I would absolutely choose this mode without any shame. I already spend plenty of time in "Story Mode" difficulty; I don't care to spend hours of frustration trying to hit just the right dodge pattern for a boss because I no longer have the finger dexterity that I did when I was 20.
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I've been using it for the last day or so on a separate account and I like it so far. It's a new app and there's plenty of stuff planned for it, but the ability to open comments in a separate column instead of another tab is fantastic. There's already a request for light mode in the repo, which is my biggest issue right now.
I usually enjoy Kurgesagt videos, but I didn't enjoy the tone of their narration for that particular story.
Here's an archive.today link for that article, it has the whole thing on one page.
On witchcraft I recommend:
- Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
- Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
- Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practicioner by Scott Cunningham
I read these years ago, though I enjoyed the first two more than the third.
Some other books of a spiritual nature that I have re-read (which I suppose is the best recommendation of any book) are Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton.
For myth I have to recommmend The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers. I feel it's kind of essential reading to more deeply understand why specific types of stories (spiritual or otherwise) resonate with people. Also, there is a lecture series available for free on Youtube if you prefer to watch or listen, or can't find a copy of the book.
I have the 1997 translation / version by Ursula Le Guin and it's fantastic. It's a more poetic translation and has some great commentary by Le Guin.
I enjoy the Philosophize This podcast by Stephen West and The Grey Area with Sean Illing from Vox.
The Being in the Way podcast has been putting out official recordings by Alan Watts on a semi-regular basis for about two years now. I like listening to his lectures as his take on Taoism is fairly down to earth and practical, rather than esoteric or excessively religious.
I also second the recommendation of PhilosophyTube on YouTube. I've been a fan of that channel since nearly the start, and it's been cool to see the improvement over time in both the presentation and substance of her videos.
Because climate change is already a do-or-die political issue and Republicans are on the "die" team, so if you actually care about the world being on fire vote for a Democrat.
That's the argument from the piece. Nothing new, interesting, or likely to be persuasive to anyone whose mind is not already made up on the issue of climate change.
Supergiant has always been great at music and soundtracks. I especially enjoyed the Bastion soundtrack.
I really enjoyed this manga, I hope the anime will keep the laid back yet slightly melancholic feel.
Here are a few of my watched-multiple-times-and-probably-will-again:
- Tale of the Nine-tailed (season 1)
- Itaewon Class
- It's Okay to Not Be Okay
- Happiness
- Bulgasal
- The Guest
- Record of Youth
I'll basically watch anything with the leads of those series (especially Park Bogum, Park Hyungsik, or Lee Dongwook) multiple times with little to no prompting.
This week is starting out complicated. I have a ton to do for work and absolutely no motivation to do any of it, so I'm having to spend more willpower than I'm used to just to get started. I'm coming off of a bad weekend mood-wise and really feeling the "want to run away to a cave and live there forever" vibes, which is also taking effort to move past.
One thing that's cheering me up is planning out the details of some house changes for August/September, which hopefully will end up going well. Visualizing the end result is giving me something positive to look forward to.