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Reading the The Simile of the Saw in the Buddhist Majjhima Nikāya.
Made me realize the mainstream Internet can be an interesting way to practice being unaffected by harsh words, gossip, distraction and other triggers.
AND also being equally unaffected by messages I would agree with or overly identify with.
Avoiding and blocking noise is one thing but can I stand amongst the noise and remain composed?
How much capacity for distraction do I still retain?
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The MCP hype is a distraction. AI Agents should just build their own tools
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My son texted me about new Epstein info coming out, and I feel like this is something to change the conversation about the
HORRIBLE BUDGET BILL
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY
SNAP AND HEALTHCARE
FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS!!!!
#epstein #distraction
Little Lawyer. - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/shorts/C7h14fe1Sic
#CutenessInAnUglyWorld .. just few a few bleedin' seconds
Kid wants a biscuit
m.youtube.comBefore you continue to YouTube
The Bad-Faith Interrogator - a troll who attempts to distract attention from substantive discourse and waste your time and energy by demanding simple answers to complex questions.
#disinformation #distraction #manipulation
Nothing beats a ‘good’ war to distract the masses.
The Falklands ‘conflict’ - despite being encouraged by Thatcher’s actions has been reported as being her salvation.
Trump, thick though he may be has some advisors who have been taking lessons. ‘Never mind our democracy, feel the quality of our killing (poor brown people in preference)’
And the media ‘pretend' to fall for it every fucking time, wetting themselves.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/trump-iran-war-media-support
The Guardian · Struggling in politics? Consider a war – the media will help
A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
One of the reasons why there are so few reasonable and pleasant conversationalists is that almost everyone concentrates on what he wishes to say, rather than attempting to give accurate and clear replies to what is said to him.
[Une des choses qui fait que l’on trouve si peu de gens qui paroissent raisonnables et agréables dans la conversation, c’est qu’il n’y a presque personne qui ne pense plutôt à ce qu’il veut dire qu’à répondre précisément à ce qu’on lui dit.]
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶139 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957), ¶139]
Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
A Cheap Smart Plug To Block Distractions https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/a-cheap-smart-plug-to-block-distractions/ #distraction #smartplug #hardware
Hackaday · A Cheap Smart Plug To Block DistractionsWe have all suffered from this; the boss wants you to compile a report on the number of paper clips and you’re crawling up the wall with boredom, so naturally your mind strays to other things…
A Cheap Smart Plug To Block Distractions - We have all suffered from this; the boss wants you to compile a report on the numb... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/27/a-cheap-smart-plug-to-block-distractions/ #distraction #smartplug #hardware
Hackaday · A Cheap Smart Plug To Block DistractionsWe have all suffered from this; the boss wants you to compile a report on the number of paper clips and you’re crawling up the wall with boredom, so naturally your mind strays to other things…
TRUMPVIRUS ALERT -
While nobody's looking & distractions and traumas abound - Trump has given away our homeland...unilaterally. Toddler #King
> 'Wildly unpopular': Trump slammed after opening 30% of US National Forest land to logging
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USpol; on things being "a distraction"
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@pvonhellermannn #Iran is just a #distraction because the only think that keeps #Netanyahu out of jail is perpetual #StateOfWar!
- That's why he let #O7 happen: To break the strike of #IDF #Reservists!!!
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@llanciawn This is sadly true. Moreover, it would be a convenient #distraction from the #shitstorm that surrounds him and the #GOP
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@TheRightsForum Wel gepland ism met de U.S. .... #Afleiden #Distraction !!!
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I was the household’s unofficial keeper of that musical treasure, probably the only one with the patience and fascination to work through the whole process. I was experiencing music the way people did in the 1890s and early 1900s - as something precious that required effort and attention, not just background noise. Those repeated listenings probably shaped how I hear and appreciate music even now.
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Trump is a LYING sociopath and TRAITOROUS CONVICTED FELON trying to start a civil war. A DOMESTIC TERRORIST #RepublicansLieAboutEverything #DISTRACTION