“Impromptu meals with friends. Making memories with my family. Going to bed early instead of watching another episode. Amazingly waking up (earlier!) feeling rested. Walking in the woods. Making more room to eat, drink, and be merry. (And play Magic: the Gathering.) All of those things are, by nature, slow, unproductive (depending on who you ask), and, perhaps because of their inherent slowness, compounders of joy over time.” blankenship.substack.com/p/margina…
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Haunted Words, Part 5
A collection of ghost words … 🆕 Ghost Acreage: “a term from agriculture and economics. It describes the unseen land, water, energy, and labour required to produce what we consume, even though those resources may sit outside the ways we usually measure things.” …
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The J-Card generator is too fun. Like, I want to make some mixtapes fun (yes, I have an unopened blank tape and a tape player). I even made my own J-Card (and related mix).
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Mischief’s Genius Ads for NPR Provoke Urgent Questions About the Right to Information:
Across a range of formats, from merchandise and the sign on NPR’s headquarters to billboards and ad screens on the New York City subway, the recognizable block letters transform into urgent and timely questions—many that listeners around the country are asking. “How does AI affect my electric bill?” “Why are groceries still so expensive?” “How is my farm going to survive?”
Clever.
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The Four Rules for a Good Walk:
useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting
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Meta Workers Say They’re Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users’ Smart Glasses
“I saw a video where a man puts the glasses on the bedside table and leaves the room,” one data annotator told the newspapers. “Shortly afterwards his wife comes in and changes her clothes.” -
“We are all product managers now, pleading with obtuse underlings to go back and try again and to get it right this time.” eod.com
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By Laura Makabresku instagram.com
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Shiori is a “simple read-it-later app.” shiori.sh