Friday Ephemera (782)
Big beast incoming. || Interspecies battle of wits. || Cheeeldren of the night. || Eight literally dark days in history. || Trajectory detected. || Trajectory detected 2. || Gratuitous gesture. || A gathering of dragons. || Hot and steamy jiggling. || The joy of budgeting, 1957. || Suboptimal driving mindset. || It’s a “joyful noise” of resistance, see, so suck it up, neighbour. || It involves a rug. || “No recognition was given for improving literacy, numeracy, or classroom learning outcomes.” || On history and the tragic vision. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || On medical ethics and body modification. || Over a vape. || For portable storage. || The progressive retail experience, parts 655, 656, 657 and 658. || Experiments in sudden-onset upwardsness. || Finger licking good. || And finally, somewhat flappy at speed.
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Fun to do, but not nearly enough.
Hey, I’m switched-on and plugged into the scene, man.
Not digging it.
This place is happening, man.
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Unfortunately it sometimes happens while I’m eating.
More to the point, how much good science would be found?
Not Haitian I think. The accents aren’t right – Haitian Creole imparts a different lilt – and I think I saw ‘Ghana’ imprinted on the back of the elder’s (?) garment.
Yes, unfortunately. Shaved-monkey touchiness is all the thing in academia.
The popularity of home truths.
As Mr Webb says, he speaks in everyday terms and doesn’t share any shockingly outlandish or complicated insights. Merely questions of a kind one isn’t supposed to ask – and with reference to realities that are often widely known, but regarding which we’re supposed to pretend something else entirely.
Not unlike this place, if I dare say so.
If not quite as happening.
We’re way more showbiz here.
[ Rummages under bar for flashing lights, smoke machine. ]
Which can get in the way of effectively arguing one’s case. Toughness is valuable. And if disagreement puts one in psychotherapy, another field seems advisable.
As for those who weaponize their resentment in order to attack and destroy critics, well, another field should be mandatory. Cleaning toilets seems about right.
From Mr Webb’s blog:
How to get a job at the BBC and a page on Wikipedia: Lie shamelessly?