Probability isn’t magical and luck doesn’t build up over time. The world isn’t a slot machine that eventually pays out because your streak is due. Every spin begins fresh. The mechanism doesn’t remember what happened before. What matters instead is the structure of the wheel. …
Chris Abraham
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Probability has no memory. Each spin is fresh. What changes is how many chambers you’ve built into your life. Routine and caution add chambers. Chaotic habits remove them. If the wheel only has five chambers, four are empty and one is live. That isn’t fate or divine punishment. It’s risk mitigation.
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Iran: one death was a tragedy; a million will be a statistic.
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Turns out people don’t get my humor or jokes. From now on, I will end every post with waka waka.
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I think what keeps me so grounded is that I endlessly listen to old Art Bell shows where cataclysms are constantly being predicted (but never happening) and it reminds me that catastrophizing is much more common than catastrophes.
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When Virginia’s gun bill looked like 10-round mags with no grandfather clause, I was ready to storm the barricades. Now it looks like 15 rounds and grandfathering… which means my stuff is safe. And just like that, my revolutionary courage has disappeared. My activism was magazine-capacity dependent.
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I sold out for a grandfather clause and a 15 round magazine limit
A few weeks ago, when the Virginia gun bills floating around looked like they were going to impose a 10-round magazine limit with no grandfather clause, I discovered that I apparently had the soul of a revolutionary. I was extremely animated about liberty, property rights, …
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People mock Donald Trump for not serving in the military, but Donald Trump spent four years as Commander-in-Chief, the head of the U.S. military. Most people do four years of service. Trump just did his as America’s top general. The president is basically a 10-star general.
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11,14-23
14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke and the crowds were amazed. 15 Some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.” 16 Others, to test him, asked him for a sign …
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 5,17-19
17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the …
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When you fall in love with a song at a Starbucks. Reminds me of UK music from early 90s. So good.
I’m Not Ready for the Change by Nation of Language www.shazam.com/track/817…
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I wish immigrants knew all undocumented residents are targeted for removal. I feel like everyone who voted for Trump knew that anyone in the country illegally was targeted to deport and not “the worst of the worst.” pca.st/episode/a…
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So good.
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac www.shazam.com/track/471…
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When INXS was good it was great—the best of the best; when they were bad, they were terrible. Case in point:
Burn For You by INXS www.shazam.com/track/383…
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Oh my God. Literal fascism. The word fascism comes from the Roman fasces: a bundle of sticks tied together. One stick breaks easily. A bundle doesn’t. The idea was that individuals bind themselves to the nation and the state to become stronger together.
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I don't think fascism means what you think it means
Fascism is best understood as a third-position ideology that emerged out of the socialist tradition but broke with it in decisive ways. You can think of it as socialism stripped of internationalism and welded to nationalism. Mussolini himself came out of the socialist movement, …
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I heard a good joke that the state code for Virginia is being transitioned from VA to CIA.
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Too bombastic or not bombastic enough? Too far or not far enough?
White Liberal News: Words Hurt More Than Painful Death ep 135 youtube.com/watch
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This domain name was free and it’s only $17/year but it’ll be impossible for anyone to find whatever I host on it and nobody will ever spell any email addresses associated with it with nearly enough accents aigus: ábráhám.com
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The idea that “platforming equals endorsement” is basically ritual purity logic. If the wrong person speaks, the whole room becomes contaminated. Thank you, Pharisee. Thank you, scribe.
