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- 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News
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4 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
That explains Anne Boleyn’s charm to Henry VIIIIII
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4 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
The test is really a measure of which and how many distinctions are being perceived. Being able to draw realistically is more a matter of learning/practicing how to SEE things than of the coordination needed to record these perceptions on paper, sculpt them in clay etc.
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5 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
Unfortunately, just as children start out by drawing people as blobs with branches coming out of the side of their heads, AI is also going through a learning phase, and hand algorithms will be honed to … if not perfection, at least a state in which they’re undetectable as AI.
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5 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
So painful to confront “what cannot be done.” Yet, with professional help and training, you may be surprised to see what’s really possible. People can lead full, independent lives using wheelchairs, driving, shopping, going to work and the gym. Adapting and flexibility are important.
Despite this week’s BCN strip, iPads and phones are great friends, and provide a great variety of entertainment and ways to contact the outside world. Everything from games to movies, books to read or listen to, interacting with new friends, getting information on how to learn new craft hobbies, or complete college courses. Not everything on one’s “bucket list” may involve walking. This can be sen as an opportunity/permission to do things that were on the “bucket list”…learning a musical instrument or language, writing, etc.
It’s a top priority for you, as the caregiver, to get help and backup. To really be there for him, you’ll need to be physically and emotionally healthy—which means you’ll need time for yourself, including getting out and socializing on your own. Caring for the caregiver is a necessity!
That said, you will both need time to mourn the losses. You have a right to have your feelings acknowledged and respected. But try to move towards the positive.
Hugs!
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6 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
Doing something good for someone else is a good way to fight feeling depressed and powerless.
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7 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
I think it’s a subset of the “male midlife crisis” syndrome, in which middle-aged guys finally have the money to buy all the things their teenaged selves thought would “make them happy, cool and/or hot.” Unfortunately, that stuff tends to involve selfish superficial symbols rather than real mature self-actualization that focuses on making the world a better place. The “divorced dad” aspect of it involves a rejection of/escape from responsibility for others.
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7 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
To me, the strip on uber-rich people felt more like a simple depiction of current socioeconomic conditions, rather than a political statement.
I think a “political” statement would have to include a suggestion of what to do about the condition. (My college political science professor defined politics as “the art of conflict resolution.”) So, to me, this cartoon would have been political if it gave readers a suggestion of what to do about things. So far, the only action Georgia has suggested is to flop down on a couch, make odd noises, and act like one is honking up a massive hairball.
Now, suggesting that readers hork up hairballs in rich people’s fancy vehicles would be “political.”
But I guess if “awareness” is considered to be an action, the strip might be construed as political.
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7 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
Things look very different to me from this side of the world, and my views on economic and gender-related politics differ greatly from yours. But, as a statement attributed to the French writer and philosopher Voltaire said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Cartoons have traditionally proved a forum in which potentially volatile topics can be addressed, using laughter to de-fuse tensions, and allow people to entertain additional perspectives on problems. Georgia’s brilliance shines most clearly at times like this.
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7 days ago
on Breaking Cat News
“Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make crazy.” Historically, seeing folks with excessive money and power becoming unhinged has been symptomatic of the start of an extreme reaction in the opposite direction. (Some Roman emperors and European kings come readily to mind.) When they began to act illogically, their excesses signaled the apogee in a socioeconomic/political/philosophical pendulum swing. When a pendulum swing reaches its natural limit, there’s zero force, but maximum potential energy, ready to be let loose in the opposite direction. “Apres moi, le deluge,”
For “normal folks,” sociopolitical oscillations are normal and dialogue’s a healthy way of reaching balanced compromise. But when people get stuck into extreme ideological camps and demonize the opposition, there’s no meaningful dialogue, even on small, local issues. The stored potential energy that gets built up can be frightening,
One way to help things is to reach out and create/maintain interactions with a wide variety of people, and try to keep the focus practically and local. “How can we get this pothole fixed?” “How can our town prevent mosquitoes without hurting bees?”
So dignified…