www.alexandrafranzen.com/2013/09/05/5...

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume.

Classicist: why yes, that was the age of gold, when folks free from care lived out their lives in gentle leisure. The earth too was free from harm, not touched by a rake nor wounded by any plows, but gave everything of her own accord.

Dutch nursing home has a simple fix for senior loneliness: give college students free rent A nursing home in the heart of the Netherlands is giving college students free housing. All they ask is that the students lend their time, and friendship, to their senior neighbors.

www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/dut...

The Sycophantic Web Is Winning Why the internet became a machine that tells you what you want to hear, and what to do about it.

Generative AI and social media tell users what they want to hear, Mike Caulfield writes. That's a problem, but a shift in thinking could fix it.

Manners. 🥰

20 short rules for better days at work Having fun at work is an act of rebellion in a world that sees us as “human resources”

Joy is an act of rebellion. breegroff.substack.com/p/20-short-r...

Hi. It me.

Scientists stumble across rare evidence that the Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada | CNN Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

Dude what
www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/s...

Wait, Autism Speaks, ASAN and the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network all pushed back on RFK Jr.'s comment? People do not realize how much RFK Jr. stepped in it for this to happen.

Sound on 😽🤍 #cat #purr

'Most promising yet' signs of alien life discovered on planet k2-18b 'Most promising yet' signs of alien life discovered on planet k2-18b

www.livescience.com/space/exopla...

I've finally made it.

Bernie has always been our champion. 🫶🏻

Astonishing Video Shows 2 Million Kilometer Helical Structure Emerge From The Sun Thar she blows!

🌞
www.iflscience.com/astonishing-...

Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe’s leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later

People trying to do better.

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

YouTube video by WIRED History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Vocabulary brush up:
youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...

Your moment of zen.
#adoptdontshop #siriusly

Prayer of The Oppressed The Travelers Podcast with Brother Ali · Episode

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Discover These 15 Enchanting Libraries Sure to Thrill Any Book Lover Wall-to-wall books tell an interior design story without saying a word

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

Saturday marked our 1 month Gotchaverssary! Thank you for bringing color back into my world, Sirius. You're a very good boy. 🥰

Real dang gosh darn shitty times.

I had high hopes for this platform, but it is a lonely place where most of us air political grievances (valid) and thus difficult to commit to engagement here. What has your experience been here?

China confirms that installing solar panels in deserts irreversibly transforms the ecosystem For years, solar energy has been celebrated as one of the most promising solutions to fight climate change. But while the focus has often been on ... Continue Reading →

Theoretically good news:
glassalmanac.com/china-confir...

A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something wholly unexpected.

Not news for those who have been to the end.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/a639...

Fun ND facts: when I am experiencing high stress, I can't taste food. I can smell it. My mouth sends flavor signals like sour, sweet, etc. But I can't taste it. Also, stress makes me dissociate from feeling my body and I'll feel unnecessarily cold if I feel anything.

NDs, what are your experiences

YouTube video by Cliff Cash Comedy Out-Dumbing Ignorant Bigots, and My Sister's Coming Out Story

Funny. Powerful. Important.

youtu.be/cygv52I0XIM?...

Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud The pea-sized brain was found in the skull of a 20-year-old man killed in the volcanic eruption.

The most metal headline of the day.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

😅🥲😰😭😓

Dating myself, but also determined to escape this age if cyber fifedom in whatever method I'm able: is there any way to truly own music/media anymore? What options do we have to collect, store, transport, OWN our beloved music/films, etc anymore? Longing for the days of iPods and music files...

At Least Now We Know the Truth The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.

“Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social. “The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” theatln.tc/OBWzC38t