Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rural Areas at Risk of Becoming ‘Pharmacy Deserts’...Leaders in the sector warn the English countryside is ‘on the brink' of losing local pharmacies because of a decade of cuts.
https://archive.ph/wip/muXxn
Rethinking Addiction as a Chronic Brain Disease...Some researchers argue that the roles of social environment and personal choice have to be considered in order to make progress in treating people addicted to drugs.
https://archive.ph/HPzNO
After ‘Mechanistic’ Mass Formation
https://archive.ph/wip/kVpXJ
Christopher Lasch - Mass Culture and Technology...Intellectual Deep Web
https://youtu.be/WIwerPCnFUY?si=RSandcg9-ZeJHJky
Remarkable Documents Lay Bare New York’s History of Slavery...A newly digitized set of records reveal the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remarkable-documents-lay-bare-new-york-history-slavery-manumission-180984912/
The Stolen Sicilian Caravaggio...One of the top 10 art crimes, Caravaggio’s “Nativity with Saints Francis and Lawrence” has been missing since 1969.
https://archive.ph/wip/OwGAk
Amelita Galli-Curci: A Career Cut Short...The talented coloratura soprano’s short time on stage leaves a lasting impact on the world of opera.
https://archive.ph/wip/uLiLu
SUSPENSE -- "SORRY, WRONG NUMBER"...David Von Pein's Old-Time Radio Channel
https://youtu.be/_uDmNc8j9gA?si=ze1-bSY6QJWPMCkS
Tuesday Poem..Elizabeth Bishop - One Art
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2024/09/tuesday-poem-420.html
Christopher Lasch - what an interesting thinker. It seems like he was talking about so many of the same things we are seeing and talking about today.
20c American intellectual history really is a treasure trove. So many of these people were sort of proto-autists, in the days before the internet when anyone with an intellectual bent had to write letters, talk on the phone, and travel to libraries.
...those where the days my friend...
Speaking of 20c American intellectual history - I saw "Arguing the World" at a film festival several years ago. It found it riveting, and vital to understanding the foundations of all 20c American political movements:
https://www.pbs.org/arguing/