This belongs as an addendum to last week's livestream topic with Bret Alderman.
Spoiler Alert: It's about language.
I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.
Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.
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Can I suggest focusing on pronouns and names for a stream? I am reminded of Ursula k leguin’s book “the wizard of earthsea” and the “true” name of things.
And now extrapolating to :
How a parents naming and biology vs the chosen name and “gender” and how they exist as words of power.
Long article but decent. Author still believes in racial bias in police shootings/killings and is a liberal. But I’ve heard about this stuff for years. Now it seems like we’re allowed to talk about it since The Atlantic said something.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/elite-academia-leadership-hypocrisy/687969/
