Important reflections on the nature of the state, and how to respond to its oppression.

How do you choose to suffer?

Pleasure is an easy question. And pretty much all of us have similar answers. The more interesting question is the pain.

To get good at dealing with negative experiences is to get good at dealing with life.

I wanted the reward and not the struggle. I wanted the result and not the process. I was in love not with the fight, but only the victory.

Never underestimate the healing benefits of cholesterol 💚

The best concepts I have come across in the field of AI is NanoGPT and Brave Leo. Mostly because I really like the thought of using Nano (XNO) for my inquiries, and Brave has become my go-to browser. But you are still using the centralized BigTech options, right?

There is something that’s fundamentally wrong with a dense cityscape ; at its core, it’s jarring to the soul. But some lovely things can come out of the concrete jungle, specially in polarized times like these. Happy to see Deichman be a part of the dialogue that is needed (make diplomacy legit again!), instead of a cancel culture that kept everybody extremely vigilante.

Why I’m learning an indigenous language by Arthur Haines (arthurhaines.com)
Many people who have read any of my posts recently have seen occasional use of a local indigenous language.  This language, Peskotomuhkati-latuwewakon (Passamaquoddy Language), was historically spoken by 20,000 people in eastern Maine and western New Brunswick prior to European contact.  Today, ...

English language has severe limitations when it comes to explaining how connected we are to the earth, as it is not an indigenous language.

Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.

Publilius Syrus