I feel like saying nice things to people.

1 like=1 compliment
@blacknihilism engages with others kindly, and I always leave my interactions with him knowing I've dealt with someone who wants to grow as a person and to help others grow. Feels good, man.

10/10, would recommend as a mutual.
@deseret_brat has good takes on police, and stuck by them in the face of pressure. Also, good use of humor and her handle always makes me think of desserts.

10/10, would recommend as a mutual.
@artisan_urban has excellent taste. If UA likes one of my tweets, I know I've actually made a good one. Also, spot on political diagnoses ("The right wants all the REWARD with none of the RISK").

10/10, would recommend as a mutual.
@HHillespie is one of my favorite people to interact with on this site. Smart, logical, balanced viewpoint, never seen her have a bad take. Also, polite--she once asked me for a citation and then apologized in case that came off as rude.

10/10, recommended mutual.
@Anarch0Trad has one of the best usernames, & is a particularly good resource to understand the role that media narratives in our political system. Also, author of this banger phrase: "Boredom is a social disease caused by generational deskilling."

10/10, recommended mutual
@Crypto_Futurist writes excellent short stories. He mentioned one offhand, was kind enough to share it when asked, and it was. So. Good! He's twitter's Daniel Keyes. Also, he has good thoughts on memes and their lifecycles.

10/10, recommended mutual.
@streamgazer is a walking library; you name it, she's read it. Self-deprecating and humble, but very fun to talk to on any subject, from relationships to whether the moon landings were fake. Might be my single favorite mutual.

10/10, recommend!
@UnskilledLaborz makes excellent YouTube videos. Sometimes they're compilations (well-edited too, real skill). Sometimes they're interviews (and he actually lets his guests speak!). Great work, deserves more attention.
youtube.com/channel/UCfmSq…

10/10, recommend!
@ZaneJensen9 is the first non-mutual to like this--which means he's a trailblazer, a trend-setter (hopefully😁) and a social butterfly. Also, sharp: correctly observes that schools are a category of zoo.

10/10, glad he's on my radar now!
@mell0wbr1ckroad begged me not to follow him, but his content was too good to stay away. Not exactly an aesthetics account, but he has an excellent collection (my top recommend for dinosaur and paleontology pics). Also, wins the award for most frequently changed avatar.

10/10
@t0ken_w0man has a great and cutting analysis of Extremely Online Caesarism. Excellent perspective on transactionalism in modern relationships. And just completed a staggering 102 entry marathon of "bad takes" (her words, not mine--most were good takes).

10/10, my newest mutual!
@PrinceVogel's commentary always leaves me with a greater appreciation for the beauty in the world, a desire to make things beautiful. He's a hopeful account in the most literal sense ("hope-full"). A Nietzschean Yes-sayer.

10/10, recommended!
@soniaa_jam once commented that an experience with being bullied "humanized [the bullies] for me. One must be in a lot of psychic pain to see me the way they do." One of the most wonderful sentiments I've seen expressed on this site. World needs more of this.

10/10, recommended!
@myceliummage is an able and entertaining advocate for the most most maligned taxonomic kingdom, Fungi. His posts generally have a lighthearted, happy-go-lucky feel, but then... BAM, sharp social insight when you weren't expecting it.

10/10!
@velazandu is one of the best "atmospheric" accounts I've seen. Reading his tweets makes me feel like I'm hanging out with some cool counter-culture folks in SF. Always a fun experience!

10/10!
@alyssamvance once generated a list of 50,000 interesting websites. This is the best kind of gift: useful + totally beyond my technical capacity to do for myself. Also, love the title of her blog: "Rationalist Conspiracy."

10/10, an exciting new account!
rationalconspiracy.com/2020/07/12/500…
@ungatedcreative is on twitter for the right reasons: "to make friends and shitpost." He's also an "oasis" builder and makes courses for content creators that look great! And I love the list of principles he lays out for his community: ungated.media/about/

10/10. Image
@prerationalist has an awesome self-description: "amateur crastinator" (get it?🤣). I love, love, love his idea about replacing self-coercion with self-coaxing. He does smart math tweets, but he kindly intersperses those with jokes even I can follow.

10/10 Image
@Jinjerbeel introduced me to this awesome chart on depression-and-professions which... honestly, feels like it explains a lot. Also a talented musician, piano + guitar! Has good thoughts on the effect of helicopter parenting + theology, too.

10/10 Image
@uberstuber has the right idea for life success: "Master boring fundamentals." A good Girardian: "Do you really want what you want or are you just copying someone else?" And makes videos about productivity and time management (which I really, really need)!

10/10

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22 Sep
Watched Blackfish for the first time.

Excellent film. Doesn't leave you overflowing with love for humanity. The orca calf capture and the depiction of the sleeping pens are particularly hard to watch.

I also noticed lots of parallels between the captive whales and modern life.
•The whales in captivity are violent with each other, in part because they live in Frankenstein pods mixing whales from (in a former trainer's words) different "languages, cultures, genes."

Parallel: Obvious. We can see that this is cruelty with whales, why not with people?
•The captive whales have health problems and live shorter lives. Meanwhile, the owners claim that the captive whales have it good because they're getting medical care (which the whales appear to dread).

Parallel: Everything esoteric health twitter says.
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21 Sep
I agree with much of this video from @AuronMacintyre. His basic position is anti-anti-LARP.

But his argument depends on a very rosy definition of LARPing, and overlooks a key part of what it means to criticize something as a "LARP."
The common ground:
•"Crabs in the bucket" is real. People often make themselves feel better by making others feel worse.
•Don't make perfect the enemy of good.
•Don't tear someone down as a hypocrite for trying to better themselves and stumbling or outright failing.
The key point he overlooks:
"LARP" implies fantasy. Fantasies often end up harming their believers. They're unachievable, so failure is the only option and they blind you to more attainable goods.
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17 Sep
Why religions are not panaceas:

To be technical and unromantic, religions, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Marxism-Leninism, etc., are families of memes.

A meme is a "mind virus" in a non-pejorative sense. Ideas subject to darwinian pressure to reproduce themselves.
Memes sometimes hurt their hosts (in the cause of reproducing themselves).

Memes sometimes help their hosts (in the cause of reproducing themselves).
On a long time frame, pressure tends to (weakly) select for the latter. This is why novel viruses are dangerous, but become less so over time.

It's often true that societies & individuals can reap benefits from embracing an old meme (gimme that old-time religion).
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