The Underlying, Inescapable Tension Of Boku no Natsuyasumi
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Modernism Tests Cultural Drift
2 days agoModernism, in the fine arts, [is] a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression … felt a growing alienation incompatible with Victorian morality, optimism, and convention.
Mesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving from 1.8 billion years ago to today
2 days agoIt's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.
obsessively compulsively thinking about death, loss and existence
2 days agoSome time ago while reading a blog post on autism I learnt about the concept of existential OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder): Existential OCD involves intrusive, repetitive thinking about questions which cannot possibly...
Finding a job in this modern era
3 days agoThis is going to be something different, and maybe to explain where I’ve been the last month. Setting myself up for failure Back in 2012, I had been laid off, but during my exit interview, something odd happened, the company … Continue reading →
“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon Chu on the American Dream and silencing your inner critic
3 days agoIn 1964, a steamship passed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and entered the San Francisco harbor. Aboard was Lawrence Chu, a young man from Sichuan who, like so many Chinese immigrants, came to the United States in search of an American Dream. Three years later, his future wife, Ruth Ho, left her ...
Random, Aimless, and Unplanned – Opening Up to The ‘Inner Kid’
4 days agoI know we talk about things all the time—you and I . . .At the same time, there are days when I am alone and times when I am thinking, of course, and of course, I’m thinking all too much and all too often. And often enough, my thinking can become unfair or turn to […]
Non-Toxic Masculinity
4 days agoMy wife and I knew within a week of seeing each other that we would eventually get married. I had an adjustment to make though. In all my previous relationships, I'd been the biggest breadwinner in the family. This time that wouldn't be the case. I was a public-school employee, and she was a partner...
Progress is easy to miss
5 days agoToday led me to think about the marvels of humans and technology, from generative AI to the evolution of programming languages. Let's not forget to explore new, sustainable approaches, and also, let's think about what we're building on.
In This Sci-Fi Story, Fandom Battles Censorship in Dystopian Times
5 days agoRead a new sci-fi short story—styled as a fan convention panel about a cult-beloved TV series—by Gabriela Santiago, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine.
Beyond The Band: Geordie Greep Interviewed
5 days agoComing swiftly after the dissolution of Black Midi, Geordie Greep sets out on his own with an album informed by the music of Latin America, Brazil in particular. Ahead of the release of The New Sound, Eden Tizard speaks to Greep about the audacious new record. Cover photograph by James Potter Tonigh...
[Article] Idea: Meeting Spoofer
5 days agoCoworkers keep scheduling meetings in periods you've blocked-off for no-meetings, head-down focus time? Maybe you should try scheduling fake meetings in those slots instead and see if they respect those any better! (But perhaps there's a bigger cultural issue you oughta look at instead.)