periodic reminder that the for you page is pretty hyper responsive and hitting "see less of this" a few times will adjust it pretty remarkably. I am having a great time on here

they should make phones able to somehow interweave internet sources so shitty Wi-Fi and shitty signal actually add up to something good

Imagine this presumptuous piece of sh*t leering over like this to try and start a fight with you like you're a little grub to be gobbled up. I'm glad we killed the dinosaurs

this is what Heidegger meant about the ordinary person living almost unconsciously, unable and unwilling to act outside the structures of normality even in trivial ways, bound to "what one does" like a straightjacket of inauthentic conformity

When you haven't seen your bro in a while but you hang out again and it's exactly the same

"If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance, no satisfaction (profit apart) in constructing a factory, a railway, a mine or a farm, there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation." John Maynard Keynes

Most of you know this, but worth saying out loud: If you've had a couple polite interactions with someone on Twitter, and then you DM them something like "Hey I'm passing through your city, want to meet for coffee", most people will gladly say yes.

world-historic blunder

Lyceum house is going in some interesting directions in terms of interior design

Do you think it is a coincidence that the European nation which resisted centralization the longest was also definitively the most inventive per capita

it's a little early to announce this but next summer is shield maiden summer

Monarch is having a bad day

C. S. Lewis, 1935

People might be more inclined to read if they understood that text is the best bearer of synchronicity we've yet constructed. If they understood that they are looking at whatever page they are looking at for some reason of their own individuality.

History professors will lambast the Holy Roman Empire as an inefficient bureaucratic labyrinth in the classroom and then unironically say, “that’s the class, I’ve got to run to my student learning assessment committee” which is only advisory and redundant with 4 other committees

New Yorker master race

noblesse oblige still lives among us

The truth isn't just the things that are true, but the words that fit to and complete the moment. Many people come well equipped with an army of facts, to make sure the truth is never discussed. Often both sides prefer facts - since the truth doesn't reinforce their polarity