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About Newsletter:

I’m Joshua Liu, the sole brain, keyboard, and Red Bull can behind this newsletter. Every week (time permitting, work sometimes gets in the way of that) I'll be sharing my thoughts, discoveries, and curated insights straight from my corner of the world.

I’m thrilled to have you here, and I hope these words brighten your world as much as I enjoy writing them. If something resonates, I’d love to hear from you.

My old .txt archive of internet articles which used to be hosted on this domain has been moved to my subdomain www.PilledTexts.com. I apologize for any inconvenience!

About Joshua Liu:

I do not know if I am falling up or down perhaps forwards or backwards if not a combination ― and am still wandering back in forth in the heavens for I have yet to find my place in the stars.

I grew up in Decatur Illinois. Amateur writer and poet. Currently active duty in the USMC. US flag

Contact email is site-mail@joshualiu.org.

Stuff I Have Here:

www.PilledTexts.com
The .txt file archive that I maintain.
LatinDeclensions.com
Quizzes of common forms of Latin nouns, adjectives, and pronouns.
TheTransatlantic.org
A Blogroll I maintain
Journal | Highlights
Legacy Zoraster blogs. Some posts have been rewritten for my newsletter.

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Capital Beyond Wealth

Bottom line up front: Wealth is rarely held as cash or physical currency; instead, it is tied to commercial capabilities represented by stocks, assets, and equity. There exists no …

The Historical Conception of Leisure

§ 0 Leisure in Classical Antiquity: The Foundation of Intellectual Life Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what …

Bootcamp

Poem Aye Sir Running Marching Yes Sir Pushing Screaming No Sir Eating Sleeping Picture of me at the 'confidence course' courtesy of MCRD April 2024

Script to Generate Rss Feed

1 This is a bash script to generate a full RSS feed from a directory containing simple webpages. The script works by pulling out the text between a few html tags to fill the needed …

Mental Health Is a Misnomer

Bottom Line Up Front: The overemphasis on the internal—whether biological (the brain) or on the psychological/spirtual (the mind)—can obscure the critical role of higher-level …

Illinois Untamed

Poem free–speech & free(d)–men pro–union & pro–unions shake–hands & shake–downs frontier-man & gangster-man … lost–boys & lost–men Illustration of …

Domes and Spires

I’ve asked my Priest about the frequent usage of domes in Orthodox architecture. I was told the domes have to with how the Orthodox view divinity. With a dome the walls come …

Words and Laws

1 The proper use of language can be found through but never prescribed by editors, lawyers, judges, or other authorities under English common law. Under this tradition, there is a …

Humane Suffering

1 Part of human agency ― and the human experience ― is the ability to choose to do bad acts and them having to deal with the pain and consequences caused by doing them. Not letting …

News Is Designed to Agitate

1 Many journalists (especially the social media ‘independent’ variety) intentionally produce content to emotionally agitate their watchers/readers/listeners. Often this …

Unicode Math Symbols Keyboard Guide

Unlocking Unicode Symbol Input on MacOS If you’re using MacOS, enabling Unicode symbol input is straightforward. Here’s a step-by-step guide to set it up: Open System …

An Adventure

Poem Four boys and two men A van filled with supplies Driving west across the plains Towards A beautiful fading sun Ready for an adventure! Nebraska, 2018

The Direction of Time

§0 A Black Box 0.0 When anything happens there is a tendency to immediately give the occurrence an explanation and then to say “it was obvious wasn’t it, we should of …

Stary Night

Poem Petal to the metal Windows open Radio blasting A telescope in the back A book to the side Not to be back until morning Illinois, 2020

American Allegiance

1 Loyalty is bedrock. Knowing that a person (or a people) will protect you gives peace of mind that thugs can’t come in and take everything you have built without trouble, or …

Poetry

Poetry Not affection nor expression But invasion and infection Acts of war and will Alive Dancing to Music Breaking at a smile Watching a sunrise Shine Not how long but how bright …