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Sean Bellamy Mcnulty
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The way I saw it, this was the only good war at the time, and by damn I was going to be there to fight it.
“Of each particular thing, ask:
“What is it in itself, in its own construction?” —Marcus Aurelius”
― Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
“What is it in itself, in its own construction?” —Marcus Aurelius”
― Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
“The situation in which a person, imagining fondly that he is in charge of his own destiny, is, in fact, the sport of circumstances beyond his control, is always fascinating.”
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
“SYROTUCK ANALYZED 229 search and rescue cases (11 percent of them fatal) and concluded that almost three quarters of those who died perished within the first forty-eight hours of becoming lost.”
― Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
― Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
“At dawn the boy bathes, then stays awake until late afternoon, pacing and expectant, at which point the circumciser comes at him with a homemade knife. “I nursed my wound for 45 days after,” one initiate said.”
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
“His report described a typical beka initiation, complete with slaughtered sheep and chickens, the neck of a tortoise (because it resembles a penis), and “virgin lasses” in attendance through a long prelude that culminates at four in the morning.”
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
― Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Sean’s 2025 Year in Books
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32 friends
336 books
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868 books
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229 books
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381 books
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440 books
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795 books
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864 books
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