Now this was good, not because I know anything about Mr. Beast other than he's somewhat popular, but it does make some good arguments regarding his rather baleful influence. The opening claim of "Watched 1000 Hours SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO" impressed me, and it articulated a few things I've long realized to be true and recognized in myself, and hopefully should force me to act in a manner a little more in line with my integrity. 

Now - while this video takes issue with the inanity of Mr Beast and the final summing up of how many years humanity has spent watching him count (1 inane video - 102 - YEARS!!! - imagine the sum of all his videos taken together). While I agree with the "Turn Away and give it none of your attention" philosophy, whether you watch him or not - he's symptomatic of a very much larger problem - this theft of our attention takes us away from people, humanity, community - and - were we all to do something with the time we waste on this nonsense we'd get - individually - great things done - as a society we'd be building pyramids daily. 

Think of how much time we waste upon the internet, Facebook, Reddit - 99.9998 of any time spent there is wasted. The same with Instagram, Tik-Tok, etcetera. And the algorithms are designed to keep us "engaged" - although, in reality, they're keeping us stunned and numb when we should be righteously morally enraged at the antics of these "influencers", "Content Creators", etc. 

Don't get me wrong, the internet can still be an interesting place - if you go there with something in mind. Go there looking to fill your head or waste some time and it will too readily oblige with the worst of all possible content. 

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Exactly what it says. A clay jug from the 17th Century filled with copper coinage of the era. Unfortunately Archaeologists had to be called in because metal detecting relics in Poland is illegal. 

Which means - a lot of finds go undiscovered or unreported.

Link: https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-century-hoard-brimming-with-1000-coins-discovered-in-poland

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A 1 Kg gold hoard containing the oldest know reference to "Odin", unearthed in Vindelev, Western Denmark in 2020. Approximately 1500 Years old. 

Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/mar/08/oldest-known-reference-to-norse-god-odin-found-in-danish-treasure-trove

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Stumbled across this, probably good that I didn't know about it while I lived there...

Link: The Atlantis Bookshop

On this side of the world there's always 

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiser_Antiquarian_Books

Frankly there's nothing better than a used bookstore or old curiosity shop, and to find a bookstore that specializes in my more esoteric/preposterous beliefs and reading is - well, I'd be there far too much I'm sure.

There are plenty more, but I'll let you discover them on your own. 

 

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  1. RRR
  2. Facebook Rescue
  3. Caesonia's Ring
  4. The Resident Artist...