ovine grace

ovine grace

@drjacobram.bsky.social

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My mother just told me she was reading a book by "McCormac McCarthy" and I can tell that name is going to come to my mind unprompted a few times in the future

Reading a delightful thread on a birding forum where someone wants to ID the creature with a pot on its head that's eating a naked guy in The Garden of Earthly Delights. (Turns out it's a nightjar)

Granted I have no connections to the Basque nation beyond acquaintances and no real knowledge of its history but basically it's massively important to me that they should be independent. Get on it

Deep into a forensic examination/introspective journey to find out why my presumably scarily detailed consumer profile has led to me being recommended the video "Vocal Coach discovers The Traveling Wilburys"

By and large I like Wikipedia but sometimes I'll read a 15-line epic snarky clapback from an editor and I'll think they would die instantly in the live-fire environment of any other online community

I love when an 18th-century guy thinks that in a society where citizens are free to inform themselves how they wish they will just use the rationality all human beings share to distinguish truth from falsehood. And then a century later (e.g., Balzac's Lost Illusions) no one believes that anymore

I think I might have to move away from DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine that even protects you from the information you're trying to search for

OK I've watched the video of the Michigan politician talking about coastal elites and I actually don't regret learning about this one US politics thing. Her affectation is insane, she's like a Dana Carvey character

Actually seeing things grow fashionable with people much younger than me then become hopelessly passé an inappreciable amount of time later gives me a pleasant sense of the impermanence of all things & a glimpse into my Buddha-nature