Oh man. Sad day. If anyone over the last 40-ish years deserved a black bar on HN, it would be him.
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Wallow in this one, friend.
Here is "A Scarcity of Miracles" by Jakko Jakszyk, Robert Fripp and Mel Collins.
You know, as many times as we've heard conservative whack jobs postulating that hurricanes and other natural disasters are punishments from God for (pick one: homosexuals, devil worshippers, ambisex bathrooms, ignoring the Sabbath, same-sex marriage, worldliness, materialism, hedonism, masturbation, NC-17 movies, music lyrics, shaved hamsters, pillow tag removal, etc.) I can choose to believe that God is now trying to take out Trump and DeSantis for contributing to the idiocracy.
Election 2024 live updates: Harris makes high-profile media appearances; Trump to join virtual town hall
If it ever comes to You Tuber, I'll watch it.
Fellow game devs, electronic and 3D artists, ZBrush users:
Saw this and thought it was a pretty cool deal, just wanted to share:
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The media is finally noticing how 'absolutely insane' Trump has become: analysis
Namely, that Trump on the campaign trail sounds, as Tomasky put it, "absolutely insane."
Nonetheless, he said that the Times' big Sunday feature on Trump's mental fitness was a definite step in the right direction.
I do a thing on teespring. Die-Cut #Stickers.
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/nosanitize
Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests https://www.propublica.org/article/have-government-employees-mentioned-climate-change-voting-or-gender-identity-the-heritage-foundation-wants-to-know
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
By Daniel J. Levitin
Music stimulates the brain’s ability to make new neurons, as well as new connections between them, “enhancing brain recovery, and normalizing the stress response.”
Review:
The Mysterious Impact of Music on the Brain and Body
By Dan Falk
https://undark.org/2024/10/04/book-review-i-heard-there-was-a-secret-chord/
Book:
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