Tsundoku, again
http://wordpainting.tumblr.com/post/180891453867/or-the-stack-will-fall-over-on-me-and-kill-me…
Not everyone wants to hear it
> Attention retailers: Christmas music actually makes some shoppers angry https://t.co/h01Z4Ihxcw — Fast Company (@FastCompany) December 6, 2018 [https://twitter.com/FastCompany/status/1070771731835568129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This post has some interesting supporting statistics.…
Music
> “Music opens a path into the realm of silence.” How Bach will save your soul – lovely read on the power of music from a forgotten German philosopher: https://t.co/4JGyiKjHRm — Explore (@Explorer) December 5, 2018 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/status/1070383302052405249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…
It's almost in here
> “Perhaps the best way to keep the spirits of loved ones alive is to allow them to continue living within us.” —Rita Dove on Ted Kooser’s beautiful “Parents” https://t.co/NbhymmnkiF — Bill O'Sullivan (@billmatto) November 25, 2018 [https://twitter.com/billmatto/status/1066719927493685248?ref_src=…
ZoraBots
Back to robots and health care. This time with video. Not much of it comforting (to me). via The New York Times [https://nyti.ms/2zp86Lc]…
Hardly a trace of snow left here...
...but a lovely thought from Thoreau. > “Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.” On this snow-swallowed day, I’m taking a winter walk with…
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%…
Who's listening?
This, on the day The Washington Post noted that Amazon was in advanced negotiations with Alexandria, Virginia [https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1058730465664946177], on moving into Crystal City. > Yes. This Amazon beauty-contest can be very good if it encourages cities to think carefully and long-term about their specific strengths,…