Aaron Soley

@ajsoley
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Actuary, Go player, speedcuber. He/him. New Lenox, IL, USA.
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Trump is like a kid who blows off his finger playing with fireworks. He either knew the risks going in and didn’t care, or was such a blathering idiot that the excitement of watching things go boom was as far as his brain could process. But in either case, he alone lit the fuse.
"He does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. He does not think about how his behavior in one place will change the behavior of other people in other places. He does not consider the wider implications of his decisions. He does not take responsibility when these decisions go wrong." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/trump-iran-war-allies/686423/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31dWsRj9tVhI4YolO-4zzIE
Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

The Atlantic
@urbanfoxe I think it's one of those bands you just have to see at least once. Hope you have a great time!
@urbanfoxe I was at the Alice in Chains/GNR concert at Soldier Field in 2016. I'm curious how they are another decade on. Considering going to the July 29th concert.
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@richardelwes I hate reassembling big cubes. I was at a competition on Saturday and I had an internal piece on my 4x4 pop right before I was scheduled to do my solves. Even getting that one piece back in was way more stressful than I would have liked.
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Lost a lot of respect on this one. This a great answer if you want to be a follower. If you want to lead, then fucking lead. Take the hits, even when it sucks. Do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do. I’ll never ask anyone to do something I’m not willing to do myself.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p7gxyfr5vii5ntpwo7f6dhe2/post/3mfhm42srgk22

This is great fun - a story by Colin Gorrie which starts out written in contemporary English, then in the language of 1900, then 1800, 1700, and so on. How far back can you follow it?

https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english

How far back in time can you understand English?

An experiment in language change

Dead Language Society