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Radical Anthropology

An interesting piece here on difference between human and other species' #cultural complexity, highlighting the aspect of #diversity.

True enough, but this is not dealing with the #symbolic, the shared #imaginary. Humans share their dreams about things that don't exist. Crows, chimps, elephants, whales, they don't.

Try Rainbow Snakes, for instance. Instead of being diverse, they are astoundingly similar around the world. Come and and hear our talk with Ivan Tacey on Tuesday for more on that.

theconversation.com/humans-are

The ConversationHumans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours uniqueAnimals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.
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PaintingsByJoan

This piece was inspired by my younger sister's yoga practise and has much hidden meaning aside from the Celtic Tree of Life Symbol representing the spiritual balance and harmony of birth, death and rebirth.

Celtic Tree Of Life Mother Nature The Roots Hold Firm by Joan Stratton

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#tree of life #celtic #mother nature #symbolic #tree #Silhouettes #vibrant #woman #female #Art #Artforsale #Ayearforart #Buyintoart #Art #Paintingsbyjoan #JoanStratton

Celtic Tree Of Life Mother Nature The Roots Hold Firm by Joan Stratton Vibrant colors and intricate patterns form a Tree of Life with a Celtic-inspired design, set against a teal background peppered with faint floral silhouettes. The tree's roots extend deeply, intertwining with the decorative elements and creating a sense of organic unity. Celtic Tree of Life Symbol represents the spiritual balance and harmony of birth, death and rebirth. Ether Art – A hand-drawn drawing / painting using the exciting modern art form, where art is created from scratch using a computer in lieu of a real canvas and paint, water colour, pastel, pencil, charcoal etc I create digital art from the ether, exactly the same as if I was starting with a blank canvas.
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Radical Anthropology

This is an interesting idea: that xtian #patriarchal control of #women especially attacked and belittled or shamed use of #cosmetics. This was particularly in the heritage of the #puritans but here the author argues it developed much earlier.

The very word 'cosmetic' in English connotes superficial, shallow, trivial. Yet the classical Greek etymology connects to a notion of beauty underpinning a morally ordered universe -- cosmos, cosmology. This is a concept frequently found in #Indigenous thinking.

Since our #FemaleCosmeticCoalitions theory argues for women's #ritual use of #bodypaint as fundamental to human #symbolic #culture, we think this suppression of body art is a likely pathway to patriarchy. Where women have power and freedom, they use cosmetics and adornment -- especially in solidarity -- to express that.

theguardian.com/education/2024

The Guardian · Medieval Christian misogyny shapes how we judge women today, says scholarBy Donna Ferguson
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Pauline von Hellermann

I've had to pause my #ThickTrunkTuesday mini-series on the social life of trees for the holidays, restarting in September. But today I want to post one tree that has been on everyone's mind since last week, #Lahaina's much loved #Banyan tree. One of the thickest trunks around! All the emotion about this tree shows just how #symbolic trees are for humans. Along with everyone else, I really hope it survived the fire.

lahainarestoration.org/lahaina

A picture of the beautiful, thick old Banyan tree in Lahaina, before the fire. One of the thickest trunks can you can imagine, beautiful shadows underneath. From this website: https://lahainarestoration.org/lahaina-banyan-tree/
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Joxean Koret (@matalaz)

Optionally, if I have enough time and it proves to be really useful: use #symbolic #execution to determine if #decompiled code corresponds to original sources code. It doesn't look trivial at all, as codes written by humans tends to be much more verbose, logical, etc, than codes generated by compilers.

In summary: it's hard to compare, say, humans written Abstract Syntax Trees against the #AST given by an optimising #decompiler taking as input code optimised by a #compiler.

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Leftist Lawyer

1. “You shall have no other #God before me.”
If god is an #idea, and the idea is #love, then the #revolutionary idea is that God is #love. Thus, the translation becomes “You shall have no other idea before love.”
2. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven #images.”
Traditionally translated, this meant don’t do #idolatry. But if the idea is love, then it means that the second you try to capture love in an image, you lose it. Love is an action. Love is a #verb, that disappears as soon as it’s #objectified.
3. “Thou shalt not take the name of the #lord thy god in vain.
In the traditional sense, we take this to mean don’t abuse the name of God. But cast in the active sense, to be #vain is to act with #vanity. From a #gospel of love, to take the idea of love, in vain, is to be totally immersed in #self-love. In a word, #selfishness. Don’t do it.
4. “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it #holy” Translated to the language of love means to don’t get so busy in your affairs that you forget the importance of practicing the idea that is love. Take some time and make some #space in your life just to #focus on the idea, that is love.
5. “#Honor thy mother and father.” Translates to the #symbolic embodiment of the love a #mother and #father hold for their #children. Honoring that love means acting toward others with the #gravity that love holds.
6. “Thou shalt not #kill.”
Does this need explanation? Honor love in the forefront of your mind and #killing another can never occur.
7. “Thou shalt not commit #adultery.”
Outside the love parents feel for their children, is there any greater love than that between husband and wife, wife and husband? Adultery is nothing more than succumbing to #lust, when the revolutionary idea tells us to keep love sacrosanct.
8. “Thou shalt not #steal.”
Rule? Or idea of love? Love and #respect are closely #synonymous. Taking from another what what one has no claim, as idea, is the highest form of disrespect.
9. “Thou shall not bear false #witness.”
Again, translates closely to not stealing. Disrespect for ones fellow, and more than that #disrespect for oneself. We all understand the idea … those that love themselves, and others, have #integrity. People with integrity travel in #truth. Those without integrity travel in #lies.
10. “Don’t covet." Because, wanting what someone else has is the surest way to hate, not love. The idea is to love one another, not things. Love, again, is an action. To love a thing so much as to put it before the action of love, is self-demeaning.
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