Mike Mallory

Accumulating sufficient regrets to justify my ultimate demise.

[Mike Mallory @MDMallory]

@JoyceCarolOates There is no “left” in there view, only “far left”

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@PAHoyeck Twin earth and the premise that anything that can be imagined is possible.

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@PAHoyeck @RevNFidel That’s what I was taught

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@PaulRoundy1 Chinese solar panel exports will be more expensive and at a reduced volume, but they will be available. (Tariffs also play a part) https://t.co/g3wSFGV573

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@PAHoyeck I have it and I’ve been meaning to read it, but I just downloaded Being and Time so I may never get to another book.

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@EthonRaptor @PaulRoundy1 @dwallacewells Correct. Glacier loss will seasonally dry up the water source for millions of people. Glacier loss is a disaster.

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Humanists must admit that moral traditions borrow heavily from instinctual primate behavior while denying the foundation that makes those morals coherent.

[Dan McClellan @maklelan]

Christians must admit that the Christian moral tradition borrows heavily from pagan philosophy while denying the foundation that makes those morals coherent.

[Dan McClellan @maklelan]

Christians must admit that the Christian moral tradition borrows heavily from pagan philosophy while denying the foundation that makes those morals coherent.

[Rémi Kasprzyk @KasprzykRemi]

Cette photo mérite absolument tous les prix. Elle a même sa place au Louvre.

Elle relate précisément l’inertie de l’individu face à l’effondrement.

Regardez la composition. Un chef-d’œuvre involontaire.

Au premier plan, le sable doré, les tongs abandonnées, la glacière. Le décor ordinaire du bonheur estival. Deux personnages assis, de dos, comme dans un tableau de Caspar David Friedrich. Sauf que Friedrich peignait des hommes contemplant le sublime. Ici, ils contemplent la catastrophe. Et ils ne bougent pas.

Au centre, le parasol. Publicitaire, criard, dérisoire. Un pastis face à l’apocalypse. C’est presque trop parfait : la France qui prend l’apéro pendant que le monde brûle. Aucun scénariste n’aurait osé.

Et puis le ciel. Les deux tiers de l’image. Cette muraille de fumée qui avale la lumière, ce dégradé d’ocre et de noir digne d’un Turner. La nature qui reprend la palette des maîtres pour peindre notre propre fin.

La femme photographie l’incendie avec son téléphone. Mise en abyme totale : nous documentons notre disparition au lieu de l’empêcher.

Cette image dit tout. Le déni, le confort, l’habitude. Nous sommes tous sur cette plage. Nous voyons tous le nuage. Et nous restons assis, parce que l’eau est bonne et qu’on a posé nos congés.

Les historiens de l’art parleront un jour de cette photo comme on parle du Radeau de la Méduse.

Sauf que cette fois, le naufrage, c’est nous qui le regardons depuis la plage.
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[Mike Mallory @MDMallory]

@maklelan More accurately, atheism is a belief about the evidence of gods: that the evidence lines up against their existence. Theism is presumes that there is a reason to believe in god(s), but also goes on to attribute features, etc.

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@RichardDawkins Metaphor - drop - to release some burde/ let go. Music is downloaded, hence dropped, but from the artists viewpoint it is uploaded, but we think in our own frame of reference.

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@r_graus Your assumption that an opinion based on evidence, misunderstands epistemology. Generally knowledge is a true justified belief. Beliefs without some basis are less credible but propositional claims are beliefs whether or not based on evidence.

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@michaelshermer And subject to the same criticisms other cultural text receive.

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@luisbaram As unlikely as it is, it is still the most probable account of life, which should, instead of mockery and derision, inspire awe and wonder.

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@gazcon The sun is responsible and CO2 intensifies the warming. Basic science. These are scientific issues, not political issues. Intelligence goes with science here.

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@cohler Grok: Yes, ocean acidification is real. It is a well-documented, measurable process supported by extensive scientific observations, long-term monitoring data, and consensus across major scientific bodies like NOAA, the IPCC, and others. 

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@SenRickScott The general budget doesn’t affect the SS trust

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@TRUMP_ARMY_ Another call for unconstitutional authoritarianism

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@glennbeck Snowflake

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@NancyMace Depends upon their income bracket. Low income residents do not pay property tax in my county.