What an absolutely amazing story! I thought it was reasonably well paced as well. Best week of recovering from covid ever.
Sheridan getting shafted by Earth in the end and still out politicking them was the chef's kiss. After watching that over one week, What now?
Trying to get back into the whole work thing this week. Still recovering from a bug so just doing wee bits at a time then heading home exhausted.
On the upshot, I worked really hard before Christmas to set this year up well and it has paid dividends, still very little to do yet as I had preloaded everything last year!
Really wanting to prioritise family this year and not continuing to be a consumer whore. Which might mean a paycut, but while the kids are still young I think it's worth it.
Just got up to the episode where they introduce the Nightwatch. It's a brilliant piece of writing depicting the use of "special roles" to "help".
They instantly reminded me of the "brown shirts" and equivalent that Mussolini and Hitler used when Fascism was first popularised.
It's scary that it is still so relevant. Almost as if we don't learn from history (or science fiction for that matter).
These are an essential piece of beach/holiday gear to fix your jandals(flipflops or thongs in Australia)with.
I get visions of HAL or that Simpsons Halloween special with the sentient house.
Failing that there is a good has strut replacement place in Auckland too.
Enjoy that no kids thing! The break without them every now and again is so essential. We only manage one or two weekends a year with four of the blighters.
Ignore my ramblings. I'm just frustrated at the state of our media/news and can't think of a solution.
RNZ is great, Of the mediums it doesn't have the same reach, it's quality which should happen on TVNZ etc. I know they are funded as well, but it seems like they are just as bad as everyone else.
Skim of plaster and a couple of coats of primer/sealer? (I'm not a builder)
Looking good.
I was curious if this was the shed you were putting up! Hilarious. I read the reviews which matches with your progress updates.
Was going to get this for my place. Will be interested to hear your review once it's done.
I kinda think we should have an independent, protected and taxpayer funded media service. Would make for better politicians.
Just watching Babylon 5 through as I sit recovering from another bout of COVID. This line from the episode "Infection" was brilliant.
Really enjoying the binge so far, even if the jump between the pilot and episode 1 was a little jarring.
Last two days of leave coming up, tested positive for covid this morning. Thankful it is no where near as bad as last time round!
Totally, kinda hope the majority of American voters agree this year.
I've also noticed that for some communities, such as the conservative community, the posts get downvoted heaps because they are as accessible as any community. On Reddit I just wouldn't have seen their posts. This potentially makes it unwelcome for people of particular ideologies. (Possibly a self governing trait of the wider community)
No such thing as a fish promotes Babbel, they have a code thingee too to get some percent off the first year.
I mean, in this day and age why isn't [insert what I know to be true] accepted by [everyone who I perceive to be wrong]. Hegel leads to another Russian smart man who argues a bunch of it might be due to this idea of perezhivanie; how we make sense of what is happening (particularly dramatic events) through our cognition, our emotions and filtered through our needs.
How we make sense of stuff leads to how we behave/believe. This is impacted by our social environment, how we are brought up, our experiences, and our reasoning of those experiences.
It's why it is argued that information alone will never change someone's mind about something, it needs to be attached to an emotion and an experience to unpack.
This is an absolute win and should be promoted.
I'm curious, what happens when you block a user? Do you just not see anything from them anymore? Cause that seems like a super effective way to not get irate at a user you really don't agree with on anything and can't have a civil conversation with.
I like having knives, forks, spoons left to right as that is how I say it "grab a knife and fork".
I am staying in an Airbnb and they have the spoons separating the knives and forks and wonder if this is in insane or maybe I am the minority/insane one?