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Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong:
Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. By John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-3IF.
Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. By John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-3IF.
Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong by John Aske
We just have to keep practising and realising that every moment is precious, and so are we. Not wonderful perhaps, but precious, and human, and as Maezumi Roshi said, ‘Living the unsurpassed life.’…
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January 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Wu Wei, You Can’t do it Wrong:
Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. By John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-3IF.
Meditation is not what you do, it’s what you are. By John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-3IF.
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FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY!!!
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY!!!
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1995, studying in Prague for a year. I went to Bucharest by myself, fully intending to shell out for a hotel since there wasn’t a lot of backpacker-level tourist infrastructure yet. Showed up to the hotel to check in & the desk clerk took one look at me and said “You can’t stay here.”
I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
1995, studying in Prague for a year. I went to Bucharest by myself, fully intending to shell out for a hotel since there wasn’t a lot of backpacker-level tourist infrastructure yet. Showed up to the hotel to check in & the desk clerk took one look at me and said “You can’t stay here.”
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I’m glad that Clair Obscur game was good but I lament that the industry will now be filled with Frenchbornes and Frenchvanias and Québécoislikes
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m glad that Clair Obscur game was good but I lament that the industry will now be filled with Frenchbornes and Frenchvanias and Québécoislikes
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:
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A few things I wrote recently that I never shared here -
First up, how musical practice helps me better understand difficult games like Celeste and Silksong:
First up, how musical practice helps me better understand difficult games like Celeste and Silksong:
Practicing Difficulty
Two very different art forms embrace mastery through repetition
www.kirksnotes.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A few things I wrote recently that I never shared here -
First up, how musical practice helps me better understand difficult games like Celeste and Silksong:
First up, how musical practice helps me better understand difficult games like Celeste and Silksong:
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did
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I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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this is correct and, more broadly, November is the worst month of the year, as per my definitive ranking from last year: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/will-this-...
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
this is correct and, more broadly, November is the worst month of the year, as per my definitive ranking from last year: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/will-this-...
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It is this quiet, persistent practice of seeing clearly and letting go that transforms our lives. There is no need for elaborate rituals or rigid adherence to techniques.
Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.
Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is this quiet, persistent practice of seeing clearly and letting go that transforms our lives. There is no need for elaborate rituals or rigid adherence to techniques.
Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.
Goodnight everyone take good care of yourself.
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I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
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Or, he is really this stupid www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-w-...
SELL THE HOUSES TO WHO AQUAMAN?
YouTube video by Kokutan Shi
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November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Or, he is really this stupid www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-w-...
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Buddhist read: How often do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness for comfort and security? wp.me/pFy3u-3i0 'Regular Everything' by John Aske.
Regular Everything, by John Aske
How often, acting upon our need for comfort and security, do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness?
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Buddhist read: How often do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness for comfort and security? wp.me/pFy3u-3i0 'Regular Everything' by John Aske.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription.
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/13 Seriously, though: if you are suffering, reach out for help. There is always hope, and things can get better, and you are not going through it alone.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
/13 Seriously, though: if you are suffering, reach out for help. There is always hope, and things can get better, and you are not going through it alone.
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tolkien was incredibly inconsistent on orcs himself, honestly. you can see it throughout the letters. the problem is that when we hear them talk they're clearly sapient, self-motivated creatures with a concept of right and wrong, albeit a deeply broken one.
Admittedly I do wonder if what all of this basically comes down to is the fact that some of you not only don't believe in the idea of supernatural evil (I don't either!) but also find it fundamentally so hard to conceptualise that you think any attempt to depict it is masking something else.
So much comes down to whether the fictional creation is presented as a personlike thing with an inner life or as something which has no inner life as we understand it, a monster (if animalistic enough) or a demon. But a lot of people online are deeply uncomfortable with the idea of the latter.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
tolkien was incredibly inconsistent on orcs himself, honestly. you can see it throughout the letters. the problem is that when we hear them talk they're clearly sapient, self-motivated creatures with a concept of right and wrong, albeit a deeply broken one.
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I can’t really defend this on any level, but I think believing in vampires is more reasonable in some place in Canada compared to others. Believing in vampires if you live in Montreal is reasonable. There are no vampires in Calgary.
6% of Canadians believe vampires are real 🧛♂️
6% of Canadians believe vampires are real
A new Léger study on beliefs in various phenomena has found that 6% of Canadians believe vampires are real.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I can’t really defend this on any level, but I think believing in vampires is more reasonable in some place in Canada compared to others. Believing in vampires if you live in Montreal is reasonable. There are no vampires in Calgary.
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precisely. it turns out instruction, education, is often forcing someone to do something they ultimately do not want to do, at least by a first approximation and sometimes for years of their life. so much crying about traditional education "deserving this" is rooted in it.
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even every theory of pedagogy kinda falls apart in the face of "but they've gotta want to learn and you can't make em want things they don't want" and so it goes also with AI - i find it really helpful personally in learning math but i am a sicko who learns math for fun
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
precisely. it turns out instruction, education, is often forcing someone to do something they ultimately do not want to do, at least by a first approximation and sometimes for years of their life. so much crying about traditional education "deserving this" is rooted in it.
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This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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🧵 Awful awful massacre in Brazil
Gente, é o maior massacre no Brasil desde o Araguaia. Entendo quem quer puxar pra Canudos ou Contestado ou etc, mas não podemos livrar a ditadura de 64 só porque ela escondia melhor seus corpos.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
Morreram 41 guerrilheiros comunistas e mais de 1200 camponeses no Araguaia.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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