Any recs on modern Chinese history? I was looking at Dikotters peoples trilogy but apparently it's propaganda. I was also looking at the search for modern china by Spence, which i will probably go with but i was wondering if any of you have any other recs. I want something in between total pop ...

From a (I think) mostly neurotypical person, daydreaming has always been immensely pleasurable for me. I can do it pretty much at will when I'm bored. For example on my bike ride home I'll imagine I'm riding through a fairy land with flying whales and deer and other wonderful creatures. When I'm ...

Got a new bike a few days back after my old bike exploded and its super nice. The old bike got the point where the entire drive train needed to be replaced which would've cost more than the frame is worth (excluding the many hours it would likely take me). The drop handle bars took a lot of getting ...

I am Roman Catholic. It is difficult to quickly summarize my reasons, but it has to do with a mixture of growing up with it, taking the Gospels at face value (i.e. It is written that "these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have ...

Some of my favorites from my very brief foray into Japanese theater. One of my dreams is to see a Noh play live.

What is your guy's favorite poem, poet, era, form, or language/tradition?

My favorite has always been Ode To a Nightingale by John Keats, but I'm woefully underread when it comes to poetry.

My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some ...

If you like Bach and math i would highly recommend Godel Escher Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. It's a fun book and it made a big impression on me when i read it in high school.

What is it about? Would it hold up for a 'mature' reader? I always heard about it, but was wary of this book that just ...

Pythagorean divinity .

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If the synth sounds hurt, just decrease the volume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmh6j7XwcPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_TEaY4kpio


Wow that Pathetique with the ...

I started rereading The Man Without Qualities yesterday.

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It's both the longest and the last major work of German literature.


Oh no my high ...

i do seniors workouts when i feel depressed and i want to move, but a whole workout seems too daunting. this one by Lucy Wyndham-Read is really fun. this mobility/stretching video by Yuri Marmerstein is really good too.


I feel slightly weird giving life advice, but I think the biggest thing ...