full audiobook of Stephen Mitchell's translation of Tao Te Ching, read by himself [1:42:53]: youtu.be/UxEvRoAaYBM

"There is just one thing" —monist philosopher Mariah Carey

"I'm your friend. Don't ever walk past me." one of my favorite lines in Deadwood 🥹

it feels better to add a

only very rarely, like every few years. but I've never tried simulating it. I think I only get it when I'm read to (or instructed?) in some specific way that I don't understand. how often do you get it? and from what?

I've never heard any other person describe this, so I've wondered if it was just me

ohhh I didn't realize ASMR stood for that

word

how much water disappears forever when I'm trying to expand a tweet but accidentally hit that little Grok icon

one upshot of the slopocalypse is that I no longer have any qualms about shitposting

"Do not use practice to improve the situation of your life. Use the situation of your life to practice." -Ken McLeod

I searched myself. And what I found was not a thing, but a process: a burning fire, a flame. xitter.cf/explicanda/status/1274…

Why not be totally changed into fire?

anyway I put that off for a year assuming I would hate it

really wanted to narrate this Alan Watts quote cause it's fun but I can only do about half of it in the 30 second time limit :(

I literally read this tweet (with attribution) as a "rant" xitter.cf/i/status/1812183459764…