New Hampshire?

> OH in coffee line: Feels like this is a Hong Kong moment for us. Wonder when the streets will be filled for days with protests. — Jeffrey Cufaude (@jc46202) February 12, 2020 [https://twitter.com/jc46202/status/1227576012873097216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > “It is time we had done referring…

One leads to the other

> “Old-­people projects keep old people old. You’re no longer old when you’re dead.” A Personal History by John McPhee. https://t.co/uaV3IXpMzU — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 6, 2020 [https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1214185238517207047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > Old age is always wakeful;…

Another juxtaposition

This contradiction didn't present itself; I had to assemble it from messages I had seen separately. Makes you wonder. > Here’s how London is (hilariously) trolling Trump during his state visit https://t.co/qdTxGJS8Eh — Fast Company (@FastCompany) June 3, 2019 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/status/1135622470491430915?…

Twitter surprises

Twitter can present some truly amazing experiences. These were side-by-side in my stream today. > #truth [https://twitter.com/hashtag/truth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] https://t.co/bYE9wU7FUL — Jeffrey Cufaude (@jc46202) June 3, 2019 [https://twitter.com/jc46202/status/1135588418606514177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > I…

Stark Contrast

> The Borowitz Report: Donald Trump interpreted the special counsel’s pro-reading message as a thinly veiled attack on him. https://t.co/jm0I1Dgpvw — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 29, 2019 [https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1133846847221637125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > "Mueller is a man out of time,…

What our forebears foresaw

Lincoln, just called to my attention by Quinta Jurecic [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/impeaching-trump-refuse-accept-unacceptable/590104/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2019-05-23T13%3A14%3A05&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=edit-promo] : > I answer: If it ever reach us, it must…

From Borges to bots

> “All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” Viva Borges https://t.co/gA3IPWp5cT — Explore (@Explorer) November 8, 2018 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/status/1060570897373978624?ref_src=twsrc%…

Birds of a Feather

> "In Praise of Wasting Time" by novelist and physicist Alan Lightman published today! Discover that sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing at all: https://t.co/FzSYK4vSDB pic.twitter.com/A3hOl1WZsq [https://t.co/A3hOl1WZsq] — TED Books (@TEDbooks) May 15, 2018 [https://twitter.…