Update/musings: Changing blog name, new poetry, free book promos, writing about Chrono Trigger, and other randomness. Enjoy!
#writing #blogging #musings #update #ramblings #patrickwmarsh #whatthebasementsaid
https://patrickwmarshauthor.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/monday-musings-4-21-25/
Just published 
: If LLMs Can Code, Why Are We Building More IDEs?
https://www.poppastring.com/blog/if-llms-can-code-why-are-we-building-more-ides
#software #musings
Shower Thoughts out loud:
"No news sites, I really couldn't give a proverbial sh!t that Katy Perry paid Jeff Bezos to ride up near space for a few minutes, stop showing me this crap, there are REAL news items to report on.."
Caorach, 13 April 1941: A couple of weeks ago I stumbled on a reflection on the Caorach air crash site that I wrote the day after running the Assynt Traverse nine years ago. ... #Assynt, #Musings, #Running: https://aye.tf/2025/04/13/caorach
The clearest way into the universe is through a wooded wilderness.
I'm used to people following me on Twitch while I'm live, but I'm seeing follows even when I'm not live, which is heartening 
it means my non-live efforts are worthwhile enough for people to seek out my Twitch account in hopes of catching lives at some point 
It's a strange kind of paradox when a small fandom or group starts that's pretty cool. People love it, there's a small feeling of like "It'd be awesome if more people knew about this, etc." And then when it becomes huge, the feelings immediately become "I miss the old days when this was a smaller, tight-knit community."
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ― Maya Angelou
#musings #quotes #inspiration #change #transformation #butterfly
..and the boat captain said; "Of course I'll take you out on my boat to see the sharks Donald, you're my Chum", and Mr Trump was never heard from again...
... If this were a Superman Movie we were all living right now, the world would welcome ZOD's takeover of the whitehouse and collectively say "Thank God!", to which ZOD would correct them replying "ZOD" ...
At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should be happening and instead live in what is actually happening.
#quotes #musings #mystic #inspiration #bepresent #letgo #witchsky
Surprises are Culturally Normalized Violence
We are all intentional beings, we must exercise our agency to feel empowered in our own lives and to actualize our truest sense of self.
As intentional beings, when we meet each other out in the world, we must respect that we are co-creating this life by respecting each others choice and freedom to do as we will. To, by word or action, disallow or invalidate the choice of another being is to do violence to them.
When we plan a surprise for someone, we remove their ability to choose. We can get lost in our own feelings about the surprise, the look on their face when, how meaningful we think the gift will be to them (our to our self), thinking they will love this.
You may have no idea what traumas someone has or what triggers lie undiscovered, they may not even know themselves. You have no idea what landmines you may step on that will hurt them, which is probably not what you intend.
As a culture in the West, we normalize being grateful for gifts, being grateful for someone expending resources on your behalf, especially if you didn't ask for it. Your choice is removed by surprises because you were never even given the chance to say no, or even yes!
Spoil the surprise. 
#grace and #virtue are intertwined, for grace leads to virtue (2 Pet. 1:3). This shows the primacy of God’s action through grace leading us into virtue. But we cannot ignore the human involvement in that. This is why Peter says *we* must “make every effort” to grow into virtue (2 Pet. 1:5). The two elements must be held together: God’s action and human responsibility. To do otherwise is #unbiblical.
#musings #theology #theologidons
When I consider activism
I hear a solid note
shared through many voices
One cannot hold a note
sustained forever
we gotta breathe and rest
together we hold the note forever
breathing and resting
while others Sing
the Songs of Freedom
continue forever
Our collective voices share
We are not free until
we are all free...
Listen to the collective nature of this Philip Glass piece, a symphonic note, a chord, together in motion and rhythm...
https://tidal.com/track/360675179?u
nuance is a meaningless word in today's world.
Armin's #Rust #musings make a triumphant return as he celebrates the groundbreaking #innovation of... #upcasting. 
Get ready to witness the riveting #saga of Rust's #syntax #wrestling with its own shadow, a feat as #thrilling as watching paint dry. 
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/3/27/any-upcast/ #Armin #HackerNews #ngated
Why am I not losing weight? I ate so sensibly yesterday… except for finishing the tub of ice cream right before bed. #musings
These are my identities. Counselor. Writer. Autistic. Kinkster. Polyamorous. This is who I am.
