Orthodox Jew. Jung fan. Lover of gharqads, wildlife, & Shelby Foote. "From Settlement to Superpower" and "The American Revolution" Podcasts.
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The first episode of The American Revolution Podcast is now out! In this episode we give a brief overview of the globe-spanning British Empire of 1763.
open.spotify.com/episode/7DMβ¦
Looking for a homeschooling/enrichment curriculum for a very smart second grader who dislikes tedium. I think I'm going with Singapore Math, but I'm having a hard time figuring out which curriculum to use for science and literature/history.
Non-Christian.
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being in an armed standoff with police after posting a suicide note is actually a sign of great electability in libertarian culture
Unfortunately it seems a Libertarian candidate really may be in an armed standoff with Cary Police after posting a suicide note last night
A local Reddit post from an hour ago reports a swarm of armed "ice agents" at the complex just behind the address on what appears to be Miller's voter registration
(Normies think all law enforcement is ICE nowadays)
I know someone who paid one of these frauds in Israel (a very famous one) something to the tune of 100k (iirc) to "exorcise a dybbuk" from a severely autistic kid.
You'll be shocked to learn that years on the kid is still autistic.
I'm not even a "rationalist"! Just hate scams
I wear pants but won't eat pork.
Encountering a school that makes students sit all day with their hands folded and still on top of their desk and am once more filled with a seething hatred of the world.
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Happy to announce I built a Greek/English reader site with all the surviving plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, & Aristophanes.
Multiple translations for each play; click to parse & define for any Greek word; full Greek & English search.
greekdrama.johnhboyer.com
I have seen this several times before.
That said, it reminded me of a funny line from Jung's essay "The Gifted Child."
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Marcus Aurelius's doctor, Galen, describes a mental disorder suffered by a fellow physician who believed he was haunted by flute players:
To me the value of KJV is not religious in the least, since I only study it in Hebrew anyway, but because it is *the* American Bible
I really don't like this feature that retweets don't appear on the homepage. As a matter of fact, I don't see any upside to it at all
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John de Sequeyra,a Sephardic Jewish physician settled in Williamsburg Virginia in 1745,and became one of colonial Virginiaβs leading doctors.Thomas Jefferson credited him with introducing the eating of tomatoes in Virginia, helping popularize the fruit across the colonies.
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Still the funniest opening paragraph I've ever seen. I chuckle every time I think about it.
