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Listening to Christmas albums on vinyl as @wspittman wrap gifts and get ready for Christmas morning.
First up: @celinedion's "These Are Special Times." #Christmas
The first song on this album is O Holy Night, and it's my favorite versions of one of my favorite #Christmas albums.
O Holy Night is an abolitionist Christmas song (written by Adolphe Adam in 1847, translated to English by unitarian John Sullivan Dwight).
Many singers (like Mariah) omit the abolitionist verse. Céline keeps it:
🎶 Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name, all oppression shall cease 🎶
O Holy Night is about parts of Gospels many Christians sadly omit:
Luke 4:18-19:
“He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed."
Yes, it's a record weight, not a weed grinder.
First up: @celinedion's "These Are Special Times." #Christmas
The first song on this album is O Holy Night, and it's my favorite versions of one of my favorite #Christmas albums.
O Holy Night is an abolitionist Christmas song (written by Adolphe Adam in 1847, translated to English by unitarian John Sullivan Dwight).
Many singers (like Mariah) omit the abolitionist verse. Céline keeps it:
🎶 Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name, all oppression shall cease 🎶
O Holy Night is about parts of Gospels many Christians sadly omit:
Luke 4:18-19:
“He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed."
Yes, it's a record weight, not a weed grinder.
That massive record weight to the right of the turntable looks an awful lot like a grinder. https://t.co/z9DHtKcLJh
— William Pittman will get vaccinated. (@wspittman) December 25, 2020
Here are 10 philosophy articles I liked in 2020, in no particular order (a THREAD with links).
1: Do animals have a concept of death? @Susana_MonsO sets out what it takes to have a "minimal comprehension" of death and explains how we can test for it.
2: @aliboyle6 on conjoined twins and biological individuality: https://t.co/c5y2cQm6IE. AB had another excellent paper, on episodic memory, but I will allow only 1 paper per author.
3: Tim Bayne, @anilkseth and Marcello Massimini on "Islands of awareness" - this paper is terrifying, horror movie-esque. You'll see what I mean if you read it. If you dare.
4: Can we perceive goal-directedness? Joulia Smortchkova argues that we can, and gives a plausible account of how it works.
1: Do animals have a concept of death? @Susana_MonsO sets out what it takes to have a "minimal comprehension" of death and explains how we can test for it.
2: @aliboyle6 on conjoined twins and biological individuality: https://t.co/c5y2cQm6IE. AB had another excellent paper, on episodic memory, but I will allow only 1 paper per author.
3: Tim Bayne, @anilkseth and Marcello Massimini on "Islands of awareness" - this paper is terrifying, horror movie-esque. You'll see what I mean if you read it. If you dare.
4: Can we perceive goal-directedness? Joulia Smortchkova argues that we can, and gives a plausible account of how it works.