Hector Arbuckle
@hectorarbuckle.bsky.social
Iowan in DC. Born this side of the millennium. Italianate architecture stan. I love a good corn maize!
Lots of really good bangers in this one.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Lots of really good bangers in this one.
Yeah, peace and quiet and safety.
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, peace and quiet and safety.
Intriguingly, our recipe uses cranberries!
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Intriguingly, our recipe uses cranberries!
Wait, you're younger than me? Who ARE you???
November 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Wait, you're younger than me? Who ARE you???
The floorplans look good, but why do these modern European single-stair buildings always look so modern? Have you ever seen them decorated in a more 18th or 19th-century style?
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The floorplans look good, but why do these modern European single-stair buildings always look so modern? Have you ever seen them decorated in a more 18th or 19th-century style?
Regardless, I think this is a very sociologically interesting situation. She no doubt came away with the opinion that the secular world is demonic and evil for questioning her, just as she was taught.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Regardless, I think this is a very sociologically interesting situation. She no doubt came away with the opinion that the secular world is demonic and evil for questioning her, just as she was taught.
But each of these would require a large amount of background research, and many of these are "unsolved" questions.
She could potentially have a big career in actual academia if she sought to find empirical evidence for these claims! But she's never been taught how to do that.
She could potentially have a big career in actual academia if she sought to find empirical evidence for these claims! But she's never been taught how to do that.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
But each of these would require a large amount of background research, and many of these are "unsolved" questions.
She could potentially have a big career in actual academia if she sought to find empirical evidence for these claims! But she's never been taught how to do that.
She could potentially have a big career in actual academia if she sought to find empirical evidence for these claims! But she's never been taught how to do that.
Her arguments could be rendered in non-religious terms! For example she could claim that:
1) Men and women tend to behave differently.
2) The differences are innate rather than socially conditioned.
3) Conforming to societal gender roles benefits the society.
4) ... & benefits the individual.
1) Men and women tend to behave differently.
2) The differences are innate rather than socially conditioned.
3) Conforming to societal gender roles benefits the society.
4) ... & benefits the individual.
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Her arguments could be rendered in non-religious terms! For example she could claim that:
1) Men and women tend to behave differently.
2) The differences are innate rather than socially conditioned.
3) Conforming to societal gender roles benefits the society.
4) ... & benefits the individual.
1) Men and women tend to behave differently.
2) The differences are innate rather than socially conditioned.
3) Conforming to societal gender roles benefits the society.
4) ... & benefits the individual.
The fact that she:
1) cites biblical passages but adds her community's interpretation as if it were normative;
2) is unable to distinguish her religious texts from empirical science;
and 3) suffers from inconsistencies and failure to justify claims;
means that her pre-college education failed her.
1) cites biblical passages but adds her community's interpretation as if it were normative;
2) is unable to distinguish her religious texts from empirical science;
and 3) suffers from inconsistencies and failure to justify claims;
means that her pre-college education failed her.
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The fact that she:
1) cites biblical passages but adds her community's interpretation as if it were normative;
2) is unable to distinguish her religious texts from empirical science;
and 3) suffers from inconsistencies and failure to justify claims;
means that her pre-college education failed her.
1) cites biblical passages but adds her community's interpretation as if it were normative;
2) is unable to distinguish her religious texts from empirical science;
and 3) suffers from inconsistencies and failure to justify claims;
means that her pre-college education failed her.
What's remarkable here is that she is doing as she was taught. Evangelicals are given a worldview where the Bible is the inerrant source of all truth, and where ambiguous phrases are given definite meanings by religious leaders.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What's remarkable here is that she is doing as she was taught. Evangelicals are given a worldview where the Bible is the inerrant source of all truth, and where ambiguous phrases are given definite meanings by religious leaders.
The New Yorker is actually famous for its conservative editorial style, which requires diaereses (reënter, coöperate) and the preservation of accents in foreign words (début).
The article is probably dumb, but I like how the New Yorker is holding the line on spelling conventions nobody knows about.
The article is probably dumb, but I like how the New Yorker is holding the line on spelling conventions nobody knows about.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The New Yorker is actually famous for its conservative editorial style, which requires diaereses (reënter, coöperate) and the preservation of accents in foreign words (début).
The article is probably dumb, but I like how the New Yorker is holding the line on spelling conventions nobody knows about.
The article is probably dumb, but I like how the New Yorker is holding the line on spelling conventions nobody knows about.
I dislike hot, humid weather because there is no equivalent way to make yourself cooler. "Take off all your clothes" is not appropriate in Western society, and there isn't enough shade to do that anyhow.
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I dislike hot, humid weather because there is no equivalent way to make yourself cooler. "Take off all your clothes" is not appropriate in Western society, and there isn't enough shade to do that anyhow.
but i realized that a lot of people from warm climates, when they go to cold climates, don't have appropriate clothing. if you have appropriate clothing, you *should not feel cold.* if you *feel cold outside*, it means you need *more and better clothing*!
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
but i realized that a lot of people from warm climates, when they go to cold climates, don't have appropriate clothing. if you have appropriate clothing, you *should not feel cold.* if you *feel cold outside*, it means you need *more and better clothing*!
i'm back in iowa today and last night there was a winter storm. going outside today is genuinely 10x more pleasant than a 90+ degree sunny day with humidity.
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
i'm back in iowa today and last night there was a winter storm. going outside today is genuinely 10x more pleasant than a 90+ degree sunny day with humidity.
Hmm, you're right, I've heard people talk like that. I do think that cold winters build character tho ;)
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hmm, you're right, I've heard people talk like that. I do think that cold winters build character tho ;)
Glass bridge? Wasn't that AI?
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Glass bridge? Wasn't that AI?
What do you define as "hot weather"? For me it's 90+ degrees F and high humidity.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What do you define as "hot weather"? For me it's 90+ degrees F and high humidity.
To me, the West Coast "always comfortable" climates are in a totally different category from the Sunbelt (Phoenix to Florida), where summers are unbearably hot in my opinion.
What do you mean by moralizing? For me I prefer a cold winter to a hot summer, but obviously comfort year-round is ideal.
What do you mean by moralizing? For me I prefer a cold winter to a hot summer, but obviously comfort year-round is ideal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
To me, the West Coast "always comfortable" climates are in a totally different category from the Sunbelt (Phoenix to Florida), where summers are unbearably hot in my opinion.
What do you mean by moralizing? For me I prefer a cold winter to a hot summer, but obviously comfort year-round is ideal.
What do you mean by moralizing? For me I prefer a cold winter to a hot summer, but obviously comfort year-round is ideal.
Whoa, even at the library?
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Whoa, even at the library?
Wow I didn't know that. This has inspired me to go to a bookstore.
Do authors typically make money off the books they sell?
Do authors typically make money off the books they sell?
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow I didn't know that. This has inspired me to go to a bookstore.
Do authors typically make money off the books they sell?
Do authors typically make money off the books they sell?
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