I forgot much about this album. The last time I listened to it I was likely in high school.
I found this copy in a used record store and picked it up on a whim. Good call, past me!
Listening 👂 Rush, Hemispheres
Category: I84D
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
— Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French Mathematician
TIL swire
swire
in British English
(swaɪə)
NOUN
Scottish and Northern England
a neck, or depression, between two hills
(Via Collins Dictionary)
Eighth-grade student launches a book club to discuss banned books
Eighth-grade student launches a book club to discuss banned books:
Joslyn Diffenbaugh, an 8th-grade student from Kutztown, Pennsylvania started the Teen Banned Book Club to discuss books that have been banned by the local school district. Nine students attended the first meeting on January 12 at Firefly Bookstore in Kutztown. They discussed George Orwell’s Animal Farm.
From Pennsylvania News Today:
In November, there was intense debate between parents and school board members at several meetings about LGBTQ + -themed books that would be available to high school library students. Worried parents said the book contained adult content with inappropriate graphics and demanded that the book be removed.
Director Christian Temchatin confirmed that the books in question were purchased by the district, but they were not placed on the shelves of the school library or made available to students. School officials did not specify the title of the book.
Following a challenge to the material or topic policy procedure, the book will be evaluated and will not be distributed until the process is complete. No further updates have been announced since then.
Because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do something or even that it’s a good idea. For example, Browsix: Unix in the browser tab
Nothing embodies the feeling of possibly for me like a new paper planner.
www.patrickrhone.net
“Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
“Reading is a basic tool in living of a good life.”
– Joseph Addison
Security researchers used a Bluetooth vulnerability to change negative results to positive.
(Via Veronica Combs on TechRepublic)
Nothing is made better by Bluetooth.
UPDATE: game started 4 on 4. 5th player showed for the other team. Coach decides to put player 5 in to make it 5 on 4 in a demonstration of poor sportsmanship