2017-01-30 (Monday)
Links
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Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich - The New Yorker
Grimly fascinating of course. At least there are a few people quoted suggesting that maybe spending money on making society less like to collapse might be a good idea instead. (via Kottke)
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The Linguistic Evolution of ‘Like’ - The Atlantic
On the recent uses of “like” in English. More interesting than I expected and, thankfully, not at all condescending.
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The Disquiet Junto Project List (0001 – 0265 …)
A weekly assignment for composing music. “The purpose of the group is to use constraints to stoke creativity.” A nice list of all the projects. (via Russell Davies)
Tweets
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@jamesjefferies Thanks, glad you like it :)
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@paulpod 🤔👍
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“Daddy, what did you do to halt the rise of fascism?”
[Me, miming:] “Who are you?! I don’t have any children!”
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I’m having a holiday from computers this week and doing a course in corporeal mime.
Liked tweets
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Ahahahahahaha. How out of touch are you? I left 12 years ago and I'm STILL paying for it. twitter.com/johnredwood/st…
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Being in the EU is a bit like being a student in a College. While you attend you have to pay fees-when you leave you stop paying.