Alicia Matthews

ἀ–λήθεια; interested in philology, paradoxes & pedagogy — @ubc ☧ @vannoodleblog

[FEAR GOD @FEARGODMINDSET]

C.S. Lewis wrote this banger

[Alicia Matthews @abcedmindedness]

@ThomasSujit Me too, and it’s no coincidence it’s around lent

[Zoomer Alcibiades @HellenicVibes]

“Group of horses in broad plain, and the lead stallion is captured by a wild spirit, starts to gallop this way and that, and the whole herd follows in a great rush of power and freedom—Nietzsche talks about this. I’ve seen many things like this myself: was at big waterfall, gathering place of many birds and other animal. Through all the cycles of history this place remains and birds who witnessed the coming and going of human civilizations remember it through the aeons and always return there. I saw many group of small birds, when the weather slightly changed, this waterfall so big that a small wind would make spray of water everywhere. Sun came from behind clouds and spread many small rainbows, birds would become excited, come out from crevasses in rock face and would glory in the sprays of water and the rainbows, they swoon doing acrobatics this way and that. Like when Homer says that on some Asian meadow tribes of geese, and crane and long-necked swans glory in the power of their wings above it, then land between the rivers, in Skamandrian plain, with a great clang. Is not enough just to say, what is purpose of this to survival or reproduction? Surely some pedant can make a story. But when you see this behavior, is not so alien. Maybe, in happiest moments you were free to act and feel the same: what anything to do with survival or reproduction! That kind of heavy necessity is the spirit of gravity, and this is opposite. That petty and cramped view of life…but in truth, life as it is, when free, life in abundance knows luxury, surfeit and waste…survival and reproduction are side effects of something else…”

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“The neoliberal mandate, writ large, is to impose markets and market-like processes of production and consumption on more and more of social reality until all of life is included in the ambit of the pursuit of profit”

Joshua Ramey, Neoliberalism as a political theology of chance

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

In grad school, I submitted a seminar paper that mistakenly included a blank page between pages 12 and 13. The prof wrote on the blank page "best page so far."

It was their only comment.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

the famous Chinese poet Li Bai (AD 701-762) died after getting drunk on a riverboat and trying to hug the reflection of the moon in the water, which I suppose could have happened at any point in history but what a way to go out.

[Alicia Matthews @abcedmindedness]

Yin: wu wei (translated into non-action, or effortless action)

[Maebичка @maebichka]

the excesses and dangers of agencymaxxing culture become obvious when you substitute "agency" with "yang" and then realize there is no equally valorized equivalent for "yin"

[Sherry @SchrodingrsBrat]

I think you self sabotage when you like wanting the thing more than having it, maybe because having it is scary, because having it’ll ask too much of you, it’ll ask that you change for it, so it’s more comfortable edging yourself with desire, stuck at the eve of happiness

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Bookstore lady: “that’s some light reading”
:D

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@duolingo Thank you!

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@duolingo hii could you please repair my streak ? 🫶
My username is dogexplosion. I was 900 + days strong at one point (should’ve asked this then) and rebuilt it to 300 + but lost it again yesterday :(
Thank you so much

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@duolingo Im sure its always been this one!

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@duolingo What about one that was lost yesterday?

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@sophiesayshai See if you like any of these : https://t.co/u1hw17NdNg

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@sophiesayshai I love this so much!
You can put a glitchy font too hehehe

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@sophiesayshai 😍

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Spotted 42/120+ :)

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@sophiesayshai Relative pitch sadly

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@sophiesayshai Yes with the most hobbies too

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Affirm: if AI generated articles can get published, so can mine!