"On average, the time from first to last drink on day-drinking days was three times greater than on evening- or nighttime-drinking days" --newswise.com
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Enola's and Sherlock's cases converge with the "story of the British matchstick girls who in 1888 took strike action against the dominating, patriarchal world of matchstick making"
scalable.capital (stocks)
Wealth management / broker for the European market.
illiteracy
a lack of the ability to read and write
Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
They take a longer view than the "world is going to end in ten years if we don't do something!!!" From Lex Fridman Podcast #339
Baba Vanga
a Bulgarian mystic and herbalist... In the late 1970s and 1980s, she had become widely known in the Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition --wikipedia.
Sam Bankman-Fried
one of the richest people in crypto, thanks to his FTX exchange and Alameda Research trading firm, before his empire came crashing down in November 2022 --forbes.com
it is the highest good to leave California
Once a reliably Republican state, California is now deep blue, a Democrat stronghold with a supermajority in the state legislature. Consequently, there is no political need to listen to conservative voices.
"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly"
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Forrest Gump (fictional character)
Doc referred* to Forrest Gump, the fictional character, as "a great enlightened being" (maybe tongue-in-cheek) and spoke of his "almost animal simplicity" and honesty. It's a very touching movie and there are many good qualities in Forrest to emulate. --request
Samael Aun Weor
a spiritual teacher and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He taught and formed groups under the banner of "Universal Gnosticism", or simply gnosis --wikipedia
beat the system
"To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes" -- wiktionary.org
Dark Souls (video game)
focuses on dungeon exploring and the tension and fear that arise when players encounter enemies in this setting —darksouls.fandom.com
"Abandon the false and you are free of pain; truth makes happy, truth liberates."
Quote by Nisargadatta Maharaj
prudence
the skill of side-stepping trouble or embarrassment, like having the prudence to avoid risks or the prudence to prepare for the unexpected --vocabulary.com