Month: December 2017
December 15, 2017
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The Dead or Alive 80s album Youthquake was named after the Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick inspired fashion scene of the mid-sixties
http://somebodystolemythunder.blogspot.ca/2010/09/youth-quake-edie-sedgwick.html
pic.twitter.com/BYTV630ZGL
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Be fruit filled, and mullet fly.
Be fruitful, and multiply.
— Kurt Vonnegut (@Kurt_Vonnegut) December 15, 2017
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Given how often it happens in movies, I’m surprised I’ve yet to crawl through an air vent.
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Coalitional Instincts | Edge.org
A daunting new augmented reality was neurally kindled, overlying the older individual one. It is important to realize that this reality is constructed by and runs on our coalitional programs and has no independent existence. You are a member of a coalition only if someone (such as you) interprets…
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December 14, 2017
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Me in Canada: sweet jeezus it’s cold out
Me everywhere else: I was born on our rocky eastern shore as the autumn icebergs entered the harbour. My blood is maple syrup, my wedding cake was poutine. My hometown had more Asians than Guangzhou, more Italians than Rome.
December 12, 2017
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People freakin’ about Cat Person should read some short stories by Ottessa Moshfegh.
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This is a valid concern.
not ready for clickbait fiction
not yet, world
— Adam Sternbergh (@sternbergh) December 12, 2017
December 10, 2017
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Almost all consequences are unintended.
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Collectors’ corner: book and music libraries – in pictures
Shares 78 78 With sales of vinyl and print on the up, British artist Mark Vessey celebrates the joy of personal, physical collections • Read an interview with Mark Vessey here Kathryn Bromwich @kathryn42 more galleries With sales of vinyl and print on the up, British artist Mark Vessey celebrates…
December 9, 2017
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🤦🏻♂️
Apparently I’m also the kind of type nerd who knows “Ariel” isn’t “Arial” pic.twitter.com/zLkkW4irap
— Craig Saila (@saila) December 9, 2017
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"The Nanny" star Fran Drescher to host a major Hanukkah celebration in Boston. https://t.co/7Q0vplBQRv
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 9, 2017
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He’s gonna have a problem when those minions wake up pic.twitter.com/Rto8lxv0j0
December 8, 2017
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I think the @spotify year-end review is one of the best marketing campaigns I’ve seen.
December 7, 2017
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SOURCES: @CNN and @washingtonpost working on exposing 20-30 congressional members 4 sexual harassment. #DC
— Michael Trujillo (@mikehtrujillo) December 7, 2017
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Al Franken isn’t being denied due process. None of these famous men are.
http://wapo.st/2AyfdSW?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.dd5e13357ab0
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a) I don’t understand the value of blockchains as a technology
b) I’m fairly certain good but gullible people will lose their life savings in BTC
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I’m an active patron on @patreon and I really hope they reconsider this wrongheaded policy change.
I’m sure it was well-intentioned, but the added complexity for new patrons will be a big barrier to adoption.
Patreon’s new service fee spurs concern that creators will lose patrons [updated]
December 6, 2017
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Future Historians Probably Won’t Understand Our Internet, and That’s Okay
What’s happening? This has always been an easier question to pose—as Twitter does to all its users—than to answer. And how well we answer the question of what is happening in our present moment has implications for how this current period will be remembered. Historians, economists, and regular old…
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💯
Black Friday. pic.twitter.com/F42Jr3dDiE
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) December 6, 2017
December 5, 2017
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I hope my nieces aren’t judged based on their alignment with my beliefs, good or bad.
🙄
As RNC goes all in for Roy Moore, remember its chair is Ronna Romney McDaniel, niece of Mitt Romney, who’s called Moore’s victims “courageous” and says Moore is “unfit for office.”
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 5, 2017
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OMG OMG OMG
U.S.S. Callister. pic.twitter.com/s6Tk2F8DNu
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) December 5, 2017
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We reviewed 60 studies on what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found.
We all want to find a dream job that’s enjoyable and meaningful, but what does that actually mean? Some people imagine that the answer involves discovering their passion through a flash of insight, while others think that the key elements of their dream job are that it be easy and highly paid. We’ve…
December 4, 2017
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Dating is weird. pic.twitter.com/WeAKBGSWVy
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We need to preserve wilderness – particularly contiguous stretches of wilderness. What we do now is woefully lacking.
50% of the planet should be protected and left to nature.
https://aeon.co/essays/half-of-the-earth-must-be-preserved-for-nature-conservation
pic.twitter.com/kUjYr8dzTz
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💡What’s the Real Problem with Hypocrisy?
💡Why Can’t You Remember Being a Baby?
💡Writing “Morning Pages” > Meditation?
💡AI Spots Art Forgery in One Brushstroke?
💡100 Notable 2017 Books
All this and more in Stupid Monkey Brain #7
http://www.stupidmonkeybrain.com/issues/stupid-monkey-brain-issue-7-84857
pic.twitter.com/GlL0s54828
December 3, 2017
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Murky Sunday
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OMG OMG OMG
Metalhead. pic.twitter.com/MDQj3IqLYz
— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) December 3, 2017
December 2, 2017
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This article is amazing.
It explains social media dysfunction, religion, politics, cool kids, etc -all in about five minutes.
@kenschafer Monkey Brain stuff and an explanation of The Walking Dead plot lines. https://t.co/hR2iN5Ri4B
— Kevin Speicher (@KSpeicher) November 28, 2017
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I limit myself to following 200 people on Twitter.
That forces me to go through my follows every few months and make a conscious decision about the value I’m getting from each accounts.
If you haven’t pruned lately, I’d encourage you to give it a shot.