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Nate Hopper
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Writing a book about what the time is for Spiegel & Grau. Published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, New York, GQ, and elsewhere. Former editor at Time and Esquire.
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Via this: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Citing this: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
www.newyorker.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This is a great word I did not know!
January 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Unrelated but related: open.spotify.com/track/3OLtDt...
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Hannah Frances · Keeper of the Shepherd · Song · 2024
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January 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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From Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything", in the middle of discussing how biologists inferred the existence of the giant squid:
In footnote text: "The indigestible parts of giant squid, in particular their beaks, accumulate in sperm whales’ stomachs into the substance known as ambergris, which is used as a fixative in perfumes. The next time you spray on Chanel Number 5 (assuming you do), you may wish to reflect that you are dousing yourself in distillate of unseen sea monster."
November 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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My current personal unscientific/silly Laura Marling album rankings:

1. Once I Was an Eagle
2. LUMP
3(t). I Speak Because I Can / Patterns in Repeat
5. Song for Our Daughter
6. Animal
7. Semper Femina
8(t). Alas I Cannot Swim / A Creature I Don’t Know
9. Short Movie
November 22, 2024 at 4:29 PM