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I’m calling bullshit on this doomer nonsense filling every screen. Anyone who tells you that something is fixed and dilated, that a specific future is inevitable, that it was always going to end t…
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Herodotus tells that King Croesus once tested all the oracles.
His messengers asked what the king would be doing In 100 days.
Only the Oracle at Delphi appeared to be correct: he was making tortoise soup.
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His messengers asked what the king would be doing In 100 days.
Only the Oracle at Delphi appeared to be correct: he was making tortoise soup.
worksofgenius.org/2025/10/28/t...
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“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”
-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏
“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”
-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Going to the gym at 7:30 AM like a person lowering themselves into the rough sea to get bashed into rocks by the waves.
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Going to the gym at 7:30 AM like a person lowering themselves into the rough sea to get bashed into rocks by the waves.
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If you ever visit Chicago and want a good (and/or haunted) day trip:
This is what you're actually looking at, btw. An exceptionally cool piece by David Wallace Haskins called Image Continuous. 3 sides are mirrors, but the 4th is this, a view of the sky framed by a reflection of the woods. It is ever changing, ever responsive to the conditions above & around the cube.
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If you ever visit Chicago and want a good (and/or haunted) day trip:
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they made teenjus deadline.com/2025/11/indi...
Meet Troubled Teenage Jesus In ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Based On Obscure Gospel; Italian Indie ‘Trifole’ Savors Truffle Country – Specialty Preview
'The Carpenter's Son' about teenage Jesus, Northern Italy-set 'Trifole', Osgood Perkins' horror 'Keeper' and 'Rebuilding' are new indie film openings.
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
they made teenjus deadline.com/2025/11/indi...
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Here is an essay I wrote for @parisreview.bsky.social about building a desk for a pickup truck
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t.co/3Pf4Nl1WrN
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Here is an essay I wrote for @parisreview.bsky.social about building a desk for a pickup truck
t.co/3Pf4Nl1WrN
t.co/3Pf4Nl1WrN
The Chair Company.
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Chair Company.
Fucked up that the Animal Crossing update is being released AFTER 年末年始.
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Fucked up that the Animal Crossing update is being released AFTER 年末年始.
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in addition to launching new software this early morning i also made a survey about the nature of the soul. fill it out maybe? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
On the soul
Being a survey tossed off after a night reading Aquinas
docs.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
in addition to launching new software this early morning i also made a survey about the nature of the soul. fill it out maybe? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
Feeling bad? The cure is a big bowl of soup.
Still feeling bad? Have more soup.
Still feeling bad? Have more soup.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Feeling bad? The cure is a big bowl of soup.
Still feeling bad? Have more soup.
Still feeling bad? Have more soup.
Me, every five minutes while watching this stupid show: “Tony Soprano is the fucking Devil!”
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Me, every five minutes while watching this stupid show: “Tony Soprano is the fucking Devil!”
The Sopranos was visionary for its portrayal of a selfish person using Therapy Language to get what they want.
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Sopranos was visionary for its portrayal of a selfish person using Therapy Language to get what they want.
It is very funny to me that someone could read The Iliad and think, “I want to be like Achilles!”
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It is very funny to me that someone could read The Iliad and think, “I want to be like Achilles!”
It should be illegal for your company to schedule health checks during 忘年会 season.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It should be illegal for your company to schedule health checks during 忘年会 season.
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Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
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"McCarthy was starting to seem like a man whose talents and intelligence were without limits, yet he lived in a hoarder’s shambles and couldn’t stop buying nonstick skillets and fruit bowls."
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth
The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"McCarthy was starting to seem like a man whose talents and intelligence were without limits, yet he lived in a hoarder’s shambles and couldn’t stop buying nonstick skillets and fruit bowls."
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Finally got round to reading this.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
I only have one chapter left of Patricia Lockwood‘s new book and I do not want it to end.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I only have one chapter left of Patricia Lockwood‘s new book and I do not want it to end.
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Friendly reminder! I won't be offering this again until next year sometime. I'm a teeny tiny studio & I can't afford to offer a lot of free trials, but really happy to offer this when I can. I promise no sales pitch or strings attached, just see if my studio is a good fit for you!
Hey Tokyo folks! I'm running a promotion in November for Tokyo residents: try yoga or barre for free (if you've never been to my studio)! DM me to book your lesson. If you are a regular...
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Friendly reminder! I won't be offering this again until next year sometime. I'm a teeny tiny studio & I can't afford to offer a lot of free trials, but really happy to offer this when I can. I promise no sales pitch or strings attached, just see if my studio is a good fit for you!
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Stepped in vomit exiting the train. NOT my own. Auspicious sign?
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Stepped in vomit exiting the train. NOT my own. Auspicious sign?
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I believe that the average writer has 1–2 thoughts a month that are worth sharing and that writing blog posts multiple times a week threatens to make you boorish and dumb. This explains the state of most of our op-ed writers.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I believe that the average writer has 1–2 thoughts a month that are worth sharing and that writing blog posts multiple times a week threatens to make you boorish and dumb. This explains the state of most of our op-ed writers.
Just saw S05E11 of the Sopranos for the first time. The Test Dream.
That‘s cinema, baby!
That‘s cinema, baby!
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just saw S05E11 of the Sopranos for the first time. The Test Dream.
That‘s cinema, baby!
That‘s cinema, baby!
Conbini alert: Yuzu KFC chicken flavored chips are GOOD.
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Conbini alert: Yuzu KFC chicken flavored chips are GOOD.
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