Category Archives: Wisdom

Lawful Evil vs. Chaotic Evil: Understanding the Motivation of the Charlie Kirk Shooter

There is a far-right group called Turning Point USA led by Charlie Kirk and another, even more far-right group called Groypers, led by Charlie Fuentes and they are at war with each other, even while being at war with the wider world in various ways. This is a great explanation of why: @cybelecanterel A quick […]

Music Monday – “out in the bloodshed the cycle begins/and everyone dies/spin the wheel, if you don’t get killed/you wind up dead inside”

“Charlie” – Jesse Welles

Secular Sunday – All Religion Is Psychosis

If one person says it, it’s psychotic. If one hundred people say it, it’s a cult. It’s one million people say it, it’s a religion. @nononsensespirituality #nononsensespirituality #psychosis #spirituality #secular #exvangelical #religiouspsychosis ? original sound – No Nonsense Spirituality

“Conservatives, Your Anger Is Valid. But it’s being hijacked.”

In light of yesterday’s election results and the repudiation of Pierre Poilievre’s “Maple MAGA” politics of anger, division and THREE WORD SLOGANS, I’m going to fully copy something I saw on Facebook that makes a lot of sense: Conservatives: your anger is valid. But it’s being hijacked. You’re not losing your country because of “woke […]

Friday Fun Link – Vote Compass

Vote Compass isn’t a perfect tool but can be helpful for guiding your decision in the upcoming election – especially if you don’t follow politics and/or the parties closely. But it’s not perfect – it says (sample results above, not mine) that I should vote for a distant third party, I’m a longtime supporter of […]

Five *Good* Things About Dementia

Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]

Secular Sunday – Bible Says “Being Gay Is Fine As Long As You’re High”

Saturday Snap – Matty

Sometimes patrons think we’re helping them but they don’t realise that often they’re helping us too. Always great to have moments that remind you of why libraries are so important and why you do the work that you do…

Music Monday – Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Deconstructed

Secular Sunday – Explain It To Me Like We’re In Bible Study