Sean🍁
@spiggles.bsky.social
Just trying to be a better person, living day by day. I'm a Philosopher, a Dad, a Husband.
Carpe Diem ... Sed cave piscem. 😉
Science and Technology nerd.
Lover of music and art.
Maker of things
Cook and washer of dishes
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Carpe Diem ... Sed cave piscem. 😉
Science and Technology nerd.
Lover of music and art.
Maker of things
Cook and washer of dishes
🇨🇦 Canadian 🇨🇦
No DMs
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Sean🍁
@spiggles.bsky.social
· Oct 11
7 profound lessons from The Daily Stoic:
1. Focus on What You Can Control
2. Accept Adversity as Part of Life
3. Practice Gratitude Daily
4. Live in Accordance with Nature
5. Embrace the Present Moment
6. Control Your Emotions
7. Practice Self-Discipline and Temperance
1. Focus on What You Can Control
2. Accept Adversity as Part of Life
3. Practice Gratitude Daily
4. Live in Accordance with Nature
5. Embrace the Present Moment
6. Control Your Emotions
7. Practice Self-Discipline and Temperance
A better listing of rules I try to follow daily.
Reposted by Sean🍁
6 Stoic don’ts:
- Don’t look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus)
- Don’t suffer imagined troubles (Seneca)
- Don’t care what other people think (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t seek fame (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t be a know it all (Epictetus)
- Don’t put stuff off (Seneca)
- Don’t look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus)
- Don’t suffer imagined troubles (Seneca)
- Don’t care what other people think (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t seek fame (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t be a know it all (Epictetus)
- Don’t put stuff off (Seneca)
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
6 Stoic don’ts:
- Don’t look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus)
- Don’t suffer imagined troubles (Seneca)
- Don’t care what other people think (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t seek fame (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t be a know it all (Epictetus)
- Don’t put stuff off (Seneca)
- Don’t look outside yourself for approval (Epictetus)
- Don’t suffer imagined troubles (Seneca)
- Don’t care what other people think (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t seek fame (Marcus Aurelius)
- Don’t be a know it all (Epictetus)
- Don’t put stuff off (Seneca)
Every day brings new challenges and new choices!
May the things that challenge you today be met with resolve, and may your choices be affirming and rewarding! 😊
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” – Seneca
May the things that challenge you today be met with resolve, and may your choices be affirming and rewarding! 😊
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” – Seneca
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every day brings new challenges and new choices!
May the things that challenge you today be met with resolve, and may your choices be affirming and rewarding! 😊
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” – Seneca
May the things that challenge you today be met with resolve, and may your choices be affirming and rewarding! 😊
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.” – Seneca
Reposted by Sean🍁
Timeline cleanse: Antarctic sun dogs/halo version. January 2024, RAICA ice core project at Canisteo Peninsula, West Antarctica supported by Korea Polar Research Institute and US National Science Foundation. 🌞 ❄️
December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Timeline cleanse: Antarctic sun dogs/halo version. January 2024, RAICA ice core project at Canisteo Peninsula, West Antarctica supported by Korea Polar Research Institute and US National Science Foundation. 🌞 ❄️
Good grief! The solar guys are here and installing the panels. They are shoveling off the roof and I am terrified that they are going to slip. 😳
Good thing the roof isn't high...
Good thing the roof isn't high...
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good grief! The solar guys are here and installing the panels. They are shoveling off the roof and I am terrified that they are going to slip. 😳
Good thing the roof isn't high...
Good thing the roof isn't high...
Yard was full of deer tracks this morning. 🦌
December 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yard was full of deer tracks this morning. 🦌
They finally plowed my road overnight so I guess I am back out shoveling snow this morning... I feel like this is going to be a long winter.
"I intend to live forever, or die trying." - Groucho Marx
"I intend to live forever, or die trying." - Groucho Marx
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
They finally plowed my road overnight so I guess I am back out shoveling snow this morning... I feel like this is going to be a long winter.
"I intend to live forever, or die trying." - Groucho Marx
"I intend to live forever, or die trying." - Groucho Marx
Shoveling snow the last 2 hours and no heart attack. Good times! 🙂
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Shoveling snow the last 2 hours and no heart attack. Good times! 🙂
Good morning! Winter has arrived.. Hiems advenit..
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Good morning! Winter has arrived.. Hiems advenit..
"People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me"
- Jean-Luc Godard
The sun is up and the coffee is good! May you all have a lovely Sunday today! ☺️☕
- Jean-Luc Godard
The sun is up and the coffee is good! May you all have a lovely Sunday today! ☺️☕
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me"
- Jean-Luc Godard
The sun is up and the coffee is good! May you all have a lovely Sunday today! ☺️☕
- Jean-Luc Godard
The sun is up and the coffee is good! May you all have a lovely Sunday today! ☺️☕
I missed my typical post this morning. So good evening? It's always evening somewhere I guess.
Having a Vegan guest tonight so I went all out cooking today! Not often I cook strictly Vegan. On the menu..
Aloo Samosa
Chana masala
Rice pudding (made with coconut milk)
Having a Vegan guest tonight so I went all out cooking today! Not often I cook strictly Vegan. On the menu..
Aloo Samosa
Chana masala
Rice pudding (made with coconut milk)
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I missed my typical post this morning. So good evening? It's always evening somewhere I guess.
Having a Vegan guest tonight so I went all out cooking today! Not often I cook strictly Vegan. On the menu..
Aloo Samosa
Chana masala
Rice pudding (made with coconut milk)
Having a Vegan guest tonight so I went all out cooking today! Not often I cook strictly Vegan. On the menu..
Aloo Samosa
Chana masala
Rice pudding (made with coconut milk)
If you take an LLM and run two identically trained instances on identical hardware with identical pseudo RNG seeds and give them identical prompts, they produce identical output. This is an important difference between us and them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you take an LLM and run two identically trained instances on identical hardware with identical pseudo RNG seeds and give them identical prompts, they produce identical output. This is an important difference between us and them.
"Feel more, think less" is an adage that feels like it makes sense until you think about it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Feel more, think less" is an adage that feels like it makes sense until you think about it.
If I lived a thousand years, there would still be a last day. It's not the time I have that matters, it's what I do with the time I've been given.
Good morning friends! ☺️ Whatever you do today, do it with intent.
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
Good morning friends! ☺️ Whatever you do today, do it with intent.
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
December 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If I lived a thousand years, there would still be a last day. It's not the time I have that matters, it's what I do with the time I've been given.
Good morning friends! ☺️ Whatever you do today, do it with intent.
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
Good morning friends! ☺️ Whatever you do today, do it with intent.
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
- Seneca
Reposted by Sean🍁
Why does AI feel like a monkey's paw wish?
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Why does AI feel like a monkey's paw wish?
Reposted by Sean🍁
Good morning! Lots of snow falling outside, there's a fire in the woodstove, and I am smoking beef jerky to give as Christmas presents.
I guess I am mentally prepared for Christmas now.
"It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it."
- Kurt Vonnegut
I guess I am mentally prepared for Christmas now.
"It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it."
- Kurt Vonnegut
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Good morning! Lots of snow falling outside, there's a fire in the woodstove, and I am smoking beef jerky to give as Christmas presents.
I guess I am mentally prepared for Christmas now.
"It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it."
- Kurt Vonnegut
I guess I am mentally prepared for Christmas now.
"It's a terrible waste to be happy and not notice it."
- Kurt Vonnegut
Reposted by Sean🍁
Franklin and the Forgotten Moral
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Good morning! It's been a busy few days. We're expecting a big snowfall today, my driveway is large, and I have a busted snowblower. If you don't hear from me again, it will be safe to assume I died from shoveling snow. 😳
Well as Epictetus would say...
"Difficulties show a person's character"
Well as Epictetus would say...
"Difficulties show a person's character"
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Good morning! It's been a busy few days. We're expecting a big snowfall today, my driveway is large, and I have a busted snowblower. If you don't hear from me again, it will be safe to assume I died from shoveling snow. 😳
Well as Epictetus would say...
"Difficulties show a person's character"
Well as Epictetus would say...
"Difficulties show a person's character"
Calling for snow and bad weather this week out my way. 🙁
Always makes me think of this...
Always makes me think of this...
Weather Forecast Master Singers Slideshow with subs
YouTube video by Elzo Huizing
m.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Calling for snow and bad weather this week out my way. 🙁
Always makes me think of this...
Always makes me think of this...
Good morning! I am up too early to say anything clever, luckily for me I can just quote clever people. 😊😉
"If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not."
~ William Gibson
"If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not."
~ William Gibson
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning! I am up too early to say anything clever, luckily for me I can just quote clever people. 😊😉
"If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not."
~ William Gibson
"If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it's not. And it's not."
~ William Gibson
Reposted by Sean🍁
Reposted by Sean🍁
At this animal rescue, today is just another day
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At this animal rescue, today is just another day
Good morning and happy American Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. Regardless of circumstances, we should always be thankful for the life and the love of the people who matter to us. 😊
Gratias vobis omnibus ago.
Gratias vobis omnibus ago.
November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning and happy American Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it. Regardless of circumstances, we should always be thankful for the life and the love of the people who matter to us. 😊
Gratias vobis omnibus ago.
Gratias vobis omnibus ago.
This waking up early thing really has to stop.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This waking up early thing really has to stop.