As a new user to shortcuts, can people recommend the best and most fun shortcuts - not everything needs to have utility, it can just be cool for example. Thanks!
Not that I didn’t pay attention in school, but I often feel like everyone around me understands references or has more “general trivia” type knowledge on stuff I’ve never even heard of. I’ve tried Stuff You Should Know, but their banter is a huge turn off for me. I prefer 1 host, no banter, straight into the topic. TIA!
EDIT: Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I’m going to try these out.
This whole podcast is great for understanding American right-wing culture, but this episode really stood out to me. I had heard of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and knew that it was a source of antisemitic conspiracy theories, but didn’t know the details.
One host is Jewish and the other escaped from the IFB, a right wing Christian cult, so they have really great insight from completely different backgrounds. In this episode they break down the source of popular QAnon and cult conspiracies, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. They discuss its origins - it was written for a Christian audience to justify progoms against Jews in Russia - and how it’s been transmitted since the early 1900s. I appreciate that they point out how baked into our cultures some of these ideas have become, making them harder to identify and address for what they are: antisemitic conspiracies applied to Jews and often other marginalized groups. …
Hearing Ashley Flowers, the voice of serenity in the face of humanity’s horrors, crack and cry has done me in people. Brit is an awesome lady, and I’m sure she’s got a team of A+ doctors working on her noodle. Wishing her love and a speedy recovery, and love and patience to all those friends and family she holds dear.
Howdy,
I’ve been listening to A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps and really enjoying it. In particular, I love that it’s seemingly the closest thing in podcast form that you can get to a course on Ancient Greek philosophy (or other periods and regions, depending on where you are in the podcast)
My trouble with other podcasts is that they will seem to jump around a lot, somewhat haphazardly. A normal philosophy podcast may have an single self contained episode on John Stuart Mill, for instance, but not enough organization and commitment to a topic to form a full course worth of content about utilitarianism.
What are some good podcasts that you would consider to be as close to, or at least approaching, the rigor of a series of college lectures but in the podcast format? Particularly interested in topics in philosophy, psychology, history, physics, (theory of) international relations, and computer engineering but I’m open to suggestions on any topic, just want to learn.
I have been having the best time going through the backlog of Maintenance Phase! I love how well researched the content is, and I find the topic of diet culture fascinating. My favourite thing, though, is the way Aubrey and Michael get along together. They clearly respect each other, enjoy each other’s company, and are enthusiastic about sharing their research. Apart from You’re Wrong About, can you recommend me any other podcasts where the hosts are equally informed, funny, and happy to talk to each other? I’m open to any topics, and I especially enjoy deep dives!
My dad died yesterday and it was such a shock I don’t know what to do. Anyone have any podcasts that cover how to deal with greif that helped them? Preferably not too cheesy, and something authentic.
For me that book is De Profundis what’s yours?
Edit: it has become clear to me that I need to say this: I’m not asking for misery porn but works of art that shook you so deeply that not only do you not have to see them again, but by gazing upon them again you may make yourself peer too long into the Abyss.
Or if you will: Having viewed for too long a Dryad or a Nymph.
Or I dunno, ART about things people.
Edit2: I’m also disappointed in the lack of non-fiction responses and that someone hasn’t posted Algorithms and Data-Structures, or “An Introduction to Proofs” yet.
Edit3: evidently because I wasn’t clear enough , that last bit was a joke. I’m not trying to gatekeep you.
FFS.
I just finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and while I thought the premise was very interesting, the story itself was… Kind of disappointing. I love an interesting concept for a story, something I’ve never seen before.
So, tell me what the most interesting story you’ve ever read (and loved) was! I want to read it!
I know everyone has a lot of books that changed their life in some way and aspects. But I was curious what is that ONE BOOK you would put above all else. (in terms of how much you learnt from it, or how good it was). I would also appriciate if you put brief explenation under the name (what is that you learnt and/or why was it soo good)
I’m an adult, I don’t live in America. So when I say banned books, I mean books that are powerful or have sensitive information. Not books that are age restricted or removed from school curriculum. I don’t necessarily have to agree with the book, or want to act on the information.
E.g. The Peaceful Pill Handbook, The Communist Manifesto, The Anarchist Cookbook
Will I learn how to perform an abortion? Make a computer virus? Grow mushrooms? Uncover atrocities or read a whistleblower’s work? Idk I might not read any of it, but I like to know what exists out there.
I’m looking for a book to transport me to another world.
I would like something either refreshing or opulent. Not too much existential angst (bc that’s what I’m experiencing now) and maybe not dystopian either.
I’d like type of book that when you finish, you would wish that you were still living in that world and interacting with those characters. A book that fills you with hope that the world is still beautiful and good.
I normally read very little fiction and lots of non-fiction. For reference, the last two fiction books I read were: “Master and Margarita” by Bulgakov and “Midnight Library” - well, this last one I kind of hated and couldn’t get past the first 50 pages. I found it lacked depth.
Suggestions in either English or Spanish are welcome :)
Thank you in advance.
I am a grown man who really loves horses, always have and always will. I don’t mind if the books are for kids, I just love to read horse stories and want to find some more to explore! I’ve read My Secret Unicorn, Saddle Club, Pony Pals, Magic Pony, Silver Brumby, Thoroughbred (Joanna Campbell), and a few independent ones like Misty Of Chincoteague, Black Beauty, Moonraker: Chest Of Gold, and Bred To Win (which was way less about the horses and more about some very disturbing interpersonal relationships… don’t read that one if you’re under 18)
So anything other than those I would love to hear about, if you can suggest ones that aren’t so strongly catered to little girls that would be nice but again, not fussed.
Edit: I absolutely did not expect this many replies, thankfully I turned off my phone last night because I came back to 200 notifications that absolutely would have kept me awake otherwise! Keep them coming and thank you all so much!
Looking for a game where I can just chill after a long day and explore the world.
3rd person plz, I have terrible motion sickness and can’t handle anything 1st person.
Edit: Wow thanks for the suggestions everyone! :)
Im not sure this is even a thing, but i had an idea of being some kind of ancient being waking up to a nearly dead world, whether post-apocalypse, or undead corruption, or nanoplague, whatever, the point is something has brought the world to the edge of death. Your job as the protag is to not only destroy whatever is killing the world, but to start healing it.
The key part is Id like to see the world around you change and grow as you start to heal it. That moment of joy when you see the first new green shoot spring from the ground would be amazing because *you* did that.
One thing I really love about BotW and Elden Ring are that they barely waste your time with a tutorial before throwing you into a world that you are free to explore. Are there more that scratch a similar itch? Most open world games, like Ubisoft ones, don’t scratch the same itch for me as BotW and Elden Ring - I really like how hands off both of those games are with their tutorials and the way they instead trust you to figure it out on your own.
I started to play Civ a few days ago and I am absolutely loving it. But there are some days that I just want to sit and relax and build my city without worrying about Barbarians invading it :(
Stuff that I have played: Portal 1 & 2, Superliminal, Anti-Chamber, Stanley Parable (yet to play ultra deluxe will soon)The game could be mind-fuck in a story way or a puzzle way.
Edit” Thanks for all these awesome suggestions guys.
Kind of like The Longest Journey which has different realms where one is a low tech fantasy setting, another is sort of cyberpunk future and then one that is modern.
I suppose Assassins Creed also does this but I’ve played those and the modern sections weren’t really fully fleshed out.