Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

@ned @Klaatu That is interesting, but if you consider some of the Old Testament miracles and how word of that would have gotten out, maybe not that surprising. I’ve always considered that many Native Americans were closer to Judeo-Christian in a lot of their beliefs than much of Europe or Asia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitche_Manitou

It was 90°F yesterday…

@futzle At least it is compostable and won't be around for long right?

@ajroach42 Ok, so I mis-remembered. My grandmother went to visit the Biltmore and wrote about it in 1959. She said her grandfather had talked about it and considered it “obscene”. Half because of the structure and half because of the owner. His uncles did fight for the Confederacy not that long before its construction. She did like the place and thought he would like seeing it too.

@ajroach42 My family lived relatively close to that area when it was built and I think I remember some writings that my great great grandfather did on the Biltmore. They were not wealthy, but not starving either. Let me see if I can hunt those down.

@ajroach42 I just did the tour last week as well and disagree with that sentiment. Being able to live in a country where you can do what you want with what's yours is ideal. A lot of the builders considered the house their magnum opus and many went on to do other great things. I heard that Vanderbilt paid for all of the many parcels. I don't know his whole story but the guy aspired to greatness, which is laudable, and helped a lot of folks. That might be why no one tried to steal the place.

Nope, nope, nope.

@ned @Christ_is_Lord @rose_myrtle
Right!? The denominations are generally schisms that helped keep the peace. Most people in them are ignorant of what makes them unique and there are plenty to pick from without creating more divisions. Really, most of these folks have another religion, a secular one, called Leftism.

@Sophistifunk @ned
https://youtu.be/5rH4LFVLUg4

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I?”
-Rabbi Hillel

@solene A real human would know the limitations of captcha and understand “close enough”.😂

So a great deal of the cryptocurrency space is admittedly hype, laundering, and oftentimes the wrong tool for the job. I'm a believer in the technology and I think it could do a lot of good for mankind. Average folks don't understand that it isn't just about money. Blockchains are records that are replicated globally and can't be altered. Here is an example(a little cheesy) of a message stored on a blockchain.
https://cardanowall.com/en/message/79f30d7eb536fbc4c69fceb7194b87be0dbe918ada997e6ab6b0b32e81bca061
It could, in theory, be around for ages.

My cousins wrote and performed a song a few years back based on a Civil War letter written by a soldier to his wife. It's a good song.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/sullivan-ballou-letter

Ken Burns also mentions it at the end of the first episode of The Civil War.

http://fortwalden.com/toot/Deathless.mp3