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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 OP 6h \ parent \ on: I'm skeptical of "service projects" (Rotary club, cooking fires, and stovepipes) culture
From my unscientific research (just talking to people), it's a bunch of older folks, I believe mostly retired, that like to feel useful, and do all these service projects to that end.
Where do you get the "diabolic" aspect of things?
I'm already pissed at Rotary, because in a place I used to live, there was an outstanding playground for kids, that had some fun, adventurous equipment. Kids would line up for an opportunity to use their favorites equipment.
But the Rotary Club, "charitably", tore down this perfectly good playground and replaced it with a "differently abled" playground, which wouldn't entertain any kid over the age of 2.
I remember seeing an ad, many years ago. It was from the US chemical society, or some organization like that. And it showed a simple orange, with a long list of chemical ingredients on a sheet of paper behind it. The point being, it's made up of a lot of different chemicals...
Yes, the early encounters with Eskimo occurred much later than many of the encounters with more southern native Americans. So anthropology, etc, was mostly a thing by the time the more isolated tribes were encountered.
That's why we have such good records of the Eskimo. Also, the explorers that encountered them were not interested in the land, and didn't want to exterminate them. And whalers mostly just wanted to cooperate with them - particularly to get fresh meat, which they needed to avoid scurvy.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson had actually studied Anthropology at Harvard, if I remember right.
The Network State The Network State sounds really interesting. So...like free private cities, but online?
- Building a fort in the woods behind the house
- Exploring in the woods behind the house, discovering an old pond
- Walking behind the house down the old dirt road till we got to the river, where we had to stop - no bridge.
- Walking around to neighbors, knocking on the door, asking, "Can [kid] come out and play?"
- Playing the childhood games - kickball, red rover, etc - with a bunch of neighbor kids
These are experiences that I had, but my kids did not. Not because I didn't want them, and try to help them along, but they really depend a LOT on your area and your neighborhood. And kids nowadays just do NOT do these things anymore.
Do you think that more steps is equivalent to better health? Or, is there another reason you're pursuing additional daily steps?
Just curious - I'm not saying that more steps is worse, and obviously completely inactivity is bad.
I don't think anyone at all is saying he was "anti Israel". He obviously wasn't.
What was alleged was that he was planning to "abandon the pro-Israel cause".
If it's true that 48 hours before he died, he stated that's what he was going to do - then it's important.
1 - Yes. Before this, I was...I wouldn't say "pro Israel", but I definitely wouldn't have immediately looked for the "story behind the story".
2 - Not really. I will continue to post on this topic, as I find interesting things. And I think a lot more people are waking up to it, I'll add my little bit to that.
I don't know. The internal inconsistencies of the FBI story are big enough to drive a truck through. That alone makes me suspicious.
Apparently he didn't. Here's what Grok says:
No, Tyler Robinson did not enter a guilty plea as of October 2, 2025. He is the 22-year-old suspect charged with aggravated murder and six other felonies in the September 10, 2025, shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. During his initial court appearance on September 16, 2025, in Utah's Fourth District Court, Robinson did not enter any plea and was held without bail. His defense team requested more time to review evidence before deciding on a preliminary hearing, with a waiver hearing scheduled for September 29, 2025. An arraignment—where a formal guilty or not guilty plea would typically be entered—has not yet occurred, and no updates indicate one since then. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, and the case is progressing toward a potential trial in 2026 or later.
Also, btw - Grok is REALLY good for quick summaries of recent events. Not that it's always the truth, but for stuff like this, simple matters of fact, it's pretty good.
Regarding what Robinson said - I don't think he's made any statements at all. At first they were saying he confessed, but then the story changed to "he's not cooperating".
I just wonder if he's going to "commit suicide", like Epstein.
This one? Was Tyler Robinson a Patsy? Deep Investigation Exposes the Plot Holes in the Kirk Shooting
Looks like another video is going on my watch list. Or I may read it - the transcript that YouTube provides is sometimes pretty good, and obviously much easier to scan and summarize. As a matter of fact, I've taken the transcript of videos recently, and put them into AI to summarize. That's one thing that AI is really good at.
Very good question.
This is an idea I've thought about, for a while. I'd definitely use an app or tool that would help people learn sing together, in harmony. Making it myself - that's another story.
Here's what I envision. People would be together in person, and the help would be be in the form of earbud - just one - for each person - connected with an app on someone's phone. The app would be coordinating the song.
There would be multiple singing parts. Then for each part, the earbud would feed you the notes (and maybe lyrics), in triple speed, just before it was time to sing them.
I think something like this would make learning to sing in harmony much easier. And it wouldn't require highly trained choirs or choir directors, or a lot of time.
And singing in harmony with other people is such a beautiful, life-affirming activity.
I hate to say it, but I think a majority of people have NOT yet clued in to J6 being a US government operation.
I remember seeing billboards, just after J6, paid for by the FBI, offering rewards to anyone who had tips about the "insurrectionists".
But after all the riots and deaths, and the tremendous destruction of property during the George Floyd protests?
Crickets.