Not much has changed for children in the rural parts of Nigeria where a toxic mix of belief leads to abuse, and even death. The organization that helps to provide relief for these kids always needs help, and more importantly, money.
Book Being Shipped to Backers
Were you a backer of the book for 40$ or more? Then you’re entitled to receive your physical copy of Bible Stories. I’m sending these out right now to those that got in touch with me.
Now, it’s been a few years, and most people tend to move, so I can’t send the book out until you reach out to me. So be on the lookout for an email, or better yet, get in touch with me as soon as possible at news@jacobfortin.com
I can’t wait to have these babies in your hands and hearing your thoughts in the Forums, or even better, as reviews on Amazon.com
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Not my everyday attire
7 years. That’s how long I’ve been absent from the web, trying to rebuild my life and have a little stability.
Being stuck at home has also given me time to look back on all the projects and ideas I’ve had over the years. Rather than let them rot away in a drawer, I’ve decided to publish them on the site, and use this content as part of my new show.
It will take a bit of time to get everything up and running, but in the meantime, if you’re new or returning to the site and would like to see all the different projects I’ve been working on, feel free to browse the site!
I’m also re-starting the Forums, and if you would like to get your login, please send me an email to news@jacobfortin.com so I reinstate your account. I want to hear from you!
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Franco-Prussian War
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The Design of Crap: Ever wonder why some products look like crap? There are good reasons for it. Sometimes, you don’t want to look too good.
Alcohol Percentage (Retraction): So 100 proof alcohol is actually only 50%. That’s the way the system works. So for alcohol to be 90%, you need 180 proof. Not something you can easily find, btw.
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Cold Welding
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Cold Welding In Space: When you don’t live in an atmosphere like earth, things get a little weird. For starters, it means that there are things you can do there that you can’t on earth, the most impressive of which is “Cold Welding”. Scott Manley has a really cool video about that, and guns in space. [1]
Weapons in Space: there’s more than just guns up there too. There’s a long history of people trying shit up there, but honestly, the damage you could do with a crowbar is way too much already [2]
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The Great War
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The Live Telethon: In 2013, in an attempt to try and generate both interest and enough money for printing my book “Bible Stories”, I did a 12 hour telethon streamed on Youtube. We perhaps had a maximum audience size of 30 or so people. Still, some of them watched the whole show, so there are some hard-core listeners out there.
How You Never Buy Anything Anymore: I’m not the only one who thinks this is bogus: electronic purchases are in fact long term rentals. You don’t own anything anymore. [1]
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Nuclear Boy Scout
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Japanese Drinking Habits: The Japanese are actually way crazier drinkers than you ever imagined. Your future job prospects often depend on how you can handle your drink. Makes me glad this shit hasn’t caught on over here, but we’re not as over worked as the poor Japanese. [1]
The History of Human Rituals: Perhaps we wouldn’t have so many social problems if we were able to make more rituals that would allow people to find their place in society. [2]
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Christian Science
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The Cubs Win the Penant: I guess it’s news when a baseball team that hasn’t won in a century wins again. Many people said it predicted bad things to come, like Trump winning. [1] Although I claim baseball is “dying”, it’s true that their numbers are up. Still, is it actually any better? [2] For that matter, does the next generation want to play and populate it?
The De-Colonization of Science: This is the problem when people think that “narratives” define reality. It’s nothing more than a new wave religion that aims to de-legitimize the actual work people do to understand the world. If you can stomach this sort of thing, what this video.[4] It may have something to do with low graduation rates and poor passing grade there, I’m not sure. [5]
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The Unabomber
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Ted Kaczynski
Child prodigy born in a bit of strange isolation. He had hives, so the doctors thought it was a good idea to isolate him during the first few months of his life. This was standard procedure back then, and it would appear that the baby was very distant and unresponsive to affection at first.During his childhood, he would “shut down” for a while, and then go into fits of rage.
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