b_chocolatey @b_chocolatey@social.cleverlibre.org

@lack the Buddha seemed to believe that the “self” is what experiences pleasure, pain, desire, fear… the self is what experiences self-ishness, psychologically and physically. And a computer will never experience that; it doesn’t enjoy a sense of accomplishment when it solves an equation. It doesn’t “crave” the electricity or bandwidth or experience physical hunger or emotional distress if it encounters RF interference blocking its signal.

@lack because it makes an argument that the universe falls short of some impossible ideal and then pronounces a death penalty curse against the party at fault. The argument that there is unequivocally no god “because cancer” is just a convoluted “you shall surely die” screamed vengefully at the heavens #atheist #atheism #christian #bible #catholic

@molly0xfff back in the dark ages of 2014, the Linux Mint project developer told people to stop using Mint if they support the IDF. I thought of the sheer arrogance and ingratitude of this guy, since other upstream kernel developers never asked him about his politics. And some of them are probably Israeli

ASMR Girlfriend BEGS You To Stop Talking About BITCOIN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAqg7No1z_w

extremely tired of running into this idea that the solution to online bigotry is hiding that you're a woman/person of color/LGBTQ/etc.

in the future we'll all be straight, white, neurotypical men by default and as long as we do nothing to make people suspect otherwise we'll be treated with respect

equality!

"Craig Wright has fraudulently tried to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, and that is what the statements are about. No credible evidence has been presented, either at the time of the statements or later, that Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto"

What I really enjoy about this space is how there are so few crypto bros.

For those new to me, a brief #introduction

I run an investigative firm, specializing in harassment/stalking/DV cases.

I do online investigations, #OSINT and digital security training.

I hunt stalkers.

I protect your privacy, profit and peace of mind.

And I'm excellent at my craft.

I also have an unhealthy number of side hustles and gigs.

I own #horses and cats.

I like to #bake and shitpost.

And I don't tolerate disrespect, harassment or shitty shit muffin behavior.
#spicy #nsfw #infosec #infosecdomme #osint

Black trans women created the fediverse (fact)
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Are you religious or spiritual?
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSRTYNSh9/
#religion #spirituality #pagan #paganism #esotercism #witch #witchcraft #beliefsystems

@lack picking up the gauntlet: I am a pantheistic agnostic. I unironically believe that hard atheism is a heretical branch of Christianity.

@lack if you ignore the improbability of literalist young-earth creationism and the miraculous described in the #Bible, you will find that it’s actually quite difficult to really rule out the existence of both a creator God and lesser “gods”, souls, ghosts, spirit ancestors. You are left both with the origins-of-the-Big-Bang problem (why is there something rather than nothing?) and the consciousness problem (why can I feel sensation, memory, reasoning, desire, fear, hate, love? Mechanical contraptions can’t have any of this)

@b_chocolatey @lack but frankly also there are non-Abrahamic conceptions of god that are less punitive

I'm so excited I've connected with so many cool #pagan #witch #Buddhist and #polytheist people on Mastodon already!

Just as a heads-up, my criteria for a followback are pretty low, but still existent: Just have a filled-out profile and post stuff that's relevant to my interests and doesn't appear to subscribe to any beliefs that I find abhorrent. I'm a queer anarcho-communist anti-fascist if that gives you any hints. Just having an introduction is okay so long as it looks like you'll be active here in the future.

Next up: Gonna look for people to follow from the @witches.live instance who are also coming over as part of the #twittermigration !

#RobinaCourtin is a #Buddhist nun with great insight and wise words. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRxameKr/

If you're interested in #Buddhism, and especially if you identify as #Buddhist, you might want to follow @ReadingFaithfully_org.

I've been subscribed for some time to Reading Faithfully's email, and look forward to receiving a daily extract from the Buddhist (Pāli) scriptures.

There's a monthly theme. This month's is giving (dāna) and generosity (cāga)

Hi, I am Sven, interested in #Buddhist Philosophy, #Marxism, "programming" - it's more googling. Actually struggling with #d3 and #statistics. But working as an advertising copywriter (by accident). Enjoying books from #Tom_hillebrand Just reading #survival_of_the-richest, #the_nectar_of_manjusris_speech, #Bayesian_statistic_the_fun_way, #learn_d3 I lost a bit interest in drinking beer and doing intoxication, which sometimes worries me. Nice to meet you too. :) #introduction

@rachelcoldicutt This goes all the way back. A reading of the #Buddhist sutras shows that the rather voluminous set of rules for monks and nuns evolved and expanded from zero as the sangha encountered circumstance after circumstance where, human nature being what it is, a line had to be drawn.

"The source of true courage in the face of possible death is...the recognition that what we essentially are transcends the limits of the person...gives us the courage to go beyond our individual person and needs."

- Rupert Spira (paraphrased)

#quotes #inspiration #courage #hope #transcendance #mysticism