Birthday Kids

Max just hit the double-digits, and Esmé is now seven. Where does the time go? 

Signpost: Interesting Twitter conversations, 4/28 - 6/18

I continue to enjoy the varied and deep conversations I have with people on Twitter.

Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion:

• "…man is a moderately gregarious, not a completely social animal—a creature more like a wolf, let us say, or an elephant, than like a bee or an ant." (@jaglister @mmwlawtaos)

• "I'm sick to my stomach: 'Faith-Healing Churches Linked to 2 Dozen Child Deaths'" (@LC_of_LA @GameBreakersCan @Ibti @jaglister @NabilAbuAmirah @The_Ben2832 @ledfist @OldIgby)

• "I wonder if there is an alternate universe where there's no suffering?" (@MizMelly @Bailey649 @darwinsbulldog)

• "What do you do when your religion is losing influence? Have more kids & indoctrinate them from birth! #QuiverFull" (@donkeyception @Socknitster @TheSurlyShirley @kerriet11)

• "How about we start with a discussion of the harmonic nature of cortical neural function? Those suckers are always firing." (@jaglister)

• "Today I learned about something—apparently real—that bothers me quite a bit: The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement" (@capelessT @allovus @alexa_v @laNitpickette @kropotsky17)

• "Dear Christians: Please read Matthew 26 carefully, and then let me know if you think Jesus would approve of your owning an assault rifle." (@JoeG2001 @geraldpeterson4 @ShivaKap @ASH_auldshaman @tillytoogood)

Urban Planning:

• "Is the [Cleveland] Opportunity Corridor a civil rights issue?" (@schmangee @jaglister)

Politics & Economics:

• "Bye-bye middle class: The share of national income going to workers continues to fall." (@tinacapalbo @BombeRouge @ShivaKap)

• "Ridiculous: Since 2011, Republicans have spent no less than 15% of their time trying to repeal Obamacare." (@jxjs12 @sweetsmithie01 @hrhsar @1Dad2Four @hausdorff80 @ScrewFoxNews @Didikatz)

• "A question about this #IRS thing; What if the supposed targets of the IRS were targeted because they were trying to avoid paying taxes?" (@FranchiseKing @mdrache @ftdatl)

• "I just realized that 'Fox & Friends' is almost exactly like a children's show. It's got the rhythm & content structure of Sesame Street." (@ASH_auldshaman @JoeG2001 @tillytoogood @BevinsElizabeth)

• "Politics aside, let's just appreciate this: #Crime is diminishing across the developed world (but no one knows why)." (@JoeG4Freedom @geekchicohio)

Privacy:

• "James Clapper says the @guardian's leak of #NSA data collection is 'reprehensible'. And the people of the world say: 'thank-you'. #privacy" (@ShivaKap @vickijee) 

Infrastructure:

• "Something NEEDS to be done - American Society of Civil Engineers grades U.S. bridge condition 'C+'" (@joecimperman @Dena_K_ @sjf1 @TheeMattMarquis @Matthew_Barlow @TheGistOf @Another_Wench @ODOT_Cleveland @TeacherReality)

Photography:

• "The canal near Shirakawa-Minami-dori, in the Gion district. #Kyoto #Japan" (@picklestfc)

Science & Technology:

• "Did you know that NASA is *actually* working on faster than light travel? This is not #SciFi." (@LisaToddSutton @TheGistOf @johnpocalypse)

Non sequitur:

• "Slow and steady wins the race. But I'm a little goddamn tired of slow and steady right now." (@BrightEyedDyer @TinaMorphis @mrbabypants @mbattistella @mmdoty @Tehelmin)

• "Last night I dreamt of a wonderful street fair, on a wonderful street that actually exists. The problem is, said street fair does not exist." (@MonasLists @allovus)

• "For better or for worse, I've learned that sometimes the optimal decision has nothing to do with being rational." (@SingnPlay)