Whew. Good. I thought it was just me.

Here is the paywalled Economist article and an archive that does a poor job of capturing the image.

The author’s photo is of her holding two oranges in one hand. I have unexpected joy from this.

I am panicking right now about how I will be packing the night before my flight in a month and a half. Fuck you brain! I have a system. ^what if that system fails?^

Vanilla extract.

They lose their flavor pretty quickly if you keep them on the counter.

The New Yorker would like to have a word.

Dr. Justin Sledge is a treasure and totally metal.

30 minutes in: “And you don’t have to change anything if your dishwasher is working for you. But honestly, you’re probably not watching this if things are working for you.”

Me: I live my life the way I want damn it!

Do I get to be hot anime girl or just like me… but girl.

Can’t wait for the Thursday night primetime release of Dr. Dog: Miracle Worker on ABC. It’d be tragic if they didn’t cast Snoop as the doc.

This is exactly what Lewis Carroll was saying..

Over the last fifteen years of having read him, I find myself coming back to him to gain clarity of our current situation. At first, I couldn’t tell if he was a genius or mad man. I tilt towards genius now.

Edit … Isn’t that Hunter S. Thompson?

Baudrillard is always a joy to read.

Clinton’s sexual misconduct extends far beyond Monica Lewinski.

Juanita Broaddrick accused Clinton of raping her in 1978; Leslie Millwee accused Clinton of sexually assaulting her in 1980; Paula Jones accused Clinton of exposing himself to her in 1991 as well as sexually harassing her; and Kathleen Willey accused Clinton of groping her without her consent in 1993. The Jones allegations became public in 1994, during Clinton’s first term as president, while Willey’s and Broaddrick’s accusations became public in 1999, toward the end of Clinton’s second term. Millwee made her accusations in 2016.

Trump and Clinton raped women. Probably not the only presidents.

Edit: I’m not talking about Lewinsky. See my comment below.

I think the distractions are partially a user issue and partially a company issue. Companies make their programs noisy with notifications by default that I only change it once I’ve found it annoying. They also make their program so bloated that they are slow to load and execute. By the time the app loads, I’ve lost my flow and now the tool is a nuisance. My mind is already cluttered. I don’t need tech to slow it down.

I want those things and I want a phone that’s easy to use, doesn’t constantly advertise to me, and is more of a helpful tool than a distraction.

I’d guess “ay”.

Normally I wouldn’t cite reddit. But askhistorians has a higher threshold for their answers. The links idea seems to be a catch-22 because you fall into “trust me or this random guy on the internet.” But alas, thank you for the reply.