Squirrel

@squirrel

Lifelong creative, insatiably curious & compulsive puzzle solver. My passion = open source intelligence (OSINT). Fascinated with mysteries of the brain & the intersection of technology.

Every journey conceals another journey within its lines… - J Winterson

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I remember a psychiatrist once telling me that I gamble in order to escape the reality of life, and I told him that’s why everyone does everything.

― Norm Macdonald, 2016

One man introduced himself as the head of the public relations department, which he said included “international co-operation” as well as a division for “festival and events management”. Asked what this division did exactly, the civil servant answered, “flags”.

“There’s a department for flags?” Ghazal asked incredulously.

“Yes, when foreign... See more

Life is funny... and bizarre

What interests me most, however, are David Montgomery’s intricate character studies of the treasure seekers, as well as his insight in connecting their consuming passion to a modern-day lack of faith in mainstream media and politicians. As usual, it is the very human stories of desire, belief, and commitment that provide the most fascinating... See more

Art in Meta

"The gnome himself was visibly startled," police said, referring to the gnome having its hands covering its mouth.

Life is funny... and bizarre

The gnome was made of 4 lbs of MDMA

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9jr3y8gv5o

Discipline & Punish - Panopticism – Michel Foucault, Info.

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Panopticon

This enclosed, segmented space, observed at every point, in which the individuals are inserted in a ﬁxed place, in which the slightest movements are supervised, in which all events are recorded, in which an uninterrupted work of writing links the centre and periphery, in which power is exercised without division, according to a continuous hierarchical ﬁgure, in which each individual is constantly located, examined and distributed among the living beings, the sick and the dead — all this constitutes a compact model of the disciplinary mechanism. The plague is met by order; its function is to sort out every possible confusion: that of the disease, which is transmitted when bodies are mixed together; that of the evil, which is increased when fear and death overcome prohibitions.

Studies from California to New Zealand have shown that certain whale species, such as blue whales, stop singing when heat waves disrupt their food sources.

Diffcult things that make me ponder

Kit Williams, who could come across upon first meeting like one of the timid creatures of the forest he so delighted in painting, wasn’t quite what he seemed. His psyche harbored unexpected seams of stubbornness, pride, competitiveness, and even showmanship.

Art in Meta

support the creation of location-specific virtual content such as in-game treasures, effects, or even portals to virtual worlds that contain other content.

The tools we use change the way our brains work

“The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.” Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Sally Mallam • The Evolution of Storytelling

Storytelling