@NorthernInvader I am also not proselytizing, just explaining what has helped me. If it helps someone else who - like me - was raised in a religious home but who now has their own personal spiritual views - great. If not, feel free to ignore. 🙂

@NorthernInvader As someone who was raised in a religious home (Christianity), it causes very deep pain for me to see family members who have swallowed the lies of this man and his movement.

The only thing that provides any sort of understanding (for me) from a 'religious' point of view is 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12.

Does the "Man of Lawlessness" sound like anyone we know?

Even if you are not a religious person, reading those 12 verses might sound very familiar to you at this point in history.

@MrGoat

Clarify: Do you mean on purpose?

@tgraph52 After I finished it, I read up a bit on his life. Yet another troubled yet amazingly talented individual.

I've seen the movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth" with Bowie, but after reading "Mockingbird" I've placed TMWFTE in my upcoming purchases list. Looking forward to it.

@GhostsOfWar50 Yep. Shame about that chemtrail in the lower right quadrant.

(kidding - it is a beautiful sky)

@LordsofHardwired Hah! New chasm, who dis?

@Victor I'd say the chances are hovering around 1000%

@Tacitus_Kilgore

Right planet, wrong timeline.

@john_b @rych I really dig their stuff. For me, goes well with the the contemplative, deep songs of another artist who prefers to remain anonymous, Sermon.

https://youtu.be/zm8xPOiHJ-U

or

https://youtu.be/jlh1JbdhKt4

@tgraph52 Yep, but for some reason I had never heard of "Mockingbird" despite reading tons of science fiction since I was a kid.

@MrGoat Yer killin' me, Smalls

For this past month's book club book, I selected "Mockingbird" by Walter Tevis.

Now that we (the club) have all read it, I can say that none of us could figure out why this book is not more well-known.

Even more astonishing is that it was written in 1980.

Recommended.

@preclude Well, let's see, they own the building, so maybe build a glass enclosure around him (with no doors) and put a placard just outside it that says something like "Homo Prevaricatus"

@estherschindler I want to see what's at 418

@thewebrecluse ❤️ ❤️
Guess I'll be firing up HBO as my next month-at-a-time subscription.

THANKS AGAIN

@thewebrecluse THANK YOU

@nealfig
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Like most tech startups, I'd be willing to bet we'll see that merch before the official department/position is actually real.