time travel without a paradox

Hey guys,

Some new things:

1. It doesn't get more New York than Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese. If you know both their voices, you may have noticed their staccato rhythms seem almost interchangeable.
   

2. Been listening to those classical music YouTube vids that match along the sheet music. If you don't read music, it could be a cool way to get a feel for it. Try it and see if your brain feels a different stretch.
   

3. Need to intensely focus? Do binaural beats help?
   

4. New trailer for The Wandering Mare. Notable to me not just because it was filmed almost entirely in a warehouse in Paterson, NJ, but because Shane Carruth was once a producer and I've always admired his DIY success. His debut film Primer was made for practically nothing (back at a time when that kind of thing would get you noticed). It was an intelligent what-if time travel scenario.
   
   Apparently, new research is suggesting time travel may be possible without creating a paradox.
   
   That said, the reason Shane is no longer a producer on this new film has something to do with abuse allegations. Which is always unfortunate if reasonably true. But it brings up the question of how much people need to disappear just because part of their life is flawed, or worse, simply not to our liking, based on our perception, or what we are told our perception is. Punishment is necessary for a functional society, but can we truthfully say we have enough wisdom to always match the punishment to crime? Are we acting out our sense of morality in ways that logically shouldn't have any relation?
   
   The troublesome Shia LeBeouf apparently did not behave very well to his ex. And he's really getting in Olivia Wilde's way. Check out the NSFW music video she directed him in, but took her name off of because he felt he had authority to use his own edit. To be honest, doesn't seem like it's the kind of project that could be cut significantly different; hers was likely just as good/bad, and without knowing more details, I'm thinking maybe she had the right to have final cut. Or maybe not.
   
   Anyway, the Powers That Be have determined Shia's name must be removed from Oscar Consideration for Netflix-distributed Pieces of a Woman. Likely the corporation trying to save face -- but why? As usual, because virtue signaling is part of the rule book in this era of mass pressure. Even though the film is uneven, aside from a very effective, visceral, real-time opening act, Shia's performance is a decent one. If I were a voter, I'd want my freedom to still fairly consider it.
   

5. The beautiful murmuring of the birds. Learn why here.

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