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Quite a story: “How Chinese spies used lies, love and betrayal to target the Federal Reserve”

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The squat pen rests, snug as a gun: jabel.blog

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“we are not hedonists, and were not created merely for our own happiness or pleasure”

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@tinyroofnail Man, stop giving me more books to read!

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The grace of a clear mind: jabel.blog

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The local HVAC company we use puts out a newsletter with company news (like employee of the month) and a community calendar. It’s hokey and awesome. And, of course, the September issue has a persimmon pudding recipe.

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@tinyroofnail Wonderful!

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@ReaderJohn Maybe have a root canal just to make it perfect?

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@canneddragons I had never heard of it until you posted recently but that’s not because I’m elitist–it’s because I’m old and live under a rock.

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@bethanyh Dang, your version is much funnier 😆

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@bethanyh We threatened to have a fire in July but sweaty heads thought better of it.

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@dwalbert Speaking of dancing, one Adolphe Bertet (1812-1875) apparently deciphered the planetary music and transcribed it as a waltz.

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Joscelyn Godwin, The Mystery of the Seven Vowels:

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Yet I will add, in all seriousness, that no animal would have served better as a hidden symbol of Iaô than the patient and unmusical ass, which cries as best it can the name of the Unknown God.

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I was not expecting to find a joke–much less a funny one–in this book.

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@BonnieRue I’ve listened to that podcast off and on and it’s always been good. I’ve just subscribed. Thanks for the reminder.

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@JohnBrady Oh my, that’s interesting. Yes, please let us know what you think.

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Faithful love: jabel.blog

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@dwalbert That’s cool. I didn’t know other distilleries were doing that, but it makes sense.

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I made persimmon cookies today using this recipe. Two notes:

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  1. Under no circumstances should you put raisins in these cookies. I like raisins but that is just silliness.
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  2. Don’t put walnuts in the cookies. Put a single walnut on top.
    3. \n
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Found a covid-era bottle of sanitizer. Read the right side of the label.

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@bethanyh Great! We got a woodstove this year also. We’ll probably have our first fire next month.

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That feeling when you have some time off work that moves at just the right pace. This morning I woke up and thought, “It’s still only Saturday morning!”

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@canneddragons Wow. What would these folks do if they had to get a real job?

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I have a couple of days off work so I’m planning to get some small stuff done. Things that have been neglected during the last several weeks of heat.

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This morning I replaced the ignition switch on my 96 F150. Very simple. It’s been sticking for a while; now it turns like a corrupt politician.

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I also picked...

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My palm, my eye, the light
\nserendipitously aligned
\nand, in a flash, palmistry
\nmade all the sense in the world.

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@johnbrady You were asking a few days ago about typing special characters. I’ve just discovered that Windows+; will open a menu that is marginally faster than looking up the character online. Not sure if you’re using Windows, so maybe not useful to you.

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Acting within the ecosystem of the self: jabel.blog

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Sometimes you’re so excited that it’s persimmon season in Lawrence County you eat persimmon pudding for breakfast.

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@dwalbert Beautiful! I take it you’ve had some people at markets ask you to make something custom to match their decor? :)

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We are now the proud owners of two burial plots in our town’s historic cemetery. Through a series of events, we actually got them for free. The cemetery holds some of my favorite examples of limestone carving. It was definitely the place we wanted to go. Bonus: the Owenses are there.

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@drwalt @johnbrady @bethanyh I think you’re right, Scott. I’ve been reading his essay “The Work of Local Culture” lately and it supports what you’re saying. It’s the necessity of it, not inherent virtuousness. I’m planning to write something about that essay soon.

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@dswanson @canneddragons @isaacgreene @ablerism @todd Thanks, all.

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Ibn ‘Arabi:

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Receptive, my heart became, to every form.
\nA meadow for gazelles, and a cloister for the monks,
\nA house for the idols, and the pilgrim’s Ka’aba,
\nThe tablets of the Torah, pages of the Qur’an.
\nMy religion is love’s own and wheresoever turn
\nHer caravan, that love is my religion and my faith.

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@jaheppler Thanks for the link. I’ve never read any Stegner. I probably should!

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A word in favor of sticking: jabel.blog

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@tinyroofnail Maybe I’ve told you this before but we’re seeing the same thing here. My father-in-law is a real estate broker and he is constantly seeing huge cash offers. He’s also said–and his realtor friends agree–that he doesn’t even know how to price homes anymore because a bonkers price ends up being paid in cash.

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I have another friend who is a travel agent (yes, they still exist) and she says the luxury travel market is booming.

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I have another friend who sells handmade leather goods on Etsy and he can charge whatever he wants and people will pay it. He makes good money on silly “upgrades.”

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There is a hell of a lot of money sloshing around out there.

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One of the blessings of getting older and gaining a bit more emotional maturity is the ability to recognize when it’s just not my day. I had a weird morning and now I’m grouchy. Everything is annoying me. So my job today is to do some easy work, shush my mouth, and think about Lord of the Rings.

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@ReaderJohn Ornery old redneck 😂

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The fox squirrel's hymn \"\"\"\" : jabel.blog

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While Attending the Annual Convocation of Cause Theorists and Bigbangists at the Local Provincial Research University, the Mad Farmer Intercedes from the Back Row
\nWendell Berry
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\n‘Chance’ is a poor word among
\nthe mazes of causes and effects, the last
\nstand of these all-explainers who,
\nbacked up to the...

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We went to a ceremony dedicating a new grave marker for Rebecca Dillingham Dewey (1788-1826), the first burial in what is now Green Hill Cemetery. Two hundred years ago. I’m grateful there are still people around for whom this stuff still matters.

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@canneddragons “quiet quitting”

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@jaheppler When I heard that Wendell died at home, I thought, “well the family didn’t really have a choice after ‘Fidelity.’” 😂 You’ll see what I mean when you get to that story.

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@ayjay I love this series, this one in particular.

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“Love Your Farmers Market? Thank Wendell\nBerry”. Berry’s influence is not limited to farmers markets. To wit: Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, Slow Food, farm to table, regenerative agriculture, localism of various types. Some he directly influenced; some he gave language to.

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@tinyroofnail Big Tech: making your life just a little worse every day, forever.

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@jabel Sometimes the Wikipedia mask slips. From the entry on Angelus Silesius:

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@todd Ooooh!

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Angelus Silesius:

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Not first upon the Cross God let Himself be slain,
\nFor see! He lieth dead there at the feet of Cain.

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I have no knowledge to evaluate the “ten percent” claim but this quote seems entirely plausible because we have done this before, most notably with nuclear arms:

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At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first — they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk.

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There is so much money being made on AI. Piles of it are being forked into the frontier labs and Nvidia is growing its revenue by astonishing percentages every quarter. Everyone in...

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Nothing makes me feel more out of place than the chit-chat of CPAs at professional education events. I’ve already brushed off conversation with one shiny man saying something about fractional finance. Dude, did you hear me say I’m from Bedford? I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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