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…

Tsundoku?

> This week's cover, “Bedtime Stories,” by Bruce Eric Kaplan. https://t.co/KXNilCUARs pic.twitter.com/S36UHATjzO [https://t.co/S36UHATjzO] — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 3, 2019 [https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1135516514910711809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

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,…

Another collection of words

> From “utepils” (Norwegian, “beer that is enjoyed outside, particularly on the first hot day of the year”) to “mbuki-mvuki” (Bantu, “to shed clothes to dance uninhibited”), the Positive Lexicography Project gathers untranslatable words describing happiness. https://t.co/M2exMrLxm8 — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 28, 2019 [https://twitter.com/…

Melville gets it right

> Old age is always wakeful — Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) May 25, 2019 [https://twitter.com/MobyDickatSea/status/1132086650698444800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

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…

Wisdom from Jules Verne

> “One can't always be magnificent, but simplicity is always a possible alternative.” - H. G. Wells, 'The First Men in the Moon' https://t.co/JzaGmPNXcW pic.twitter.com/QF202bF2BQ [https://t.co/QF202bF2BQ] — Oxford Classics (@OWC_Oxford) May 23, 2019 [https://twitter.com/OWC_…