”If you set out to design a platform that would poison America’s discourse and its politics, you’d be hard pressed to come up with something more destructive than Twitter.”
Cal Newport
”If you set out to design a platform that would poison America’s discourse and its politics, you’d be hard pressed to come up with something more destructive than Twitter.”
Cal Newport
W.H.O. calls to reclassify weed.
”If the changes are adopted, it would serve as an admission by world governments that they were wrong about marijuana."
Kevin Urgiles
”We think as we grow old, we grow wise and more tolerant; we just grow more lazy.”
💬 John Fowles
Definition of A Mellotron?
“A synthesizer in a drinks cabinet”
(Source unknown and the origianl video no longer available. 😞
🎬 The Hundred Foot Journey
I saw something this morning float by in the stream claiming that France has the ‘best restaurant in the world’. Quite apart from a personal objection to applying words like ‘best’ to something that is a qualitative opinion … I was reminded of this exchange from the movie.
Madame Mallory
”What is this flavor that is fighting against the chicken ?”
Hassan
”I added some spices for flavor to the sauce, and coriander for garnish and freshness.”
Madame Mallory
”But why change a recipe that is 200 years old ?”
Hassan
”Because, madam, maybe 200 years is long enough."