the fine art of interacting productively with people from the outgroup.

wanting to talk about using org mode but not wanting to sound like a weird emacs evangelist

recognising that someone else needs to get out of the car and cursing profusely under my breath at the fact that by construction they have to do it themself and that this is not a problem i can solve directly.

one of the most painful parts of going through the healing process is knowing you cannot pull others with you all you can do is show them how good it is outside, put a tool nearby, and hope they get it before they crash (metaphorically or physically!) they have to want better

have you tried taking the problem out to dinner and buying it a few beers?

have you tried taking the problem out for a nice chat over tea and scones?

developing a special interest in geometry, i.e. getting into my arc arc

doomscrolling is now a puzzle game apparently

have you tried not caring about the problem

in a similar vein i've just come out of a meeting with various notes referring to "zenbleed", "inception", and "downfall", and i'm a bit exasperated that my ticket board currently sounds like some kind of christopher nolan film

moving to germany and foudning a spa town called Bad Appel

as a result, shadow work is black magic. black magic is powerful but doing black magic without thought will get you consumed by a demon. you do not want this.

Q: how do we know that butane has a lower density than water? A: it’s lighter fluid

"this is the way" is the current generation's version of "so say we all"

becoming out of touch with meditation twitter, call that falling behind on the metta

Vivaldi's Winter was the original EDM banger