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Just reading @ernie on the corporate flavor of many of our Thanksgiving dishes and am reminded of Louisa May Alcott's An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (1882). Truly, the Christmas Carol of the most American of holidays.
gutenberg.org/files/27567/2756

Watching shows/movies from the aughts and society has some big explaining to do for why we surrendered our cute variety of mobile telephones in favour of carrying pocket-sized monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

My cynicism is flaring up today, so the #QoTD: "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance."

H. L. #Mencken

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Southwest Airlines lost its groove when it chose to be like every other airline and decided to ditch its uniqueness and the quirky things that loya...

Instead of counting on the kids to solve problems we created, listen to them. #NateHagens does that in his interview with 3 of the participants in the soon-to-be-released doc - The Future Council.
The first thing that will strike you is how well-informed and articulate these young humans(11, 14, 15) are, speaking about things like the drug pushers (Exxon, etc) blaming the addicts (us) for climate change. Think global, act local.
thegreatsimplification.com/epi
#ClimateChange #Education #Film

REPUBLICAN VICTORY AND THE AMBIENCE OF INFORMATION
For years, Democrats have sought to win elections by micro-targeting communities with detailed facts. What if the secret is big, sloppy notions seeded nationwide?
newyorker.com/news/the-lede/re

親子みたい
我が家周辺で保護したので遠い親戚かもしれないね
尻尾の長さは全く違うけど

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