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AnneODyne commented on the post, Making Deals With The Mongol Horde

Fri, 16 May 2025 22:55:49 +0000

Seems these tendencies to dominate and decimate are still very much prevalent, and not yet attenuated by evolution. I wonder if there is such a thing as emotional or cognitive genetics, rather than on racial or […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, The Game of Government

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:42:23 +0000

Starting next year MLB is expected to go with robotic umpires…What will become of arguing balls and strikes…Will drones take over the job of ejecting those who strenuously protest a call?

Impeachment by algorithm perhaps?

AnneODyne commented on the post, Brattleboro - Hinsdale Bridge Opening Today

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:33:32 +0000

That’s quite the synchronization…unless it was intentional…

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Bafflingly Blind

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:53:29 +0000

I remember as a young kid observing the arrangement where a lawyer would defend as a matter of their profession the most dangerous or deranged suspects. I thought about the ethical dilemmas that must have been […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, The Puppet Show

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:59:25 +0000

A broken system, ruled over by berserkers…

AnneODyne commented on the post, What's Next?

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:57:10 +0000

As this article and others have pointed out, there’s unprecedented amount of anxiety in the air. For me much angst comes from not being able to fathom the widespread embrace of cruelty and hypocrisy. I’m having a […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, 2024 Election Forecast Updates

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:30:17 +0000

FWIW-IMHO- I’m not a fan of poll mania. It ratchets tension in an already overhyped arena, and is clearly manipulable.

Not only has polling been a hit or miss proposition, like teaching to the test for e […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Commander in Mischief

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:18:31 +0000

By suggesting Trump may be embodying the Trickster archetype, deliberately or unconsciously, this is not at odds with the notion that he may also be delusional or suffering from a form of dementia. But, more […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Commander in Mischief

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:41:39 +0000

In the light of Trump’s most recent campaign shenanigans, seemingly more outré each day- foul language, falling asleep, working the fryer, false accusations, disquisitions on phallus size, dance performance- th […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Fauxliage Tours

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:17:49 +0000

“As hordes of photographers began descending on a small, rural community to capture its vibrant autumnal colours, local residents have been fighting back – and winning.”

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Fauxliage Tours

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:20:53 +0000

A few years ago I took a workshop on Mt. Desert Island, and my classmates decided to take a trip up Cadillac Mountain. We asked our teacher if he’d like to join. He took out his phone, showed us a pic of the v […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Why I Am So Unhappy with Vice President Kamala Harris after the Trump-Harris Debate

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:48:17 +0000

Besting a bully is not a beat down. It’s taking responsibility. We’ve become unaccustomed to seeing that in public figures, and it’s long overdue.

AnneODyne commented on the post, Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes - September 3, 2024

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:49:14 +0000

“Sonder is the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of a […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Damn Us, Janus

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:49:13 +0000

The other day I was out for a stroll and passed two middle aged guys in animated conversation, “I remember high school like it was yesterday, and my best friend from there is now a grandfather!” That was int […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Death by 1000 Clicks

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:51:28 +0000

After I wrote and posted -1000 clicks- yesterday, Algorithm pushed this into my feed today

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Death by 1000 Clicks

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:59:48 +0000

Or; the click that broke the camel’s back.

Our omnipresent Streaming Wars are both annoying and dangerous. Less a matter of mortal combat, more a scramble for mental turf. And every foray costs. Usually along […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, America’s Biggest Sound

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:27:03 +0000

In David Attenborough’s new series on mammals, an overriding theme is there’s no part of the earth in which man has not mangled the natural order. Every species has to fend and adapt anew as a result of our spr […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, America’s Biggest Sound

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 22:10:35 +0000

Recalling this debacle borne of reckless behavior

AnneODyne commented on the post, America’s Biggest Sound

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 20:32:58 +0000

Or at a slight angle. Might be a wet roller coaster ride, but better than chancing getting rolled over by a beam hit.

It’s one of the more obnoxious hazards out there….the speed freaks, show offs, and obl […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, America’s Biggest Sound

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:39:17 +0000

I’ve got a skiff on a slip in a tight marina, and when the ebb fully hits it’s all rocks and rip-rap underneath the boat. This is especially true in the extreme negative tides of the new and full moon. Unlike the […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Long in the Tooth

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:59:15 +0000

Not really inclined to cash the functional democracy check just yet…(Jan 6 redux, supreme court cabal) but things looking up electorally for Dems for sure.

A phrase keeps rattling in my head regarding Trump a […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Long in the Tooth

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:59:35 +0000

Assuming logic is still a factor, if you follow the logic of your prediction, here’s the VP pick
https://digbysblog.net/2024/07/22/roy-cooper-for-vp/. Mark Kelly also looks good in this regard.
But if we can s […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Long in the Tooth

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:33:03 +0000

Mountains of commentary everywhere as we sit on pins and needles, fate of the world in the balance, or so it seems…I don’t have any special insight, but it’s nice to have an outlet to vent or spitball.

My fear, […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Long in the Tooth

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 20:14:33 +0000

On a personal level, a disturbing part of Biden’s calculus, and this stalemate, is recalling how my mother became increasingly stubborn and delusional as she progressed into her dementia through her eighties. Sh […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Between Rounds

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 16:15:05 +0000

“She was such a good ship, took us near and far…”

Yet now we’re taking on water, spending more energy bailing than sailing. Optimism is helpful, but clarity is better. Find and stop the source. It’s embarrass […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Between Rounds

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 01:02:42 +0000

It seems like maybe there’s an Iago in the camp. Biden set up to look even more senescent with statements about early bedtime and curtailed evening activities in order to steady the helm on our ship of state. At l […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Vote Christopher I for King

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:54:43 +0000

My studio pitch is more in the horror vein. The protagonist is trying to chase down a thief but motion is arrested, like trying to run underwater. They awaken to suddenly to find they’ve been paralyzed by some k […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Between Rounds

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:47:36 +0000

In the first televised presidential debate between JFK and Nixon- I’m not old enough to remember- the tide swung in favor of the more telegenic Kennedy, when Nixon’s candidacy went down awash in beads of face swe […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Presidential Debate Viewing?

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:07:20 +0000

Too many horrid moments in that debate. Biden was moribund, but for me the worst was Trump’s absolute denial of Climate Change, and the moderators taking his evasion and misdirection as simply a characteristic skip and dodge.

AnneODyne commented on the post, Presidential Debate Viewing?

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:14:25 +0000

World too polarized now to have both party’s supporters gather around the screen to root for their candidate. Honestly, the hype adds to stored up violence in and around this event, makes it feel more a high […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Nothing to Sneeze At

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:49:57 +0000

This push by Christian Nationalists is not innocuous, nor is it exclusively aimed at improving the moral standard of the country. If you look at the drive to court evangelical voters, and examine the motives of […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Nothing to Sneeze At

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:23:12 +0000

Remember when separation of church and state was a thing? The original ‘build a wall’. Of course none of us were around when the deist founders wisely inserted that anti-persecutional notion into our coun […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, The Most Important Vote Ever

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:13:22 +0000

A very curious Escher-like effect at work here. By that I mean, looking at it, stairs that lead up, actually lead down…to another set that leads…down again…or up?… looking closely hardly clarifies things. […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, The Killing Continues

Thu, 23 May 2024 17:44:58 +0000

I don’t think it’s fair to put Ukraine in with the list of aggressors. Seems more a case of holding on for their existence than anything else

AnneODyne commented on the post, The "Orange Turd"

Sat, 11 May 2024 22:41:41 +0000

I don’t know what peak incredulity is, but it feels as if I am approaching that. Very hard to fathom tens of millions of people ok with all this.

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Books As Greenery

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:50:43 +0000

If you’re a reader, fond of acquiring books, and have ever moved, you know there’s a day of reckoning when the sheer mass of paper harkens back to its original arboreal form. There’s also the curious pheno […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Brattleboro Selects BFD For Trash Collection

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 14:15:50 +0000

This is absolutely unacceptable, and exactly the kind of thing that drove me out of town. So confusing. Let’s say I live on a Circle, not a Street or an Avenue- not saying I do, but if I did- yes I might have l […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, aBrattleboro

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:34:27 +0000

Writing from outside and away from the area now, not quite self-imposed exile but with the place in the rear view mirror. What comes to mind; ghost roads, places only inhabited in memory, a distilled distance. A […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, So, About That Winter

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:08:28 +0000

“Normally” the lilacs come in as hummingbirds return to our yard in June. I’m wondering if the shifting warmth sets off a bump to migration patterns, and then a change to pollination cycles…

…snowball effects….

AnneODyne commented on the post, So, About That Winter

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:58:52 +0000

Kinda wish there was more conversation and exchange on this site. If weather isn’t one of the easiest and primo things to chat about, what is?

AnneODyne commented on the post, Cultural Revival

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 03:15:55 +0000

Appreciation for cultural tradition is greatly enhanced by an understanding of the conditions and forces people faced while trying to preserve their artifacts and practices. In our flash-in-the-pan pop-infused […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Brattleboro’s Unofficial Presidential Primary, Town Meeting Day, and WSESD Election Results

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:23:57 +0000

Scary times, indeed

AnneODyne wrote a new post, A Little Something

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:44:35 +0000

I went out on a date this week, if you can call it that. All it was really was dinner. We knew each other quite well, and both of us had the taste for a certain cuisine from a very popular place. It was bound to […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, We Perceive, and Then Believe

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:12:31 +0000

…Timely

Oblio-Arrow 2024

AnneODyne wrote a new post, We Perceive, and Then Believe

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:47:49 +0000

I don’t know about you, but if I inadvertently walk into a spider web, or step in dog poop, my impulse is to get it off as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Why is the same not true for wayward ideas, made up t […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Weather Map Now Has More Useful Data and Overlays

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:44:11 +0000

No doubt forecasting tools now are amazing. I’m a longtime WINDY customer, the premium package offers even more chills and thrills. As a sailor, being a weather freak is part of the deal. If you really want to b […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Weather Map Now Has More Useful Data and Overlays

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:47:18 +0000

Just spitballing here, but my suspicion is that we don’t see those triangles and half moons so much anymore because they were used in print media, not easy to interpret, and digital data now offers a dazzling a […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Weather Map Now Has More Useful Data and Overlays

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:09:09 +0000

Weather is endlessly fascinating to me, always has been. One thing I’ve noticed lately, for all the fancy filters, we rarely see a weather map with lines depicting cold and warm fronts, with the corresponding s […]

AnneODyne commented on the post, Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:42:34 +0000

I kept my post unsentimental and impersonal on purpose, but I’d like to add a note of urgency to the search for a cure. With our growing and aging population, cases are set to explode worldwide. Often patients are […]

AnneODyne wrote a new post, Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 23:09:52 +0000

We often hear advice, ward off dementia by staying mentally active. Learn a language, pick up a new instrument, take up a puzzle routine. Having recently lost a family member to that disease, and now being much […]