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books writing

On Writing Well

…no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s…

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Disney

Bob Replaces Bob (Again but in Reverse)

…Iger returning to lead the company. Disney’s board of directors announced the decision Sunday night. Surprising that they did this late on a Sunday night but also probably a good…

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technology

RSS Feeds for Twitter

…have questions or comments, please post them here. Why now? RSS 2.0 will be twenty years old on September 18. One month from today. I’m working on something pretty big…

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article

Misquoting Einstein

commonly misattributed quotations. I’ve listed them below, but if youre curious to find accurate attributions, I recommend checking out the article. “Let them eat cake.” — not Marie Antoinette “I…

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bad review revue

The Bad Review Revue

Jurassic World Dominion: “How many ways can you screw up a dinosaur movie? It seems like a slam dunk. The people are coming for the dinosaurs, so you give them…

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philosophy

Absurd Trolly Problems

See how you compare to ~1,000,000 others in Neal Agarwal’s increasingly absurd ethical dilemmas. (Via)…

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ethics

Donald McNeil Follow Up

Yesterday Donald McNeil published a follow up post about his firing from the New York Times on Medium. He blames a culture of hypocrisy and elitism and compares his forced…

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article Statistics

Maybe if People Played More Board Games

…fun-filled people in Canada, especially compared to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where just 24% of residents feel strongly that they have enough fun in their lives. Alberta came in second last…

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Art

Dated New Yorker Cartoons of People Doing Normal Things

I tried showing Ange these and she got hung up on the fact that these couldn’t possibly ever have been funny. I mean, she’s not wrong. https://twitter.com/maxsaltman/status/1488555017804124171?s=21 (Via Waxy)…

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life

HomePod Mini

…Ignoring me, she exclaimed, “Oh, so cute! She’s going to hatch!” and then started laughing. I’ve been using the intercom feature to call into the kitchen while I’m sick in…