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shoot sorry just saw you do ham radio!! I do not want to explain radio to you, this book was just on my mind bc I read it recently
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
shoot sorry just saw you do ham radio!! I do not want to explain radio to you, this book was just on my mind bc I read it recently
Douglas, again, situates this in contrast to WW1-- big loss of meaning and sense of technological horror.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Douglas, again, situates this in contrast to WW1-- big loss of meaning and sense of technological horror.
lot of early radio writing (esp relating to churches!) leans into a similar (albeit softer and less spiritualist) narrative, where this new, revolutionary tech is not in fact disenchanting the world but instead a powerful tool for the spirit.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
lot of early radio writing (esp relating to churches!) leans into a similar (albeit softer and less spiritualist) narrative, where this new, revolutionary tech is not in fact disenchanting the world but instead a powerful tool for the spirit.
Lot of interesting stuff here. Some similarities to modern dumb Joe rogan stuff (what if Jesus is an AI?). Per Douglas, perhaps both are an attempt to cope with technological discomfort + a personal loss of meaning
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Lot of interesting stuff here. Some similarities to modern dumb Joe rogan stuff (what if Jesus is an AI?). Per Douglas, perhaps both are an attempt to cope with technological discomfort + a personal loss of meaning
She treats him in a super interesting, very sympathetic way. To oversimplify it a bit, tragedy of his son dying in ww1 plus inherent weirdness of radio not moving through a real, physical wire led him to view radio waves moving through an ether that could be connected to the world beyond.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
She treats him in a super interesting, very sympathetic way. To oversimplify it a bit, tragedy of his son dying in ww1 plus inherent weirdness of radio not moving through a real, physical wire led him to view radio waves moving through an ether that could be connected to the world beyond.
You can find a pdf of the book fairly easily-- I have the chapter PDF ready to go but sadly I do not think you can attach files on this site.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
You can find a pdf of the book fairly easily-- I have the chapter PDF ready to go but sadly I do not think you can attach files on this site.
Have you ever read anything about Sir Oliver Lodge? Radio pioneer launches spiritualism craze. Susan Douglas has a great chapter on him in her radio history book Listening In
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Have you ever read anything about Sir Oliver Lodge? Radio pioneer launches spiritualism craze. Susan Douglas has a great chapter on him in her radio history book Listening In
I do think it's an interesting example of how common sense intuitions can contradict each other. "Run on the stuff you're strong on" vs "well if you don't propose any solutions, then you're ceding ground to people with bad solutions". I hear both said quite frequently.
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I do think it's an interesting example of how common sense intuitions can contradict each other. "Run on the stuff you're strong on" vs "well if you don't propose any solutions, then you're ceding ground to people with bad solutions". I hear both said quite frequently.
⚓ (bc idk how bsky works)
December 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
⚓ (bc idk how bsky works)
Also the solution to all of this is touching pews, I can attest
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Also the solution to all of this is touching pews, I can attest
an unrelated thought, but I was thinking about how my attitude towards christianity has gone from it is weird (secular), to it is normal because we all have to tell ourselves stories to get through life (secular) back to it is really weird actually (religious).
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
an unrelated thought, but I was thinking about how my attitude towards christianity has gone from it is weird (secular), to it is normal because we all have to tell ourselves stories to get through life (secular) back to it is really weird actually (religious).
I do not feel normal. I think in five, ten years I will be better at living an integrated Christian life so forgive me for being odder than a Cradle Christian— I am fresh off of my previous reality disintegrating.
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I do not feel normal. I think in five, ten years I will be better at living an integrated Christian life so forgive me for being odder than a Cradle Christian— I am fresh off of my previous reality disintegrating.
...I do feel a bit misunderstood by all the laughing at converts (converts are weird! Cradle catholics are chill!). Like yes, slowly reorienting my world around the Son of God has been the oddest experience of my life.
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
...I do feel a bit misunderstood by all the laughing at converts (converts are weird! Cradle catholics are chill!). Like yes, slowly reorienting my world around the Son of God has been the oddest experience of my life.
I think catholic and orthodox converts are getting a lot of flak for being twitter-type reactionaries (I assume some is fair and some is undeserved generalization of converts w/ a variety of experience). Although I’m not the target (woman, politically liberal, convert to TEC)...
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I think catholic and orthodox converts are getting a lot of flak for being twitter-type reactionaries (I assume some is fair and some is undeserved generalization of converts w/ a variety of experience). Although I’m not the target (woman, politically liberal, convert to TEC)...
ugh I know I can do better
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ugh I know I can do better
St-Godric's-of-the-zone-boundary (COE)
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
St-Godric's-of-the-zone-boundary (COE)
I had a professor who mentioned that she looked at her students resumes to become aware of opportunities for her children. I, characteristically Gen Z and sloppy with my speech said something like "that's an elite hack" to which she responded that yes, it is characteristic of the elite.
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I had a professor who mentioned that she looked at her students resumes to become aware of opportunities for her children. I, characteristically Gen Z and sloppy with my speech said something like "that's an elite hack" to which she responded that yes, it is characteristic of the elite.
Our Lady of Perpetual Chastity (catholic)
First presbyterian (presbyterian)
First presbyterian (presbyterian)
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our Lady of Perpetual Chastity (catholic)
First presbyterian (presbyterian)
First presbyterian (presbyterian)
lol trying to think up the most offensively stereotypical names for other denominations
December 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
lol trying to think up the most offensively stereotypical names for other denominations
your username is cracking me up, though. are you a Quaker?
December 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
your username is cracking me up, though. are you a Quaker?
ah yes I meant it welcomes a general "you", not trying to drag you from your previous commitments.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
ah yes I meant it welcomes a general "you", not trying to drag you from your previous commitments.
Do you think you're good at taking advice?
December 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Do you think you're good at taking advice?
Or old people run #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Or old people run #theepiscopalchurchwelcomesyou
open.spotify.com/track/2cax5x... I LOVE the symmetry between the production and the lyrics. The opening bars feel so wary and open
Fever
open.spotify.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
open.spotify.com/track/2cax5x... I LOVE the symmetry between the production and the lyrics. The opening bars feel so wary and open