Margot Bigg

How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking? English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.

An estimated 1.5 billion people—roughly one in every five human beings—speak English, making it the most widely used language in the history of humanity. Some researchers worry about what we’re losing with its expansion.

Hmm. I'd be quite surprised if martial law were declared. AFAIK, it hasn't been declared in my lifetime.

What I do wonder is whether this may help bring people in this very divided country together. After all, the horrors of the current system impact people across political lines.

Opinion | The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms It echoes another era of extreme inequality and extreme violence.

The Rage and Glee That Followed a C.E.O.’s Killing Should Ring All Alarms www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/o...

What a stellar webinar lineup!

But you can eat eats!

Data shows that this is not their doing. Trump's campaign captured a lot of Joe brogans and struggling folks. Harris campaigned on maintaining the status quo. I voted for Harris and was horrified that she didn't win, but I've found that listening to stories from "the other half" can be illuminating.

La France me manque 🥰

Fabulous choices, and super happy to see magical Carcassonne in there! (I can never read that name without my inner voice singing it out in an extended, Brassens kinda way 🙃)!

100 Notable Books of 2024 Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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life is around you and in you