Michael Dittman
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France in 2000, as envisaged in 1899. Some tech is wonderfully prescient: we've versions of Zoom, a vacuum cleaner, drone deliveries. Other visions less so, particularly those anticipating a life beneath the waves, of underwater croquet + whale buses... publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
February 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
France in 2000, as envisaged in 1899. Some tech is wonderfully prescient: we've versions of Zoom, a vacuum cleaner, drone deliveries. Other visions less so, particularly those anticipating a life beneath the waves, of underwater croquet + whale buses... publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...
Grocery store worker putting my bougie butt in its place:
Me: Do you have pre-made polenta?
Worker: (long stare with a pause) I have mush.
Me: Do you have pre-made polenta?
Worker: (long stare with a pause) I have mush.
February 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Grocery store worker putting my bougie butt in its place:
Me: Do you have pre-made polenta?
Worker: (long stare with a pause) I have mush.
Me: Do you have pre-made polenta?
Worker: (long stare with a pause) I have mush.
wapo.st/4fRDdkb When I asked a student who didn’t finish high school, who arrived at Berkeley via the community college route what got him excited about learning, his answer was simple: “My teachers cared about me.”
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November 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM
wapo.st/4fRDdkb When I asked a student who didn’t finish high school, who arrived at Berkeley via the community college route what got him excited about learning, his answer was simple: “My teachers cared about me.”