lobster @Lobster@social.cleverlibre.org

A little piece of Polish folklore to say goodnight. I've just started browsing what looks like a well written book on the folklore of British trees which arrived today. Rest easy and be kind to yourself and others.
#Folklore #TreeFolklore #TreeLore #Myths #AncientLore #Wildwood #Books #Reading

The four stages of Mastodon user:
* what’s a Mastodon
* I feel lost and alone how does this work
* oh wow this is actually pretty cool
* I have compiled a linux kernel

It takes 200-400 years to form 1 cm of #soil and we destroy and erode it at an accelerated speed... https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/07/secret-world-beneath-our-feet-mind-blowing-key-to-planets-future

operators are standing by. they are standing. by. standing right by you. you are surrounded by operators.

Today I Learned there's a name for this thing I've toyed with the idea of since grade school 🤯 guess I'm diving down a new rabbit hole

#Tulpa is a concept in #Theosophy, #mysticism, and the #paranormal, of an object or being that is created through spiritual or mental powers. Modern practitioners, who call themselves "tulpamancers", use the term to refer to a type of willed imaginary friend which practitioners consider to be sentient and relatively independent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa?wprov=sfla1

The view out my window this morning! Snow has arrived in the #stpaul and #minneapolis #minnesota area! I believe this is the first Winter Weather Advisory of the season! And… I’m curiously eager to #bike in it this evening!

In Episode 1 we talked to Dr Yihui Quek about what #information means.

How do we understand the process of #learning, and what does it have to do with #QuantumComputers? Take a listen to find out!

https://youtu.be/OaY0sywmvKM

#physics #ComputerScience #MachineLearning #quantum #QuantumComputing #QuantumTechnology #insideQuantum #QuantumInformation #information #AL #ML #QML

What is a skeptic? Here is Dr. Steven Novella’s summary:

“A skeptic is one who prefers beliefs and conclusions that are reliable and valid to ones that are comforting or convenient, and therefore rigorously and openly applies the methods of #science and #reason to all empirical claims, especially their own. A skeptic provisionally proportions acceptance of any claim to valid #logic and a fair and thorough assessment of available #evidence, and studies the pitfalls of human reason and the mechanisms of deception so as to avoid being deceived by others or themselves. Skepticism values method over any particular conclusion.”

#empiricism #criticalthinking #askforevidence #secularism #philosophy #ethics #freethinkers #brights #atheist #agnostic #humanism #freethinkers #rationality #reasoning

#degrees #employers #employees #salaries

@prasinianasa

The best guidance I ever got as a #dharma teacher (and it seems to apply to everything) is:

Don’t teach anyone anything. Help them to discover something.

A new week, but an old pic. This is one of two trees that frequently sneaks its way into my camera roll. It sits on the bank of an Iron Age hillfort and is one of my favoured places to walk.
#Walking #Trees #Hillfort #Photography #iPhonePhotography

They pluck your plums, your mum and dad
They eat them for their supper, too
They gobble all the fruit you had
And leave some bullshit note for you

But they were robbed blind in their day
Of damsons, prunes, and blackthorn sloes
Their breakfast treats were poached away
And justified with old-style prose

“Forgive us” both your parents moan
“They were delicious, sweet, and cold”
They wonder why I never phone
And from them my own kids withhold

Some thoughts from Rob Bell on #Heaven and #Hell, that I often find myself pondering.

I find how for different people there can be such a difference in focus between "now" and "next" fascinating.

(I'm a "now" person.)

From: https://robbell.com/book/love-wins/

Here to bring you

There is a wonderful, simple meditation that I often do at night. A basic compassionate exercise.

It starts with detaching myself from my thoughts - just letting them float by like clouds. Then, engaging the calming gift of slow belly breath, I get into a rhythm.

As this rhythm settles my heart and mind, I find the frog calls from next door's pond and then the snores of my dogs send me to sleep.

Sending kindness through my breath to all hearts. Life is wonderful. Even in my grief for a loved one lost, I still feel the wonder.

May your own suffering be soothed and eased by the gift of wonder and something as simple and beautiful as your belly breath.

Bless. 🙏❤️

Photos (C) Me.

Huggies!

Composition from trawler deck.
#Photography #Fotografie #Art