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Re: What are you reading?

Post by starjots » Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:50 pm

This book popped up on Facebook - a PDF of a 1906 book written by Geronimo about his life (translated and transcribed with the permission of President Teddy Roosevelt).

https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Geronimo ... kqpeja9HI0

It only took an hour to go through, but I learned quite a bit about the Apaches who are one of the principle native American tribes in my home state. I also learned Geronimo really didn't like Mexicans and I'm sure they hated him too, for good reason on both sides.

When I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca AZ, I learned that fort had originally been built to help control the Apache and played a large role in the final campaign to capture Geronimo - which happened inside Mexico in 1886. This marked the end of the 'Indian Wars' in the US.

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Re: What are you reading?

Post by SomeInternetBloke » Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:53 pm

starjots wrote:
Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:50 pm
This book popped up on Facebook - a PDF of a 1906 book written by Geronimo about his life (translated and transcribed with the permission of President Teddy Roosevelt).

https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Geronimo ... kqpeja9HI0

It only took an hour to go through, but I learned quite a bit about the Apaches who are one of the principle native American tribes in my home state. I also learned Geronimo really didn't like Mexicans and I'm sure they hated him too, for good reason on both sides.

When I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca AZ, I learned that fort had originally been built to help control the Apache and played a large role in the final campaign to capture Geronimo - which happened inside Mexico in 1886. This marked the end of the 'Indian Wars' in the US.
There are a few relatively recent FBI fugies on the lam in MEX for crimes in AZ. Also, I like old-timey stuff.

Edit: I use an app called Read Aloud-A text to speech voice reader (natural sounding female voice) when using the Microsoft Edge browser and am currently using it for listening to that pdf while completing my final semester homework at community college today.
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by Catoptric » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:49 am

Sealing the Demons, Once and For All: The Ring of Solomon, the Cross of Christ, and the Power of Biblical Kingship
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/def ... ll_the.pdf

I keep wondering why Christians seem oblivious to the evident 'Satanic' aspects of the Old Testament (and how the Apocalypse and the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon are expected to occur?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Temple
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by SomeInternetBloke » Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:25 am

Catoptric wrote:
Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:49 am
Sealing the Demons, Once and For All: The Ring of Solomon, the Cross of Christ, and the Power of Biblical Kingship
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/def ... ll_the.pdf

I keep wondering why Christians seem oblivious to the evident 'Satanic' aspects of the Old Testament (and how the Apocalypse and the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon are expected to occur?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Temple
I used to be into saying a lot. I'm not into that any longer because I've nothing to say. Hopefully, you figure it out bud. Have a good evening. :)
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by starjots » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:03 am

Catoptric wrote:
Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:49 am
Sealing the Demons, Once and For All: The Ring of Solomon, the Cross of Christ, and the Power of Biblical Kingship
https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/def ... ll_the.pdf

I keep wondering why Christians seem oblivious to the evident 'Satanic' aspects of the Old Testament (and how the Apocalypse and the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon are expected to occur?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Temple
I recently watched a series of videos when the books of the Old Testament were written - the impression I got was most of the angel/demon stuff was written most recently vis a vis the rest. This might help explain why Christianity went in more for this sort of stuff than Judaism. (This angel/demon discussion begins about 6:15) in the video.


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Re: What are you reading?

Post by Ferrus » Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:56 pm

starjots wrote:
Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:03 am
I recently watched a series of videos when the books of the Old Testament were written - the impression I got was most of the angel/demon stuff was written most recently vis a vis the rest. This might help explain why Christianity went in more for this sort of stuff than Judaism. (This angel/demon discussion begins about 6:15) in the video.

Well the Judaism of that was written down was filtered through intetactions with Babylonian and Persian Zorastrian beliefs. What was effectively originally a strange subcult of canaanite priesthood increasingly monotheistically focused on the thunder God Yahweh developed into something more cosmopolitan and capable of creating a unified state.
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by SomeInternetBloke » Wed Aug 18, 2021 10:54 pm

Reading wishlist: Categories of Toposes: Visualized and Explained

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Ahem, an earlier iteration of Dr. Southwell's book from his webpage: Scroll down and click on the publication titled Category Theory for Beginners
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by SomeInternetBloke » Fri Aug 27, 2021 6:59 pm

O'Reily's Python Data Science from Scratch, and Python Data Science Handbook.

Also, Thebald's Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners.

Know of any free resources? Comment at your leisure.
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by Catoptric » Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:28 am

The Untold Lives of British Convicts Sold to America
https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/the-untol ... o-america/

https://www.familytree.com/blog/british ... -colonies/



MEET THE 91-YR-OLD JAPANESE WHO UNCOVERS HORRORS OF ‘UNIT 731’
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/int ... -unit-731/

Japan had evil scientists, at a time when evil scientist were often caricatures of comic strips and was even more nightmarish than Japanese animations or games on the subject of human experimentation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_Ishii

Dr. Shiro Ishii resembles Kylo Ren in some ways.


A Digital Devil's Saga Representation(s) of the Demon (pdf)
https://www.google.com/search?q=persona ... on%20in%20...

The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/08/ ... d-america/

Spies, Paranoia, Revolution, and the Rise of American Empire
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/p ... s-1059363/
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Re: What are you reading?

Post by Catoptric » Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:07 pm

The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America
The covert “selling” of anticommunism
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/08/ ... d-america/
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