David Baer @david@arktos.social

I love that the bluff/intimidation factor of this is way higher than its actual degree of difficulty.

You don’t need fancy symbolic integration techniques here. You just need to know that "integral" means roughly "area under curve" and that it’s distributive over addition.

“Folly can be overcome, not by instruction, but only by an act of liberation.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer (h/t Fred Clark)

Gaslighting considered harmful... to the gaslighter. On the other hand, the gaslighters seem to be running things right now, so YMMV.

The switcheroo | Fred Clark
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2019/11/30/the-switcheroo/

This is... unexpected.

The Case for Bernie | Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/30/opinion/bernie-sanders.html

Fred Clark reviews the story of Josiah, which is often tied up as a self-congratulatory morality tale, but actually doesn't make much sense, and ultimately concludes: "An important part of our task as modern readers, then, is to admit and accept that we are bewildered."

Children’s Bible stories | Fred Clark
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2019/11/28/childrens-bible-stories/

I approve this message! There’s no excuse not to make homemade cranberry sauce—it‘s easy, and so much better than the canned stuff.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/guides/14-how-to-make-cranberry-sauce?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

This is actually a pretty good illustration of the difference between a gerund (left) and a participle (right).

Frank and Ernest by Thaves for November 27, 2019 https://www.gocomics.com/frank-and-ernest/2019/11/27

My eldest has reached the age where the school brings in police officers to teach the kids that drugs and alcohol are bad, and they should make good choices about what to put in their bodies.

And then I see this article, reminding me that alcohol producers’ business models depend on those who drink to excess, causing injury, death, family breakdown, burdens to public services, etc.

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/10/19/alcohol-firms-promote-moderate-drinking-but-it-would-ruin-them?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/alcoholfirmspromotemoderatedrinkingbutitwouldruinthemasoberbrawl

When does my child learn about the dangers of capitalism?

Repurposed church altar at Dinosaur BBQ, Newark. Not pictured: POS terminals sitting on top.

RT @MarciGlass@twitter.com: @spcboise@twitter.com and the Presbytery of Boise will be erasing all of Idaho’s medical debt through @RIPMedicalDebt@twitter.com. $1.5 million of debt relief for our state (and beyond). https://twitter.com/MarciGlass/status/1190692641135943685

An October crocus on our street

This quote from the White House press secretary is... really something.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-kelly-says-he-warned-trump-hed-be-impeached-if-he-hired-a-yes-man-as-chief-of-staff-to-replace-him/2019/10/26/e4d5d028-f827-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html

Inner harbor, Baltimore - early morning

Halloween

OK... tonight's game isn't over, but it's shaping up to be the kind of stinging defeat that the Astros deserve.

I was going to be cheering for the Nats anyway, but this seals it.

Astros Staffer's Outburst Illustrates MLB's Attitude Toward Domestic Violence - Sports Illustrated
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/10/22/houston-astros-roberto-osuna-suspension