2016 translation guide
2016 translation guide alt right = neo nazi Fake news = propaganda Normalizing = appeasement
View ArticleHow Facebook feeds conspiracies and bogus news
This article has inspired me to do a few things more consistently on Facebook: 1. I won’t share any articles I haven’t actually read 2. I won’t like or share memes/statement images unless there’s an...
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Don’t panic
This is what I was searching for about not panicking and not overdoing the outrage. (click through to see Quinn’s whole thread) Let me say something to my friends about the political emotion of the...
View Article7 years since tinywords relaunched
Has it really been 7 years since I relaunched tinywords.com? Time flies. I am no longer editing the journal — that job has been ably taken over by Kathe Palka and Peter Newton — but I continue to...
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So in all the delights of the world almost
Le maistre a danser, 18th c. engraving. Via NYPL Digital Collection A gentleman never dances so well as the dancing master, and an ordinary fiddler makes better musique for a shilling than a gentleman...
View ArticleWhere the action is
“If you want a teacher, try a waterfall. Or a mushroom or a mountain wilderness or a storm-pounded seashore. That is where the action is.” –Terence McKenna (via)
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We are Lent into Each Other’s Keeping
Here’s a lovely turn of phrase from a friend of Tomasz Tunguz: The entire story reminded me of an old friend who often tells me, “We are lent into each other’s keeping.” Our time with each other is...
View ArticleThe new paternity leave
“Taking paternity leave is so rare that it’s not a question of how much time you’re going to take off, but whether you will be able to take any at all.” That’s pretty sad! Here’s a great post (and a...
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Infinite City
Was already desiring this book and then I saw the author’s autograph. Smitten.
View ArticleThe man with the most
“Swimming cultivates imagination; the man with the most is he who can swim his solitary course night or day and forget a black earth full of people that push.” –Annette Kellermann
View ArticleLooking for a boat
Forming an exploratory committee to consider swimming from the Golden Gate to McCovey Cove July 9. Anyone own a boat I could hire for the day? (Last year I did this as part of a relay — this year I’m...
View ArticleOn not “crushing it” when swimming
“We come into temporary harmony with the water, and are fortunate to sometimes be allowed to pass through.” Evan Morrison, open-water marathon swimmer, who notes that it echoes: “The best one can hope...
View ArticleThe people I love the best
The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. –Marge Piercy
View ArticleThe meaning of a solar eclipse
“What is the meaning of a solar eclipse? To the ancient Chinese, solar eclipses meant that dragons were devouring the sun. To the Czechoslovakians, they meant that ice giants, bitter enemies of the...
View ArticleNature vs nurture
I recently learned my grandfather was an alternate for the Canadian Olympic track team. Had I known this when I was a kid, I might have started running much earlier!
View ArticleIf language is not correct
“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will...
View ArticleNonviolence and Standing Rock
A really insightful essay on why nonviolence plays such an important role at Standing Rock — and how it might work going forward. “The way we see and treat someone is a powerful invitation for them to...
View ArticleHow Google and Facebook are transferring content revenues to themselves
Jonathan Taplin: Since 2000, recorded music revenues in the United States have fallen to $7.2 billion per year from $19.8 billion. Home entertainment video revenue fell to $18 billion in 2014 from...
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The NYT eliminates its public editor role
Liz Spayd was more of a columnist than a true ombudsman, but the Huffington Post coverage points out why that role is still important: Not necessarily for accountability (since we all hold the...
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