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Seek the invisible.
  • The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name;      this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

    Tao Te Ching Chapter 1

  • Let's Stop Arguing About An Imaginary Energy Transition | Art Berman
  • electric power generation, which accounts for a mere twenty percent of overall energy consumption, and only about thirty-five percent of total carbon emissions.

    Curious what the other 80% of overall energy consumption is from. I imagine a large amount is agriculture, but I couldn’t articulate why…

  • Why So Many Accidental Pregnancies Happen in Your 40s
  • Boggles the mind sometimes the trust we put in experts… I was scratching my head going, “How can something in your arm prevent pregnancy if it’s non-hormonal?”

    I genuinely have no idea how a professional could have come to another conclusion. Not trying to be rude. I really don’t understand it.

  • Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’
  • Yes, very well said.

    I’m considering the Lusophone world for myself and my family. My vision is to find a place where my kid can put down roots. I’m having a hard time working out the details, though.

    I have climate-driven concerns about living near the equator or in Europe. And as part of the contraction you mentioned, I expect moving around the globe will become difficult or problematic.

    That doesn’t leave many options.

  • Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’
  • I acknowledge your upset and frankly, I agree with much of what you said. I’m defending nothing.

    And yet it’s still your anger at an institution not meeting your (and many others’) standards.

    That’s still not the same as doing nothing, or, to put a finer point on the Trump vs Biden difference, that the Overton window in one case could even possibly trend in a direction you and I can agree is positive.

    I’m done here, friend. Be well and take care of yourself.

  • Daddit - Parenting for Dads @kbin.social KaTaRaNaGa @lemmy.world

    Skill Windows

    I’ve read that you can teach a child perfect pitch (how to recognize the key of a tone without reference to the sound of a known key) before the age of 4.

    What other skill windows exist that I can take advantage of to teach my kid before the window closes?

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    Daddit - Parenting for Dads @kbin.social KaTaRaNaGa @lemmy.world

    Dad reflexes failed over the weekend

    We got lucky.

    My 2-year old is a climber, which I’ve happily encouraged. We went to a new park over the weekend. He naturally gravitated to the biggest play structure with a tall slide and a rope net to get up to the landing of the slide. The landing was about 10-12 feet high.

    Youngster climbed up the rope net onto the landing and slid down once, twice… but on time #3 he slipped while swinging his foot onto the landing.

    I had prepped myself to catch him if he fell backwards but to my horror he bounced off a rope and then fell through the rope net under the structure the whole 10-12 foot height. With the rope net in between us, there was no way to get to him in time. He landed on his back on the wood chips of the playground.

    And in that moment I was scared out of my goddamn mind.

    But. Fortunately. We got lucky.

    I say we got lucky because:

    • his landing was perfect. His lower back took the contact and then transferred the momentum to his upper back and neck, in the way martial artists train to fall.
    • the ground was a thick bed of wood chips that clearly absorbed enough of the energy
    • the impact on him caused him to bite his tongue and……that’s it. He cried, of course, and bled a bit from that small wound, but after 20 minutes or so had normalized and was ready to try the rope net again. I let him, holding on to him lightly this time, in support of him moving past the creation of a deeper trauma response than what he already had just gone through. And he did the route 2 more times.

    It’s been two days since then. A healthcare professional checked up on him yesterday and gave a thumbs up. Youngster has gone on with life like nothing happened. I’m the one still processing the fear and horror. 😂 so it goes.

    I will say my reflex blind spots have humbled me a bit. I’ll still encourage adventure but I’ll be making a bigger effort to figure out how I can reduce risk and catch what I might be missing.

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