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skipper wrote a new post, Metaverse News 3 years ago
Mariner just read that in the metaverse there is a clothing store that will sell clothing fitted to your avatar. Mariner weeps quietly as he remembers going shopping at the nearby discount department store – now c […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fading Democracy 3 years ago
Mariner appreciates that his readers tolerate his rambling across myriad subjects, his flaunting of philosophical irritations, and generally being the Luddite that he is. But this is a serious observation that […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Happy Compassion Day aka Mothers Day 3 years ago
This from Scott Simon at NPR:
A video for you: Derek Rodriguez, a 9-year-old Yankees fan, went to a game in Toronto’s Rogers Centre (yes, that’s how they spell it), where his hero Aaron Judge stroked a hom […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Birth events have shifted 3 years ago
The AP news service published an article today that is fascinating to think about. AP pointed to statistics that show women in their twenties have put off having children. Instead the average time for having […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Follow up to Vladimir 3 years ago
Mariner was asked what he meant by ‘gunslinger’ capitalism.
RENO – In late 2016, an out-of-state casino owner, Jeffrey Jacobs, started buying up property surrounding Nystrom House, a large old hotel for low inc […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Vladimir 3 years ago
Mariner often has made the argument that older politicians cannot properly interpret the broad picture of a world in which they did not grow up. It occurs to mariner that Vladimir Putin is a classic example. […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Checkpoints 3 years ago
֎ The Iowa spring has been slow to start; the ground is still too cold for most vegetables. It rains three days out of five and the daytime temperature refuses to stay as high as the 60s. Iowa has had so much […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Who makes the decisions in your life? 3 years ago
Lately mariner has been writing about truth – aka reality – especially as it applies to an environment of disbursed information not relative to local reality. Another form of truth-stealing is mariner’s old favor […]
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skipper wrote a new post, The Truth shall make you Whole 3 years ago
Is it right, either spiritually, politically or culturally, for one person (Musk, Zuckerberg et al) to own a conduit to the truth? Is this a new form of dictatorship? Do we already live in an oligarchical state? […]
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skipper commented on the post, Then and Now 3 years ago
I share your anxiety, Robert. Interestingly, the college curriculum is a target in today’s chopped-up culture. As for us old folk knowing what we’re doing, I am reminded of a double jigsaw puzzle I had to solve. It was two different images with all the pieces mixed together. I gave up early on. To us codgers, the world social order is like that…[Read more]
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skipper wrote a new post, Then and Now 3 years ago
From when he was five years old, mariner still has a few memories. The war was still on. He remembers city blackouts and fearing a bomber was coming until he could discern it was just the train at the end of the […]
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I share your anxiety, Robert. Interestingly, the college curriculum is a target in today’s chopped-up culture. As for us old folk knowing what we’re doing, I am reminded of a double jigsaw puzzle I had to solve. It was two different images with all the pieces mixed together. I gave up early on. To us codgers, the world social order is like that puzzle – does ANYONE know what the picture is supposed to look like? At least the planet is trying to push back.
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skipper wrote a new post, These are the times . . . 3 years ago
֎ Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them, issuing thousands of tickets a year for truancy, vaping, fights and other misconduct. Children are then thrown into a legal […]
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skipper wrote a new post, If you’re past 50, pay attention 3 years ago
As regular readers know, mariner has been an advocate of maintaining strength in the quadriceps, the leg muscles that lift us every day. The primary enemy is the chair. One must, must, must, must do a few reps of […]
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This is a great video! I will plan to watch it every day!
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skipper wrote a new post, A new definition for Musk Ox 3 years ago
Yes, the subject is Elon Musk. The article below from Axios is an important read. His ascendancy and power remind mariner of the Edwardian Age in England when money and wealth controlled government, society and […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fleeting thoughts 3 years ago
Everyone has those moments when a totally irrelevant thought jumps into consciousness for no reason and just as quickly disappears. However that thought leaves a minor unresolved puzzle for a few lingering […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Fitting in 3 years ago
Every one of us likes to think we have a romantic side. Being romantic is a soft, rewarding experience; we feel we are making the world a more cohesive and friendly place. Anyone with a serious hobby has a notion […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Another world on this world 3 years ago
Mariner is judgmental about most things happening in the world today but every once in a while he discovers a different world. This time it is the Ashaninka indigenous people living in the Amazon River wilderness […]
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skipper wrote a new post, Hello? 3 years ago
Mariner tries not to complain too much but the AI world makes it hard not to complain. Not only will Alexi eavesdrop, it will be able to advise callers about your mood. Alexi could say to a sales person, “No, d […]
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skipper commented on the post, Is it the Tower of Babel all over again? 3 years ago
To make the answer really short, this event took place right after the flood at a time when God told his people to spread out and multiply. God stopped the Babel project by screwing up the languages. I found a good accounting at
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/the-real-reason-god-had-to-destroy-the-tower-of-babel.html -
skipper wrote a new post, Is it the Tower of Babel all over again? 3 years ago
Genesis 11:1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them […]
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I’m familiar with the tower of Babel story, but why did god confuse their language when they were building a tower toward “him”? I absolutely agree that the gods of social media have come down and confused many things for many people.
I coordinate programs for people 60 and better and most of them aren’t on social media so maybe I work in a last bastion where people exclusively connect face-to-face and hands-on the back of their Chair Yoga chair.
On the liberty and justice for all front, I’m on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging committee at Hudson Guild so we’re doing our due diligence on a small scale. My aspiration is to make my little division, the NORC, a model Inner City NORC–one hands-on, mask-to-mask, interaction at a time.
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To make the answer really short, this event took place right after the flood at a time when God told his people to spread out and multiply. God stopped the Babel project by screwing up the languages. I found a good accounting at
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/the-real-reason-god-had-to-destroy-the-tower-of-babel.html
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