In einer neuen Studie werden genaue Daten zur Ausdehnung des Batagaika-Kraters publiziert, eigentlich eines riesigen Bergrutsches aufgrund des tauenden Permafrosts in Sibirien. Die Studie zeigt, wie sich dieser Prozess beschleunigt hat. Allein bein Batagaika-Krater betrifft er jährlich eine Million Kubikmeter und setzt soviel Treibhausgase frei wie ca. 2000 US-Haushalte. Der Standard berichtet darüber auf der Basis eines Business Insider-Artikels und verweist auf weitere Berichte zu den katastrophalen Folgen des Schmelzens von Permafrost-Böden für das Klima. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000235212/das-tor-zur-hoelle-wird-immer-groesser-und-das-ist-nur-der-anfang

In Österreich wenden sich die Verbände der erneuerbaren Energiewirtschaft gegen die von der OMV geplante Ausbeutung eines neuen Gasfeldes bei Groß-Enzersdorf. Mit wenig Aufwand lasse sich dieselbe Menge Energie mit Wind oder Solarkraft herstellen. Das Gasfeld würde zu geschätzt 10 Millionen weiteren Tonnen CO₂-Emission führen, das ist etwa ein Viertel der derzeitigen österreichischen Jahresemissionen. https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000181249/gegen-foerderung-von-gas-vor-den-toren-wiens-formiert-sich-widerstand

In den Niederlanden hat die Berufungsverhandlung begonnen, in der Shell gegen ein Urteil angeht, dass es zu einer drastischen CO2-Reduktion zwingt. Der wichtigste Gegner ist die Umweltorganisation Milieu defense. Shells Anwälte veranstalten eine propaganda-show, um die Verwendung fossiler Brennstoffe weiter zurechtfertigen. https://taz.de/Shell-vor-Gericht/!5999034/

Roger Hardy erklärt in diesem Artikel über die von ihm in Großbritannien gegründete Organisation Round our Way, dass Arbeiterklassen-Communities von der globalen Erhitzung und ihren Folgen besonders stark betroffen sind und das auch wissen. Nur eine Klimabewegung für "ordinary people" könne das Fundament für einen gesellschaftlichen Konsens über Klimaschutz herstellen. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/nov/21/working-class-people-climate-crisis-policy

Grabe, Mark. “Tags and Stories in My First and Second Brains.” Substack newsletter. Mark’s Substack (blog), October 11, 2023. https://markgrabe.substack.com/p/tags-and-stories-in-my-first-and.

Mark Grabe's synopsis of Roger Shank on storytelling.

Roger Shank's definition of an expert

I came to this page after reading the "About the Author (The Second Right Answer)" page of Roger von Oech's "A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative" which was mentioned by Kevin Bowers in his discussion with John Vervaeke titled "Principles & Methods for Achieving a Flow State | Voices w/ Vervaeke | John Vervaeke & Kevin Bowers".

von Oech stated that

I wrote my doctoral dissertation on the twentieth century German philosopher Ernst Cassirer, the last man to know everything. From him, I learned that it's good to be a generalist, and that looking at the Big Picture helps to keep you flexible.

This was a surprising reference since Bowers stated that the book was written for helping entrepreneurs become more creative; the book seems more widely applicable based on the examples and exercises given in the first 20 pages.

Cassirer appears to bridge between the continental and analytic traditions in philosophy. Cassirer's touching on mathematics, aesthetics, and ethics reminds me of - John Vervaeke's work - ie, the process of relevance realization and his neo platonic, transformational reading of ancient texts - Forrest Landry work - ie, his magnum opus "An Immanent Metaphysics" which he purports to be pointing to a foundation between ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Recently, IDM (Immanent Domain Metaphysics) made more sense to me when I attempted to translat the 3 axioms and 3 modalities into language from category theory

The following seem important and related somehow: 1. the symbolic process 2. the process of abstraction 3. the process of representation

Maybe these are related to the means by which one can can transcend their current self? ie, is it through particular symbolic practices that one can more easily shed one identity and acquire another?

Also, are 1., 2., and 3. different aspects of the same thing/event?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/roger-stone-documentary-capitol-riot-trump-election/

It's worth noting that this was written in 1911. Technology since then might have proven it to not be Leonello. I should look into it.

"Liberty of conscience" is a phrase Roger Williams uses in a religious context to denote the freedom for one to follow his or her religious or ethical beliefs. It is an idea that refers to conscious-based thought and individualism. Each person has the right to their own conscience. It is rooted in the idea that all people are created equal and that no culture is better than the other.

This idea is strongly tied to: freedom from coercion of conscience (own thoughts and ideas), equality of rights, respect and toleration. It is a fundamental element of what has come to be the "American idea of religious liberty". Williams spoke of liberty of conscience in reference to a religious sense. This concept of individualism and free belief was later extrapolated in a general sense. He believed that government involvement ended when it came to divine beliefs.

Citation: Eberle, Edward J. "Roger Williams on Liberty of Conscience." Roger Williams University Law Review: vol 10:, iss: 2, article 2, pp. 288-311. http://docs.rwu.edu/rwu_LR/vol10/iss2/2. Accessed 8 Sept. 2021.

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My thoughts exactly.

And it carries over to much of the world of expressiveness in electronic music, centred around the emerging MPE standard: Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression.

Let me geek out a minute. ;)

Coming late to this MPE game, been really taken by the fact that Bevin’s name is everywhere. Given his work with many manufacturers, it’s no exaggeration to say that this type of musical expressiveness wouldn’t have expanded the way it did if it weren’t for Geert Bevin. Of course, MPE isn’t that mainstream, yet. You could even say that it’s a bit of a niche, in terms of the already peculiar world of electronic music. Besides, it’s just an implementation of some things which have been in the MIDI specifications from the start, over 30 years ago. But there’s more than smoke, here.

A few days ago, ROLI has announced the Seaboard Block, which might be the most affordable MPE device as of yet. It’s also the missing piece of the puzzle in ROLI’s lineup, linking the Seaboard line of highly expressive keyboards with the Blocks line of modular controllers. Some have been saying that the Seaboard Block is the point at which the Blocks line starts to make sense. Both there are more dots to connect. One is that ROLI also owns JUCE, which is fast becoming the tool of choice to develop music apps on multiple platforms, including mobile. Not sure how sophisticated JUCE’s MPE support is, but it does have some MPE-specific classes. Another point, mentioned in the comments on this interview, is that Bevin was instrumental in the MPE support in Moog’s Model 15 and Animoog synths on iOS. As these apps are quite influential, their continued development can have a big impact on the iOS part of the MPE scene.

Speaking of iOS, the fact that the latest version of Audiobus can route MIDI could open up interesting possibilities. Jesse Chappell, developer of two MPE-savvy iOS apps (ThumbJam and DrumJam) has been teasing a forthcoming app which would somehow deal with MPE in a thorough way.

And there’s a broader context for all of this. Hardware and software devices for electronic music (controllers, synthesizers, loopers, etc.) have been integrating into complete solutions. Several manufacturers have been doing both hardware and software. There aren’t that many hardware solutions for the sound output from MPE, but it’d only take a fairly simple box (maybe Arduino-based?) to allow much of the hardware synth world to receive MPE in an appropriate way (something which is already possible in software).

So it really is a fascinating time to be getting into musical expressiveness through digital means.

So true. And so important.

The Hammam Family Hotel and Turkish Baths, Sackville St. (11-12 O'Connell Street Upper), Dublin, was destroyed on 5 July 1922. See: Architecture of Dublin City - Lost Buildings of Ireland http://archiseek.com/2013/1869-hammam-family-hotel-and-turkish-baths/

The National Library of Ireland holds collections of related letters:

1. Roger Casement: MS 13,073 – MS 13,092
2. Roger Casement: Mss 36,199-36,212)