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https://celiafarber.substack.com/p/a-new-model-of-empathy-the-rat

A Tesla valve is a fixed-geometry passive check valve.

It allows a fluid to flow preferentially in one direction, without any single moving part.

This dude is a micro-legend

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/jail-house-texas-house-texas-salon-owner-shelley/

From Jail House to the Texas House: Texas Salon Owner Shelley Luther, Who Was Jailed During COVID, Wins Texas State House Seat from Dallas



Texas salon owner Shelley Luther broke the state quarantine in April 2020 to save her business and feed her children.

Shelley was later served a citation from the city of Dallas the following morning for breaking state stay-at-home policies.

At a rally that day SHE RIPPED IT UP during her speech!

Shelley Luther wanted to save her business and the Texas economy. She told the crowd at the rally, “We have a right to run a business and feed our children.”

A large crowd gathered to support her. ...

A week later Shelley Luther was sentenced to 7 days in jail and a $7,000 fine by another radical Obama judge.
Shelley refused to apologize to the liberal judge for opening her business.

The local authorities punished Shelley for wanting to save her business.
Shelley was ordered to jail for her defiance. ...

On Tuesday Shelley Luther won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.

Patrick says

On Tuesday Shelley Luther won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives.

Congratulations to Texans who voted for her.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

https://bherr.substack.com/p/the-gutenberg-bible-election-moment

The election of Donald Trump to President of the United States and the subsequent weeks have been the most honest and authentic cultural moments of my lifetime - and probably yours too. It’s now over two weeks since the election, and I’m still shaking my head in wonder and awe.

I wouldn’t consider myself a cynical person. I’m a realist. Generally cautiously optimistic about all things in life. It takes a lot to impress me and make me hopeful, but that’s mostly because I manage my expectations really well. I understand humans and our nature at a pretty advanced level, if I do say so myself.

In the last 8 years (culminating with the height of Covid), along with you, I have watched western culture evolve into something nearly unrecognizable and unimaginable. The march towards - and then straight into - dystopia has been horrifying and disheartening, to put it mildly. At some fundamental level, I had (maybe still do) resigned myself to the fact that I was going to end up in some gulag or ministry subbasement next to Winston from 1984 sooner rather than later because I’m unwilling to bend the knee to totalitarianism and insanity. I’m a free man and I’ll die a free man, even if I’m in chains. ...

My conclusion is that the power of longform conversations won. Imagine that. The strongest ideas, debated hotly out in the open for all to see and wrestle intelligently with, won the day. Transparency, honesty, vulnerability, and a relentless willingness to truly discuss hard subjects as a society won. ...

One by one, you and I began to make some decisions we never thought we’d have to make.

We began to say “no” a whole lot more, even if it made us sad or highly uncomfortable.

We DID engage in that important conversation rather than keep our mouths shut - again.

We armed ourselves - with real ammo, yes, but also with intellectual and factual ammunition.

We went to a school board meeting or a local town hall for the first time in our lives.

We started a business or a podcast or…a Substack.

Like soldiers in the fox hole, we began to collectively poke our heads over the threshold. It was terrifying and foreign to many of us. And something amazing happened when we did.

“Well, I think life is precious because you can't watch it again. I mean, you can believe in an afterlife if that makes you feel better. Doesn't mean it's true. But once you realize you're not gonna be around forever, I think that's what makes life so magical. One day you'll eat your last meal, smell your last flower, hug your friend for the very last time. You might not know it's the last time, so that's why you should do everything you love with passion, you know? Treasure the few years you've got because that's all there is.” ― Ricky Gervais

A Virginia pilot devoted to rescuing shelter dogs was killed when a small plane crashed in the Catskills on Sunday as he was flying several dogs up for adoption to an upstate animal shelter. Father of three Seuk Kim, 49, was killed Sunday alongside one of three dogs he was flying from Maryland to Albany to be adopted as part of his work with a not-for-profit group that transports rescue animals from overcrowded shelters to places they are more likely to find a home. A labrador-mix puppy named Whiskey, who suffered broken bones, and an 18-month-old yorkie terrier mix named Pluto both survived the crash, according to the nonprofit Kim was delivering the dogs to, the Animal Shelter of Schoharie County.

RIP Bro

gabbar says

A Virginia pilot devoted to rescuing shelter dogs was killed when a small plane crashed in the Catskills on Sunday as he was flying several dogs up for adoption to an upstate animal shelter. Father of three Seuk Kim, 49, was killed Sunday alongside one of three dogs he was flying from Maryland to Albany to be adopted as part of his work with a not-for-profit group that transports rescue animals from overcrowded shelters to places they are more likely to find a home

Know cause of crash? I know I could probably look it up. I know that's not the photo of the flight for the crash, but three dogs uncaged in that size plane is a recipe for disaster. Especially rescue dogs that you don't know their behavior.

Fly on a plane approaching cruising altitude. Listen to all the really little kids start screaming at 5-10k ft altitude to get to cruising altitude. Ears popping made the headphone business billions so people didn't have to listen to kids crying due to pressure while flying.

I'm sure at a ~9k cruising altitude for that sized plane, not pressurized, it probably messed with the dogs ears and they went ape shit. A good act, but not the best idea as a single pilot. You need a ride along or copilot with loose dogs in the cabin. Unfortunately dogs kill drivers of cars frequently as well. You gotta crate them or wall them off in the back. They're still animals and anything could spook them at a moments notice.

I know it's a positive thread, but mentioning how not to die in a plane or car I think is a positive.

Patrick says

Kawalski - Analysis?

Taleb sounds like a Stoic.

gabbar says

This dude is a micro-legend

Total inspiration. Parents must be proud AF

Patrick says

Taleb sounds like a Stoic.

Yes.

"For so many, instead of looking for “cause of death” when they expire, we should be looking for “cause of life” when they are still around". - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in The Bed of Procrustes

Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle (free download). Particularly, useful for those who are into pets, gardening....or life.

https://archive.org/details/Guardians_of_Being_Eckhart_Tolle

Gabor Mate

I lived in a very small town in Wisconsin for a few years. I used to get haircuts in WalMart located outside the town. There was a young woman I used to prefer because she was polite. Her husband worked in the automotive section of that WalMart. One day, as she was cutting my hair, she says, we adopted a girl. She already had a child of her own. I was stunned to hear that, the courage and the kindness it takes to commit to the responsibility to raise someone else's child. Hope she is doing well.

The 9 year old in the above post is Remi Bateman from Utah.