The older ones like Meta and Twitter have fallen on difficult times for many reasons. They are bad companies doing badly. And the new kid on the block, TikTok, has gotten all the wrong attention recently. It’s a bad company doing well, at least in some aspects. Let’s talk a look....
Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Loading... Whitewashed Tombs March 21, 2024~Leave a comment “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the...
This is a hobby project of mine, in which I work just as much on these lists and this repo as I feel like. But don't be fooled by the appearance, as these are nevertheless some lists that I've placed lots of energy and effort into, for the enjoyment of all of us. ...
2024-03-14: A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab (***). 512 pages. Published in 2016. 2024-03-09: Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up by Abigail Shrier (***). 351 pages. Published in 2024. 2024-03-04: A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab (***). 400 pa...
“Privacy” itself isn’t a particularly attractive product feature in online services. It can be nebulous: We can’t always feel or understand it, and sometimes, it’s only when privacy is taken away that we take it seriously. If you’re a particularly private person and troubled by news...
Lately I’ve been going out on my porch or on my girlfriend’s balcony to do a dry “cold plunge”: stepping out into the winter air for a brief period of time until it gets to the point I can’t bear it. It isn’t long, but like people who do cold water plunges, I feel ...
Kathie Sarachild,Consciousness-Raising: A Radical Weapon Susan Leigh Star,Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation – An Interview with Audre Lorde The Suburban Bi,Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, or: ‘how I came to stop worrying and like the word bisexual’, Part 2 ...
Have a dose of what life is really like living here – from my single-handed destruction of the Turkish language, random arguments with random relatives about everything from apples to vaginas to learning the secrets to making the perfect içli köf
“John was in a bad mood,” I wrote in the journal. “I think I told them about my plans for the trip out west and living in the city and I recall feeling really bad about the visit. It was like they were sorry they never changed: nothing happens here sort-of-thing. The Eeyores...
You have to pick a dominant type – you can’t mix and match things from across the circle – which leads me to my next objection- 2) It feels less like “typing” and more like stereotyping The premise of the Enneagram is that a person has a “dominate type” which should become ...