Problem: politics, big business, us vs them, people these days, meanies
Solution: be nice, work together, “meâ€It’s platitudes all the way down.https://t.co/xWu7tQfT7L
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) March 8, 2020
It me: There’s an early Edith Wharton story where a character observes the constraints of speaking a foreign tongue: “Don’t you know how, in talking a foreign language, even fluently, one says half the time, not what one wants to, but what one can?†https://t.co/ghrvJALGAi
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) February 26, 2020
“be charitable toward others as a path to good livingâ€https://t.co/EzZZdRtA4K
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) January 24, 2020
Skepticism has its place, but who are we to be skeptics when we are unable to understand the evidence before us.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) December 6, 2019
This is, truly, a philosophical ideal for our time. But I imagine it can also lead down a dangerous path for what evidence is truly sufficient in a world that has become so complex.
Believing Without Evidence Is Always Morally Wrong https://t.co/XY6BStDDGy
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) December 6, 2019
Meanwhile I blew off my daughter telling me she saw it get hit. Because mornings are crazy in this house. Good job me.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) December 3, 2019
Looked to be in its prime, too. Such a beautiful looking creature.
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) December 3, 2019
Blerg … had to move fox out of the road near home because the person that hit it drove off ☹️
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) December 3, 2019
Parenthood can be … difficult https://t.co/XuLgBG6rXo
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) September 24, 2019
I tried to stun him with the bug zapper (experience informs that it will stun at best) and before I even touched him he started buzzing his wings and raised his stinger at me 💀
— Brian Sweeney (@briswe) September 9, 2019