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Ryan Hoover's...
Second-Time Founder Anxiety Starting a company is hard. Starting a company the second time can be even harder if you let it.
a year ago
Mark Manson
An Unconventional Guide to Happiness Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that,...
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Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that, in order to be happy, we need the perfect job, the perfect partner, the perfect life. And we're made to think that anything less than perfect happiness is a failure. But the...
The Honest Broker
Cruising for Classical Music in LA A section from Dana Gioia's new book
6 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Role models
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Support as a Business Model Allowing readers or fans of your work to financially support you is nothing new. It allows people to...
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over a year ago
Allowing readers or fans of your work to financially support you is nothing new. It allows people to become active participants in the work you create and that they value. The most popular platform for this sort of thing is Patreon. A creator gives people access to exclusive...
The Honest Broker
Now You Know the Rest of the Story... I share updates on recent articles
a month ago
Laetitia@Work
The Mystery of Mastery Laetitia@Work #64
a year ago
Stoic Simple
The Intersection of Stoicism and Modern Psychology In recent years, there has been a growing interest among psychologists and mental health...
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest among psychologists and mental health professionals in the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Despite being developed over two thousand years ago, many of the core principles of this philosophy have been found to be highly relevant...
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small I have a surprise for you. The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Hop tu naa! Richard Adams, born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, is best known for his bestselling debut novel,...
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Richard Adams, born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, is best known for his bestselling debut novel, Watership Down, a tale that follows a group of rabbits escaping their doomed warren. However, beyond fiction, Adams had an eye for the rhythms of nature and a knack for capturing...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Fastest Way To Ruin Your Life 8 easy steps
6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
blog questions challenge Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to...
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Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to answer similar questions in a different slice of time after being tagged by Naz Hamid...
Diaries of Note
Two less among many, many hundreds of thousands Born in Norway in 1901, Odd Nansen was an architect and humanitarian whose life took a drastic turn...
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Born in Norway in 1901, Odd Nansen was an architect and humanitarian whose life took a drastic turn in 1942 when he was arrested by the Nazis for his courageous work with the resistance. For three and a half years he was imprisoned at concentration camps in both Norway and...
Both Are True
WANTED: Happiness, dead or alive Alex is back with a brand new invention (an essay)
a year ago
bookbear express
matchmaking is open :)))
2 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Mother Wound and the Return to Love Finding Our Way Back to Sacred World
4 months ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Perks of Being Resourceful Mark Watney is hands down one of my favourite characters from a movie or a book. Apart from his...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Mark Watney is hands down one of my favourite characters from a movie or a book. Apart from his one-liners and uplifting sense of humour (even in the direst of situations), what makes Mark Watney standout from the rest of us is his limitless resourcefulness.
journal – Winnie Lim
creative experiences in osaka A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She...
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a year ago
A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She seriously replied that if so we could visit a sewing studio...
Diaries of Note
I found myself nervous and tense to the point of tears On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what...
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On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what came to be known as the Sharpeville Massacre, a shocking event which saw 69 people killed, triggered a state of emergency, and led to mass detentions—including that of Hilda...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Kindness: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic philosophy that has recently sprung up that implies that Stoicism cares more about overcoming our feelings than it does about showing kindness to others. The truth is that a true Stoic...
Nat Eliason's...
Permission to Slow Down In... Out...
over a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
Facing the Truth of Your Desire Why spiritual practice is about clarifying desire, not transcending it (Breaking Open: Part 3)
5 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Seeking Good Light There used to be a small park just off a Colorado highway down in the Big Thompson Canyon. If you...
over a year ago
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There used to be a small park just off a Colorado highway down in the Big Thompson Canyon. If you stopped there you would usually see several photographers pointing their cameras at the glow of pre-married couples, the awkward smiles of pimply high school seniors, or toddlers...
Mark Manson
Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want...
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over a year ago
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want to wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose and drive, ready to tackle the day ahead. But the truth is, motivation is not always easy to come by. We tell ourselves lies about...
The Ruffian
My Year In Reading Books I Read Or At Least Picked Up In 2023
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Today I'm Starting My 5th Year on Substack—But Have I Learned Anything? Thank you for joining me on this wild ride
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
why I refuse to learn drawing properly When some people want to learn to draw, they do it the “right” way. They take a drawing class, watch...
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When some people want to learn to draw, they do it the “right” way. They take a drawing class, watch youtube videos, or buy a book – starting from the basics. I...
journal – Winnie Lim
42 Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but...
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Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but I do think I have made some progress compared to...
Atoms vs Bits
Why That Hat? Investigated Chefs wear a chef's hat. Soldiers wear a beret. WHY?
a month ago
The Intimate Mirror
When Love Breaks Open How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
5 months ago
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5 months ago
How utter psychological collapse taught me what transformation really means (Breaking Open: Part 1)
The Honest Broker
Is There Such a Thing as Western Harmony? Does anyone really own music theory, and who gets to decide?
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism Life V3 Here we go again. New design. New structure. Better design. Better structure. Better use of...
over a year ago
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Here we go again. New design. New structure. Better design. Better structure. Better use of typography. Better readability. Better user-experience. Clearer focus. This is minimalism.life version 3. The updated design applies the principle of minimalism in its truest sense (or at...
journal – Winnie Lim
osaka, and thoughts on travel blogging We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first...
a year ago
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a year ago
We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first meal was okonomiyaki of course, and my partner found a okonomiyaki restaurant with outdoor seating:...
The Ruffian
The Six Million Dollar Banana Why I Find Conceptual Artists Inspiring
6 months ago
Both Are True
lord bless the partners of comedians a video and a story watch the video tho its 1 min long come on
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
The Third Year Online Creator Playbook How I'm going to have my most productive and creative year yet
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Joining the No-Club Laetitia@Work #51
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
People who gush at me and don’t really like me Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May,...
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a year ago
Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May, a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1933 in which her experiences in a Catholic convent school were vividly depicted. At this point in her life, White had been married three...
The Ruffian
The Enigma of Luigi Mangione And the Madness Of His Apologists
5 months ago
The Convivial...
Apocalyptic AI The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
over a year ago
The Ruffian
How Did Politics Get So Weird? James Kanagasooriam Explains Everything
5 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Pensacola History From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge,...
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From Fort Pickens we came around the entirety of Pensacola Bay to a small park on the western edge, Big Lagoon. From our campsite there it was a short car ride to Perdido Key, which is another part of Gulf Islands National Seashore. Although it takes the better part of two hours...
Diaries of Note
Today was truly, absolutely the worst day ever in Sarajevo In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions...
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In April 1992, following Bosnia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, simmering tensions among the region’s ethnic groups escalated into the devastating Bosnian War. It wasn’t long before the city of Sarajevo found itself under siege. Amidst the chaos, a courageous young...
Left To Write
№ 68: In The End, It's All Behavioural How I found behavioural science (BS) - A small primer on BS - Applying insights from poker to...
a year ago
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How I found behavioural science (BS) - A small primer on BS - Applying insights from poker to marketing and advertising
The Honest Broker
Stoicism in the Gioia Family My brother Dana tells how our LA childhood gave us a direct connection to an ancient Roman worldview
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Social Anxiety: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
The Honest Broker
The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
3 months ago
Diaries of Note
The instinct explains so much Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and...
a year ago
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Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and reality in that were largely unappreciated during her lifetime. Twice married, first to writer John Rodker in 1918, and later to artist Gabriel Atkin in 1930, Mary navigated...
The Ruffian
The End of History Academic historians are destroying their own discipline
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
An Are.na of Wonder and Connection I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I...
5 months ago
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I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I actively use, but honestly, it feels like there should only be one — and that one, Are.na, breaks the mould of a typical social media space. You can find me on Instagram, X, and...
RhysTranter.com
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
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11 months ago
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
Atoms vs Bits
Coward Fiction It'll happen to you, probably
4 weeks ago
Isabel Unraveled
on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
5 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Truth, essence, knowledge and light Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after all, you do not really care what they think of you.
Diaries of Note
How easy it is to say the wrong thing! Hugh Gaitskell found himself at the centre of an unintended media storm in November 1947, shortly...
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a year ago
Hugh Gaitskell found himself at the centre of an unintended media storm in November 1947, shortly after being appointed as Britain’s Minister of Fuel and Power. In a speech addressing the stark realities of post-war austerity and fuel conservation, a comment about personal...
Left To Write
#12 Writemas: All The Pieces of You There’s a quote by Jorge Luis Borges I came across that I think about a lot. It goes like this: “I...
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a year ago
There’s a quote by Jorge Luis Borges I came across that I think about a lot. It goes like this: “I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”
The Intimate Mirror
The Choiceless Choice When Love Awakens Will
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Five Words That Might End Your Design Career It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon...
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It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon your belief system, to walk away from the thing that defines you as a person. My design career ended when I read five words.
The Honest Broker
Investment Funds Are Now Selling the Rock Songs They Bought They will even take less than "fair market value"
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The days are full of anxious expectation Nina Kosterina was born to the world of revolution and upheaval on her mother’s birthday, 8th April...
a year ago
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a year ago
Nina Kosterina was born to the world of revolution and upheaval on her mother’s birthday, 8th April 1921, at a revolutionary camp by the Caspian Sea. Her life unfolded alongside the formative years of the Soviet Union—from the passing of Lenin to the ruthless ascent of Stalin. It...
The Honest Broker
Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture? In the new consumer economy, you get consumed
8 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Illinois Cliffs If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you look at a map of the U.S., there's a few routes that will get you from Pensacola FL to Wisconsin. They all have one things in common: they pass through Illinois. Unfortunately, there isn't much camping in Illinois, and what camping there is... is generally not great. We've...
Passing Time
A Certain Slant of Light Enhancing the sublimity of snow through art
2 months ago
Passing Time
It's All Relative When something is described as normal, it begs the question: “relative to what?”
a year ago
Diaries of Note
When I die I shall go to May British gardener Monty Don has been educating and inspiring the British public for decades through...
over a year ago
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British gardener Monty Don has been educating and inspiring the British public for decades through his love of nature, beginning in 1989 with a television debut that ultimately led to him presenting BBC’s much-loved Gardener’s World. It was shortly after he became a broadcaster...
journal – Winnie Lim
textures and scenes from tainan I love when I position my camera for a snap, the subject responds positively like this: My partner...
a month ago
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a month ago
I love when I position my camera for a snap, the subject responds positively like this: My partner calls Tainan the most aesthetic city for our trip. It is filled with old...
DYNOMIGHT
Datasets that change the odds you exist 1. It’s October 1962. The Cuban missile crisis just happened, thankfully without apocalyptic nuclear...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
1. It’s October 1962. The Cuban missile crisis just happened, thankfully without apocalyptic nuclear war. But still: Apocalyptic nuclear war easily could have happened. Crises as serious as the Cuban missile crisis clearly aren’t that rare, since one just happened. You estimate...
Naveen Arun's Blog
Please Let Me Monetize My Hobbies Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun when I could be making money off it? Please, let me turn my relaxing gaming sessions into high-pressure performances with commentary. Who wouldn’t enjoy transforming a leisurely...
Diaries of Note
Turkeys are beautiful in themselves Born in London in 1896, J. R. Ackerley was a distinguished author and editor celebrated for his...
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a year ago
Born in London in 1896, J. R. Ackerley was a distinguished author and editor celebrated for his candid autobiographical writing and his lengthy tenure as the literary editor of the BBC magazine, The Listener. On 22nd December 1952, as millions of households across Britain...
The Honest Broker
"I Told Three Big Lies That Changed My Life" A story from the comments section
10 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Tesla Powered by Insects An exhausted beetle crawled across the palm of a young child’s hand. The boy rotated his arm as the...
over a year ago
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An exhausted beetle crawled across the palm of a young child’s hand. The boy rotated his arm as the bug walked, creating an endless treadmill for his little friend. Around and around the June bug went until eventually it flew away. As he watched it leave, the boy made a...
Paul Cudenec
Life philosophy: beyond left and right The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is no real ideological opposition to its life-hating agenda.
journal – Winnie Lim
in the mountains at chiang mai After spending a while in the city we moved to the mountains for a bit. Previously I had avoided any...
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5 months ago
After spending a while in the city we moved to the mountains for a bit. Previously I had avoided any trips that involved long vehicle rides because of covid risk, but I...
Jason Fried
A company is a language Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural nuances. And I think this explains why it’s so hard for executives — especially executives — to come in from outside an organization and find their way. At lower levels within an...
Luxagraf:...
Fort Pickens Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's...
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Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's around the fire, and then the next day we headed out to the Fort Pickens portion of Gulf Islands National Seashore. If St. George is the best spot in the panhandle, Fort Pickens is...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bandwidth I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too...
a year ago
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a year ago
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too quickly for my liking, but that's also because I'm nearing an age of self-reflection, but let's not go there! I enjoy routine and with that, life can get a little hazy albeit...
Castles in the Sky
A Pilgrimage for Book People Reflecting on a family tradition
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again Laetitia@Work #79
2 months ago
Castles in the Sky
Notes on Artistry from Jonathan Miller, TV Director for BBC's Shakespeare Seasons 3-4 A long Wikipedia excerpt
10 months ago
Mind Mine
embrace the exhale beware of the constant-tension trap (pt. 2 to ‘slow down’)
11 months ago
Laetitia@Work
How much rest do we really need? Laetitia@Work #52
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
How to Build Your Own Software with AI (No Experience Necessary) By popular demand...
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
My love of solitude is growing with my growth Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume collection, Poems, published in 1844, and the verse novel Aurora Leigh, which came out in 1856. It was in 1831, three years after the death of her mother, that Barrett Browning kept...
Diaries of Note
What a pack of lies intimate journals are Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant...
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a year ago
Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant events of the 20th century and, at the time of writing this brief entry, saw him stationed in London during the tumult of World War II. Amidst the chaos, Ritchie meticulously...
Ryan Hoover's...
Why YourStack failed
11 months ago
RhysTranter.com
The Letters of Thomas Merton I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books....
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over a year ago
I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books. Now, I am dipping into the multi-volume edition of his letters...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The UI/UX of Motorcycle Maintenance The motorcycle of tomorrow will be so simple to operate that you no longer need a driver’s license....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The motorcycle of tomorrow will be so simple to operate that you no longer need a driver’s license. Safety advances make it nearly impossible to kill yourself on the formerly dangerous vehicles.
The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire or: contra defensive postures
9 months ago
Tech and Tea
Leaving my full-time job Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
5 months ago
The Ruffian
Len vs Glenn How Leonard Bernstein turned a crisis into a productive disagreement
a year ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Selfish Reason Behind Our Helpful Nature We have an inbuilt habit to help those in need. While it wouldn’t be wrong to assume that human...
over a year ago
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We have an inbuilt habit to help those in need. While it wouldn’t be wrong to assume that human beings are good in spirit and hence they help out, it wouldn’t be as much interesting to understand why we really help others (as a species) and how it actually benefits us (as an...
Ryan Hoover's...
Teaming up with Amazon
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Desperate for more male nurses, teachers and cleaners Laetitia@Work #57
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Color and I are one In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day...
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In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day trip with fellow artists Louis Moilliet and Auguste Macke, he found himself profoundly affected by the light and colours of North Africa—an intense experience that inspired him to...
RhysTranter.com
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park,...
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It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Ending up in Shin-Takaoka Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel...
4 weeks ago
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4 weeks ago
Yesterday was probably our first proper rest day on this trip, so we mostly hung around the hotel and surrounds. It always feels like a waste loitering in an amazing place, but sometimes you need some downtime or you feel exhausted! Or maybe that’s just us. We started the day at...
Paul Cudenec
Gordon Brown and the single global mafia Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of...
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5 months ago
Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of the exchequer under Tony Blair, whose links to the Rothschilds I explored in 2023.
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: October 2024 Book sales, next projects, and a blog update
7 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
thoughts after the 2024 US election Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I...
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6 months ago
Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I had lost it all witnessing how we responded towards a disabling virus. If...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
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by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Only Have 1 Hour a Day to Build Your Online Empire (If You Work a Job) Here’s the simple system to use
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why Are Music Fans Throwing Things at Pop Stars? The latest trend in music is injuring your favorite artist
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My Favorite People Don't Have Problems I walked into my boss’s office and said, "Mia, I have a problem." It was my first week as a graphic...
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over a year ago
I walked into my boss’s office and said, "Mia, I have a problem." It was my first week as a graphic designer and I had no idea what I was doing. Before I could explain whatever trivial issue I couldn’t resolve, Mia stopped me.
The Convivial...
Eye to Eye "Is This Anything?"
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Better Connections Are we spending enough time with people we can really learn from? Are we having enough conversations...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Are we spending enough time with people we can really learn from? Are we having enough conversations that move us forward rather than discussing the mundane things in life? We are all seeking better connections—some people even the smallest of them. Today, we have the greatest...
Diaries of Note
The news from remote France grows more ominous every day Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life...
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over a year ago
Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life in the trenches and his criticism of the conflict. In 1918, he had already gained recognition for his poetry, with his first collection, The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, published...
Diaries of Note
War raises the tone of life In August of 1950, shortly after receiving the distinguished Strega Prize for his literary...
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a year ago
In August of 1950, shortly after receiving the distinguished Strega Prize for his literary contributions, Italian novelist, poet, and translator Cesare Pavese tragically ended his life. He was just forty-one. Among his personal effects was found a deeply introspective diary that...
Unfiltered by Tim...
How to Build an Online Empire by Yourself (Without Any Hacks) Let's cut the cr*p
5 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Leaving the "Left" behind I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have...
a month ago
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a month ago
I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have been manufactured and maintained in order to limit our individual thinking and to rule over us by division.
Both Are True
TALK TO STRANGERS! WATCH MOVIES! MAKE WEIRD ART GOOD! SAME ART BORING! talking w Eliza McLamb about stealing from WiSpa, leaving LA, and reading what ppl say about you in...
a month ago
Diaries of Note
THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS Woody Guthrie was a folk pioneer, social activist, and restless wanderer who journeyed across the...
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The afternoon of the day we decided to leave the Jeep behind a ranger stopped by to tell us they were closing the campground the next day due to a large storm front that was headed our way. Winds were expected to be in the 50 MPH range, with gusts even higher. We've sat out a...
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Zip Good week. Went through a product pivot this week. We shut down our small class program, where students would have a class with a ratio of 1 teacher-to-5 students. Why did we pivot? Growth wasn’t going anywhere w/ the small class program. Our growth curve for the last 4...
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