Robots in China

> China deploys robot police to patrol Shenzhen airport. https://t.co/1yxyxpeNS4 — Patrick Tucker (@DefTechPat) October 6, 2016 [https://twitter.com/DefTechPat/status/784017670194757632] I wish the article at the link had some video of this robot in action.…

Another Alternative Burial Proposed

> An eco-friendly burial suit made out of...mushrooms. Would you wear it? https://t.co/TNhaAvSVE2 pic.twitter.com/jqYqsM4sdy [https://t.co/jqYqsM4sdy] — TED Talks (@TEDTalks) October 5, 2016 [https://twitter.com/TEDTalks/status/783646309416927232] The audience reception and the comments at Twitter don't show that…

Chabuduo

> Great essay by @BeijingPalmer [https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer] on chabuduo, something everyone in China has noticed but not put in this perspective https://t.co/WnQQ3Pyb0f — James Fallows (@JamesFallows) October 5, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/783464557738094592] > But such scenes are an unusual treat. (And, after losing…

A Writer Explains the Rule of Fifty

> Doris Lessing on how to read: https://t.co/tMwp318M80 pic.twitter.com/LAsoNC909t [https://t.co/LAsoNC909t] — Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) October 3, 2016 [https://twitter.com/austinkleon/status/783001561232318464]…

Q on handwriting

Anne Trubek's essay at The New York Times [http://nyti.ms/2bqQ4we]; Q's post [http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/schedule-for-tuesday-september-27-2016-1.3780334/is-handwriting-obsolete-in-the-digital-age-1.3780358] ,including examples of Christopher Rouleau's work.…

Robot Nurses

> By 2022, a robot will replace your nurse: https://t.co/Rzbogma37N pic.twitter.com/rMZRgvd7Pq [https://t.co/rMZRgvd7Pq] — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/779742221071417344]…

Langston Hughes and Legacy

> Our words live on long after we are gone. Langston Hughes's poem "I, Too"--published in 1926--still speaks to us in 2016. https://t.co/nvakK7p6uG — Poetry In America (@PoetryInAmerica) September 23, 2016 [https://twitter.com/PoetryInAmerica/status/779297524460978177] The die-three-times story [http://mikeschultz.tumblr.…

The Best that is Known and Thought

> "Realize what traditions you will need to carry forward but also question what is also out there that will help.." pic.twitter.com/96BejBU7NG [https://t.co/96BejBU7NG] — Erik Qualman (@equalman) September 18, 2016 [https://twitter.com/equalman/status/777534071756947456] I might be stretching a point here…