death & social media
the “model minority”
I’ve always thought there was something…off-putting about the “model minority” label. via GoComics
untranslatable words – saudade
saudade – a melancholic longing or yearning…“a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present.” From Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin
untranslatable words – hiraeth
hiraeth – Welsh. “It combines elements of homesickness, nostalgia and longing. Interlaced, however, is the subtle acknowledgment of an irretrievable loss – a unique blend of place, time and people that can never be recreated. This unreachable nature adds an
our brain, the incredible machine
On episode 191 of the You Are Not So Smart podcast…David Eagleman discusses his new book, Livewired, exploring how technology can take advantage of brain plasticity to add new senses and expand subjective reality in ways never before possible. It
medicine needs a higher bar
The name of the video is “Stop Using Cancer Treatments That Don’t Work (w/Dr. Vinay Prasad)”, but that barely scratches the surface. This is such an informative video that *really* makes you think about the state of modern medicine in
I wanna be difficult!
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christmas in july
…aka we all need a moment of zen right about now, yes? via GoComics
six whole weeks!
As usual, John Stewart provides the insight, but there’re no easy answers, are there? White people lasted six weeks and then stormed a state building with rifles, shouting: ‘‘Give me liberty! This is causing economic distress! I’m not going to