.
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by thesagan 2y ago
The Times, at least a few years back, had a quite frequent habit of using phrases such as "sources say" or "according to sources" or "people familiar with the matter." It wasn't always like that. Some of t
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by thesagan 2y ago
The Internet is not Detroit, but like Detroit it expanded very very fast and was very very innovative and open. Then it consolidated, which is ongoing. Things settled… for a while. The early days of Detroit saw hundreds of little innovative
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by thesagan 2y ago
They may be a monopoly, but fans are willing to pay to see LiveNation concerts. Acts and venues go with it. I’ve found there so many other options out there for entertainment lately that I haven’t gone to a concert in 20 years! In a way I k
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by thesagan 3y ago
I left [swing] state-level politics after working for one party, and then the other, after becoming disgusted with internal partisan politics. This is a very unpopular thing to say, but on the inside they both seemed so similar and out of t
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by thesagan 3y ago
When prices kept rising on cigarettes it was easier to quit them for good. It's been many years now. I was and still am thankful for that pricing regime. Lately I find I waste a lot of time "relaxing" on YouTube, but I'v
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by thesagan 3y ago
My great grandmother and her family traveled across the U.S. doing bit pieces in vaudeville. They loved it, so I was told. A life of adventure, for them at least. Taking trains everywhere, often along with the circus. By the time my grandpa
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by thesagan 4y ago
Too many anonymous sources. Some are necessary. But having too many undermines the journalism. CNN is among many.
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by thesagan 4y ago
It is a derogatory term and I have no idea why people are downvoting that sentiment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash
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by thesagan 4y ago
We should be thankful for people like Mr. Gates, he sets an example we should follow. Role models are powerful, and he is among the top.
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by thesagan 4y ago
If it's expected that children of today will spend most of their adult time indoors, then maybe it's a very good idea that children and teens get outside now before the opportunity to live outdoors passes!
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by thesagan 5y ago
They'll make friends with smokers and increase the pleasure of smoking. :P
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by thesagan 5y ago
It's difficult to compare flight autopilot and automobile autopilot. Flight autopilot generally warns when terrain or traffic is advancing. You can also program routes, etc. on the flight management computer which connects and controls
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by thesagan 5y ago
Dansville, Michigan
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by thesagan 5y ago
“Cut the bs” paints someone as a bad faith conversationalist. You can reply to that but I think I’ve said my part.
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by thesagan 5y ago
Yes we can. It takes patience and an open mind and usually face to face conversation.
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by thesagan 5y ago
Be nice. Golden rule. Don’t call bullshit on people honestly trying to have a dialogue in good faith. That’s divisive.
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by thesagan 5y ago
This divisive rhetoric is what got us here in the first place; a breakdown in civil communication. The blue team mimics the red team in this respect. I wish we could have a more mature dialogue but I wonder if we're past that. Violent
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by thesagan 5y ago
Doesn't have to be a house. Could be a small room. Like the old Odd Fellows society that used to offer housing to folks.
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by thesagan 5y ago
Misinformation should be put out in sunlight or else the public may lose the ability to think critically in some respects. Then they’ll be dependent on these companies to steer dialogue and be truth-tellers.
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by thesagan 5y ago
Boiling it down to just education is too reductionist. Education is part of reciprocal human interaction and the academy (often associated with education) is itself an ancient institution. What's different is our collection and employm
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by thesagan 5y ago
I'm still waiting to post my retraction about the U.S. never repealing the Patriot Act. I'm pretty patient though.

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