JaymesRS

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For in book reasons yes, for real world people not so much. That was my point. These can be logically consistent within a work of fiction but nonsensical when carried over into reality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Of course not, one of my best friends is a cow. I just think there should be different spaces for cows and humans, I’m not a bovinist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

That’s a lot of words that don’t tell us anything other than people created art and rituals they found meaning in. People do that with books and stories that we recognize as fiction all the time without us elevating that to a religion.

Is it epistemologically consistent to say that something that cannot be measured or observed in a replicable manner exists? How would the world be conclusively different from that thing if it didn’t exist if it exhibits no measurable or replicable and observable outcome?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Without knowing the situation, in the world as it exists today, there’s a lot of racist people that use Muslim or anti-Muslim rhetoric to refer to or denigrate any person of roughly Middle Eastern descent. Think of how many stories there were of Sikhs that were assaulted physically or verbally after September 11.

A moderator or admin who is aware of this could easily still allow criticism of Islam, the religion, while taking actions against those who are just being racist assholes with a veneer of anti religion. I have seen this many times before.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I don’t know, saying “I don’t have proof, I just believe” doesn’t seem like any sort of internal “logic” to me.

And while there are a lot of vocal people who are anti theists, most of us just look at believers like we would real people who are too afraid to say Voldemort’s name so he won’t come back because they can’t separate stories from reality.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I loved those books growing up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, so you’re ignoring cow murders now, they could get pushed out of the window too? Why is no one focusing on cow on cow crime?

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Cows in buildings can be a serious issue. I don’t think they should be banned, there are special purpose buildings like barns after all; but in commercial and residential spaces, highly discouraged at the least.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Yes. A pretty detailed write up as well. Seems like an easy thing to look up.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (14 children)

She’s lived a really full life. Even her Wikipedia page is a good overview. She’s the type of activist a lot of keyboard warriors would like to pretend they are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I feel like RealClear tried something like this in 2022 where they started showing a stronger Red wave that wasn’t there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Has anyone checked in on Matt Taibbi, he must be stunned speechless.

 

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INCLUDES A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS

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The first 10 of 50…

  1. Check this place out, it’s dope

  2. Technology solves problems 🤩 (future good)

  3. Technology creates problems 😕 (future bad)

  4. A world much like our own where some subtle differences highlight humanity/reality/society/perception

  5. What if your cock was a bomb?

  6. Rockets are not phallic, please stop saying that

  7. Here is why religion is bad

  8. Homestuck

  9. Four thousand pages on the adventures of Prentiss Plum, a space pirate, scientist, and award-winning Virgo

  10. Winking parody that doubles down on sexbots

 
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Discover Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld, the beloved comic fantasy universe that’s brimming with wit, wisdom, and wonder. Start where it all began in the seminal novel The Color of Magic, which follows the misadventures of the inept wizard Rincewind as he serves as tour guide to Twoflower, Discworld's first-ever sightseer. The hapless duo’s journeys continue in The Light Fantastic and Sourcery, where the scale of world-threatening hazards (and accompanying absurdities) increase exponentially. You’ll get over 35 Discworld novels in all, touching all corners of this whimsical realm and all manner of its denizens, and you’ll help Room to Read with your purchase!

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Solved I have 2 accounts on different instances with the name JaymesRS. I created my original on Midwest.social because it was the one I liked best at the time, I created a second at literature.cafe later because I identified more with that community, but I wanted there to be some continuity between them. I kept the other around for backup though.

If I only sign in to one of those accounts I have no problem with comments showing up on federated communities, however, if I sign in to both and switch accounts then switch back I no longer see federated comments. I will see the number of comments listed, but when I open the thread it says no comments found. I can still see comments on my local community though.

I can fix this by uninstalling and reinstalling the app and re signing in to only one of the accounts. It seems like removing the accounts itself won’t resolve the bug. I have a third account with a completely different name on a 3rd instance too and that doesn’t seem to trigger the bug.

If I can offer any other answers or help, let me know.

Test Flight Version 0.2.11

 
 
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From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.

"I didn't know you were a... demon."

"You idiot. I'm the demon."

Kai's having a long day in Martha Wells' WITCH KING....

After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well.

But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence?

Kai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions.

He’s not going to like the answers.

WITCH KING is Martha Wells’s first new fantasy in over a decade, drawing together her signature ability to create characters we adore and identify with, alongside breathtaking action and adventure, and the wit and charm we’ve come to expect from one of the leading writers of her generation.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

 

The movie is fine, but the soundtrack is fantastic.

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