Harari is a fabulist, a sloppy thinker and poor researcher, IMO. Just check his footnotes—when they exist. Bibliography? Ha! I finally put Sapiens down at the made-up story about the Luftwaffe using the BBC Big Ben chimes for weather forecasting.
A good example how ‘Sapiens’ works.
Harari makes his readers believe that a 20-year life expectancy for 45-year-olds means that foragers enjoyed good health.
In fac...
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.@indiewebcat joined for the livestream today so we had to make a lapcam.
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We are going live in 5 to eat a donut and talk about the stimulus checks but quite honestly I think it might just turn into the Dora show. This cat is staging a cone revolt youtu.be/UvDenc3ZE1s
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1) Starting the new Congress is inherently messy in a pandemic. The House of Representatives implemented “remote voting” in the spring.
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Awesome cookies from @Lumenia, and I got a successful saucer separation but I must report that the ship didn’t make it past the doomsday machine, my cookie hole
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Monthly report for December 2020, with annual data hot on its little heels - there's a net worth graph for the past 5 years in there, if you like that kind of snooping. anomalily.net/december-2020/
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The terrible privacy of Facebook apps, visual edition. Blogged. reb00ted.org/tech/20210102-…
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Incredibly disappointed to see so many tech voices who know perfectly well what kind of company Facebook is deciding that buying from and advocating for Oculus is OK.
I’d like to be back on Instagram and playing VR as much as the next guy, but it’s not worth supporting Facebook.
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Crushing from afar on Moynihan Train Hall, the new waiting area for Amtrak and LIRR lines at Penn Station which finally opened to the public yesterday: nytimes.com/2020/12/30/nyr…
Fortunately YouTube is already full of walkthrough videos. youtube.com/watch?v=1QjcgF…
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I made a toy that generates "What vibes do I give off?" style memes from Wikipedia categories. Enjoy.
tinysubversions.com/vibes/
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"text": "I just finished Lesson 4 of Ukulele 101 \u2013 Right Hand Techniques on @ukeunderground No to practice rolls forever ukuleleunderground.com/courses/ukulel\u2026 #ukulele (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/1QyUHl)",
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I just finished Lesson 4 of Ukulele 101 – Right Hand Techniques on @ukeunderground No to practice rolls forever https://ukuleleunderground.com/courses/ukulele-101-2017/ukulele-101-week-4-right-hand-techniques/ #ukulele
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Are you contemplating bold resolutions for eternal Caturday?
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I made a peanut butter chocolate cheesecake for my boyfriend yesterday. He’s all about the Reese’s pieces. I rarely bake so I feel proud. It was so yummy! Yay!
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Happy new year? I think so. It’s hard to imagine 2021 faring worse than 2020. But between the United States’ political instability and the arrival of the new more contagious coronavirus variant, I won’t be shocked if the first half of 2021 has some twists and turns in store.
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I can’t stand Ohio State*, but you know what? I can live with Dabo getting absolutely pantsed on national TV.
Now, Bama needs to do The Lord’s Work in the title game.
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