Sean

Sean

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Sean
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Interestingly, while the word 'goat' has Germanic history (like every component in 'GOATed'), it does not seem to be Proto-Indo-European in origin

Sean
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Whereas the adaptation of the Iliad I will bankroll if I win a record Powerball jackpot will be at least eight hours long. It will also be hand-animated, and all the dialogue will be in Homeric Greek. Please support me for winning a record Powerball jackpot 2026

Joel@sentantiq.bsky.social

Um

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David_j_roth
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Bears fans preparing to riot but the stadium puts Serengeti's "Dennehy" on the PA and they all calm down instantly and begin milling about harmlessly. "Keep the juice in your chops," they mutter to each other, absently if still somewhat warmly. "Keep the juice in your brats."

Sean
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The BBC did quality radio adaptations of all the Smiley books, including the weird one where he retires from the Circus and solves a spy-free murder mystery. Simon Russell Beale (Death of Stalin) as Smiley, Brian Cox and Ian McDiarmid are in there, it's pretty great archive.org/details/TheC...

archive.orgThe Complete George Smiley Radio Dramas - BBC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveThe Complete George Smiley radio dramas from BBC Radio.01 - Call for the Dead:Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's first novel.London, the late...
Thomas@thomaslstrickland.bsky.social

In a just world, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) would have been only the first of many Le Carre adaptations along the same line… but we don’t live in a just world. 📽️

boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)It’s always a welcome surprise when a film trusts its audience not just to follow along with a complicated plot, but to keep up with the parts of the story that aren’t entirely there, the elements tha...
Sean
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY! November 21, 1795: the first Jersey Mike's opens in Gorey, St. Martin parish, JE, as a contracted victualler for the Royal Navy base at Mont Orgueil Castle. The chain will be known simply as "Mike's" until it expands to Guernsey in the 1820s

Sean
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This weekend only, Jersey Mike's celebrates 230 years of great sandwiches with a special sub honoring its first patron, Vice-Admiral Philippe d'Auvergne. "Le Vrai Duc" recreates his go-to order of mutton, pickled onions, and horseradish

Sean
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Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.social

If you are so blinkered to think that Mark Andreessen and Peter Thiel can never like a good idea, and so any idea they like must be cast into the fire, then you are going to make yourself stupid.

Sean
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The Buddha suffered from a fixed mindset. The Buddha's love language was Quality Time. The Buddha was a System 1 thinker. We talked about this on the pod.

Sean
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If only the Buddha could have heard Tim Ferriss talk to Peter Attia about Alexis Ohanian talking to Derek Sivers about Seth Godin talking to Balaji Srinivasan about AGI, entrepreneurship, and longevity. It would have changed his life

Sean
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Turnips actually tend to be more expensive per pound than potatoes, cabbage, carrots. Wait for a sale then buy in bulk (turnips last weeks in the fridge), or try to get them with the leaves attached; the greens are more nutritious than the root

Caitlin G. DeAngelis@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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