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Safety Razors and Shaving Again

It's been a few years since I last posted about my excursions into shaving with a safety razor (double-edged blades). In my last post on the subject, dated almost exactly six years ago, I had just purchased a Wilkinson twist-to-open (TTO) or butterfly head razor. Well, quite a few years have passed without new purchases until this past weekend, when two new razors arrived.

https://ianchadwick.com/blog/safety-razors-and-shaving-again/

Safety Razors and Shaving Again

It’s been a few years since I last posted about my excursions into shaving with a safety razor (double-edged blades). In my last post on the subject, dated almost exactly six years ago, I had…

Scripturient

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026061814192498023
[Book Review] Disappearing Has Become Easier, Remaining Has Become Harder
Dominic Pettman’s "Ghosting"
Beyond Disappearing Breakups: Questioning an Age Where Vanishing Is Easy
Rethinking the Ethics of Response at the End of Digital Relationships

[Book Review] Disappearing Has Become Easier, Remaining Has Become Harder - The Asia Business Daily

One day in the 1980s, a man disappeared from his family. His name was Gordon—the author’s uncle. One day, he announced that he would call himself Gabr

The Asia Business Daily

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-nationalist-historian-caught
Christian Nationalist (aka pseudo-Christian Talibangelist) "historian" caught citing a quotation that doesn't exist
Tim Barton attributed famous Declaration language to a colonial sermon. There's just one problem: It's nowhere in the text. Barton has made a career out of twisting and distorting the words of the Founding Fathers and the Bible in defense of Christian Nationalism, homophobia, and bigotry.

Christian Nationalist "historian" caught citing a quotation that doesn't exist

Tim Barton attributed famous Declaration language to a colonial sermon. There's just one problem: It's nowhere in the text.

Friendly Atheist

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

Jay Kuo 6h ago

In a time of bonkers stories, this one may just take the cake. It turns out Tulsi Gabbard reportedly was little more than a puppet for a Hare Krishna sect’s guru this whole time. Read that sentence again, then read my write-up in the link in the comments.

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

Show thread

Ms. Missy 7h ago

@Nonilex

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

David Gerard 3h ago

Religious exemption from using the AI at work

Become a Unitarian Universalist!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kB4zFlEDjw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260622-religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work - podcast

time: 3 min 57 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/22/religious-exemption-from-using-the-ai-at-work/ - blog post

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kB4zFlEDjw
Religious exemption from using the AI at work

Religious exemption from using the AI at work

YouTube

Canadian Curmudgeon 2h ago

Robert Reich 6h ago

Canadian Curmudgeon 3h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaS0mpPzr7I
A new report is raising questions about whether a spiritual guru had influence over former DNI Tulsi Gabbard when she was in congress. Washington Post Investigative Reporter Jon Swaine obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing guidance allegedly sent to Gabbard from 2011 to 2017

Guided by a Guru? Inside explosive WaPo report about the man who shaped Gabbard's career

YouTube

Canadian Curmudgeon 4h ago

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/this-story-about-tulsi-gabbard-is
This Story About Tulsi Gabbard Is Bonkers
And we should have paid far more attention to the fact she’s still in a cult.

This Story About Tulsi Gabbard Is Bonkers

And we should have paid far more attention to the fact she’s still in a cult.

The Status Kuo

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