stuartmitchell

A friend of mine reckons Aubrey de Gray must like the song “I am the Resurrection” by the excellent Stone Roses 🙂

@TheEncogitationer – I have followed Aubrey de Grey for a long time now. He is always interesting to hear from.

Reg,

Thanks for linking to the Michael Shermer Podcast on Transhumanism and Life Extension. I’ve had a fascination with the topic on and off for years. After my recent hospital stay last November, my fascination has grown even more. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing for as long as you can and Transhumanism and Life Extension ties…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

Environment:  Our brains are wired to ignore climate change so we probably need to rethink our strategies towards dealing with it.

I will absolutely admit, in day-to-day life, it is extremely difficult to map the effects of small actions to the idea of global catastrophe. In part, it’s difficult to even understand…[Read more]

The evangelical takeover of first the Supreme Court and then the government, instituting a theocracy, is the unfolding of a plan that’s been unfolding for decades. Find the movie The Family (it’s on Netflix for one) for the full story.

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/05/evangelicals-republican-voters/618845/

Almost everybody should be able to see the Super Blood Moon tonight or early Monday morning no matter where you are living.

U.S. info here

Thanks, Reg!

It feels like ‘free speech’ is being thrown in as an argument where it doesn’t belong. If I’m not seen turning guests away from my home, does that mean I am legally obligated to play host to Latter Day Saints? Does that become their private speech in my residence? Admittedly, I’m approaching slippery slope territory. That’s not what the court d…[Read more]

The court’s opinion seems to uphold that it is the city’s prerogative, as long as they make a consistent policy of approving what flags to or do not go up.

But I agree the distinction you’ve made stands. Weak enforcement of use doesn’t make the flag pole de facto private use or private speech. Or at least it shouldn’t.

It feels like ‘free…[Read more]

Just read article about the Boston flag.

Yeah that is more indication of what is increasingly clear to me that nearly everything in the human sphere is BS. Just no integrity.

It is speech cuz there was an important political speech case concerning flag burning. There is a clear distinction between an individual acting in her individual…[Read more]

I find many of the ugliest buildings appealing if for no other reason than craving some character and variety. Vancouver gets used as a filming location so often because of how indistinct it is (coupled with low filming costs and decent support for the filming industry, of course).

On balance, there is some prettiness to it from a distance, but…[Read more]

Yes, ugliness is indeed. One part of my job involves consulting with several architect firms on IT matters. One owner, who is a gold medal winner (think Nobel prize for architecture) really likes City Hall. I can appreciate some aspects of it as I like concrete buildings but I can’t get past my initial opinion off it.

I like the exterior. Certainly I would rank the OCAD main campus as uglier (though also more interesting). Could use some more flag poles, probably.

The Trump Tower Vancouver was uglier not in appearance, but because it still got named that after we all knew in uncertain terms just how much of a piece of shit he was.

Although, both of those were…[Read more]

I think Boston City Hall was dubbed the “Ugliest building in the world” at some point. It looks like it was planned by a 1950’s politburo committee.

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,

The only flags The City Government of Boston needs are official City Flags with the City Seal…and they should be posted a mile or so outside City limits so that people know they are approaching and have a chance to turn around. 😁

Some have said the City needs the flag pole to off-set the “Brutalist” architecture of…[Read more]