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the casual supplement
(a commonplace book)

Mar 07

“ This is punk science

— The Higgs Dam: Sending signals backwards in time without time travel « fox @ fury

Mar 06

Pimp my brolly… Variations on normal by Dominic Wilcox

Mar 05

“ as a result you wind up sending letters to every human that you have known in your life in hopes that they would write back to you.

— How I Write: Robert Sapolsky Transcript

Mar 04

Craig Ferguson on excessive, accentuated youthfulness and Why Everything Sucks.

Mar 03

“ he was afraid that if the idea that he was depressed gained currency, he would forfeit his right to his opinions… . Every word he spoke would become a symptom of disease

— Malcolm Gladwell: Here’s Why

Malcolm Gladwell as illustrated Myra Phan

Mar 02

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the most beautiful phrase in English.

The Romantic Side of Familiar Words

“I can’t believe they can’t talk to each other directly …”

jinon:

carios:

yuiti:

jung:

swandildo:

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“ The impersonality of codes is what makes the law fair. But it is also what can make the legal system so painful for victims, who find no room for their voices and their anger and their experiences. Codes punish, but they cannot heal.

— Malcolm Gladwell: Here’s Why

Mar 01

“ don’t sit around waiting for them [institutions] to recognize or rescue you: they can offer you everything but initiative.

— Cahiers de Corey: “the poetry of self-promotion”

Like Rome Before the Fall? Not Yet

“ Orca whales ‘in the wild’ do not attack humans, but, in aquariums, it is more common than we think.

— Tillikum: the slave killer whale who chose to fight back —Alexander Cockburn

MONDAINE EVO:

Official Swiss Railways Watch
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Feb 28

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