We need a word for the desire to use something which turns out to be inconvenient or unpleasant, as post facto justification for having bought it
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DanB
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Bostonian, language lover, writer, nerd. Pro-union, pro-LGBTQIA+, Trans Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter. Have courage, and be kind.
@remotevoices I didn’t say it looked pretty…
(but I did cook it in my new cast iron pan, so that’s a win)
Rosamundi@e_urq @SamYoung841 this woman has been rewriting Nazi pages on Wikipedia for a while, to remove the "look at this handsome, glamorous soldier" stuff.
https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/
https://www.wired.com/story/one-womans-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-wikipedia/
@kentparkstreet I feel this, deeply
Peter GleickYou see that thin line of light? That's the edge of the atmospheric skin surrounding our planet. All the climate occurs in that little collection of gases, and that's what we're flooding with greenhouse gas contaminants.
#climatechange
#climate
#climatechange
#climate
Omelette with leftover Ethiopian food as filling.
Well, this is a pretty awful way to start the year. #covid wastewater numbers flat-lining vertically to twice the level since omicron.
Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion is short, but wonderful.
Vikram Seth is fantastic, and if you don’t want to start with A Suitable Boy (which is wonderful, but huge), An Equal Music is a good option.
Do you have any recommendations?
I was so happy when it turned out that Benoit’s over the top obsequiousness turned out to be a front.
Also, the Hugh Grant cameo was fun.
skye it/its 🏳️⚧️so since I am here now, allow me to do some SLEEP PROPAGANDA
SLEEP IS GOOD
SLEEP IS IMPORTANT
SLEEP IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY EDUCATION OR JOB
and the fact that we are forced to compromise on sleep in order to fulfill duties to capitalism is an immense injustice and health risk.
lack of sleep obviously increases stress levels and therefore the risk for all kinds of diseases, but it also damages your brain on a cellular level because SLEEP MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR BRAIN.