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"Flight attendants shouted for help from male passengers and people all around clung to him and pulled him in."
Said a passenger quoted in “Video Shows Inside of Aircraft After Passenger Opened Emergency Exit Door” (Newsweek).When you really need help in an emergency, you don’t add extra words to your statements, so any specificity is highly meaningful.Here, with the plane door blown open, the flight attendants are said to have specified that they wanted…
"Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness."
The Atlantic suggests an article for me — from a couple years ago — that’s right in my zone. It’s by Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic’s happiness expert, who — I’d noticed — has a new article in The Atlantic that I’d seen but chose not to click on: “Think About Your Death and Live…
What's the difference between hiking and walking?
I’m trying to read “Hiking Has All the Benefits of Walking and More. Here’s How to Get Started. Exploring the great outdoors offers a host of mental and physical benefits. But there are a few things you need to know first” (NYT).Hiking offers all the cardiovascular benefits of walking, but the uneven terrain does…
Sunrise — 5:09, 5:18, 5:26.
"That’s nice. But many of my generation will not make it to 100 … in fact did not make it to 25 … because of your father. They died in Vietnam."
The top-rated comment — one of many similar and utterly predictable comments — on “My father, Henry Kissinger, is turning 100. This is his guide to longevity” (WaPo).
"Grimes is enlisting free labor – potentially thousands of people, and a lot of them children – to make music with various aspects of her likeness, under the guise of a creative endeavor…"
“… and the chance to ‘work with Grimes.’ In reality, she’s a burgeoning CEO in the midst of building a virtual sweatshop, something companies have been doing for eons, except now it appears this artist wants to give it a try.
For example, not long ago she brought up taking 50% of the royalties of…
"… and I continue my nightly ritual…"
Ludicrously disingenuous letter to the NYT “Social Q” advice columnist:My husband was chatting with our new neighbor when the neighbor mentioned he could see me undressing at night through my bathroom window. Our homes are on three-quarter-acre lots, so we’re not that close. My husband was speechless, and I continue my nightly ritual, which does…
"No violence is legitimate, whether verbal or against people. We have to work in depth to counter this process of decivilisation."
Said President Macron, quoted in “Radical left threatens civilisation in France, says Macron/President speaks out after pension reform protests and attacks on elected officials” (London Times).Presidential advisers said the term was a reference to Norbert Elias, the 20th century German sociologist who described how self-restraint and social inhibitions had civilised Europe, first in royal courts…
"This sudden enthusiasm for cottage cheese has been attributed partly to a new generation focused on protein and nutrients and also madly keen on 'bowl' meals…"
“… filled with grains, vegetables and fruit. ‘All of these ingredients together make for a super nutrient dense cottage cheese bowl that will have you full for literally hours’….”From “Why is cottage cheese trending again?” (London Times).We’re told there are blogs and TikToks devoted to re-popularizing cottage cheese. One suggestion is to whip it…