My first thought on the Cube was to hand out hammers and chisels. But that was far too "Hunger Games." I prefer Fr. Hasse's bouillon. Kinder, warmer, and far more useful. :)
Olympics - I already know the answer, but why oh why must we keep playing footsie with the CCP (and so many other murderous regimes)? I know - filthy lucre.
Lest anyone misunderstand your comment in re Joe Rogan, Neil Young, and Spotify, it is Neil Young (and Joni Mitchell et al) doing the spatting, not Joe Rogan (whose podcasts I've listened to perhaps two minutes of, once) or Spotify.
"Unfortunately, if the Young/Rogan spat is anything to go by, we aren’t actually willing to share even digital spaces with each other right now."
I have put a great deal of effort into modelling and facilitating respectful engagement with persons whose views on the pandemic I consider badly misinformed. And I've been working in medical writing and editing for most of the past two decades, so I know what I'm talking about and also am well aware of the limits of what I know. That said, I draw a sharp distinction between that kind of dialogue among ordinary people (some of them quite influential within their own spheres) and the granting of a platform to bad actors such as Malone.
It is all too common for scientists whose views are simply out of the mainstream to be conflated with scientists who habitually play fast and loose with the evidence. We benefit from robust participation by the former. But the latter try to ride on the coattails of the former and cry censorship when they're called out. Even people who have sincere concerns about vaccines or sincere questions about N95 respirators versus surgical masks versus cloth masks versus bare faces do not need the likes of Malone on their team.
My very first thought was that the golden cube looked like a cube of chicken bouillon!!! But then, I was making soup last night!
My first thought on the Cube was to hand out hammers and chisels. But that was far too "Hunger Games." I prefer Fr. Hasse's bouillon. Kinder, warmer, and far more useful. :)
JD's mid-week pillar podcast interview with Father Frank Cancro, the National Circus Chaplain, is awesome! Highly recommend taking the time to listen.
Olympics - I already know the answer, but why oh why must we keep playing footsie with the CCP (and so many other murderous regimes)? I know - filthy lucre.
How many cardinals are there in Rome and what their combined salary? Thanks, Richard Barthelmes
What happened to my comment on Father Cancro?
a southern man don't need him around anyhow
Lest anyone misunderstand your comment in re Joe Rogan, Neil Young, and Spotify, it is Neil Young (and Joni Mitchell et al) doing the spatting, not Joe Rogan (whose podcasts I've listened to perhaps two minutes of, once) or Spotify.
« I have seen one episode of Joe Rogan’s show (it was about watches). »
Oh the things we do when Hodinkee doesn’t spurt out content fast enough…
"Unfortunately, if the Young/Rogan spat is anything to go by, we aren’t actually willing to share even digital spaces with each other right now."
I have put a great deal of effort into modelling and facilitating respectful engagement with persons whose views on the pandemic I consider badly misinformed. And I've been working in medical writing and editing for most of the past two decades, so I know what I'm talking about and also am well aware of the limits of what I know. That said, I draw a sharp distinction between that kind of dialogue among ordinary people (some of them quite influential within their own spheres) and the granting of a platform to bad actors such as Malone.
It is all too common for scientists whose views are simply out of the mainstream to be conflated with scientists who habitually play fast and loose with the evidence. We benefit from robust participation by the former. But the latter try to ride on the coattails of the former and cry censorship when they're called out. Even people who have sincere concerns about vaccines or sincere questions about N95 respirators versus surgical masks versus cloth masks versus bare faces do not need the likes of Malone on their team.