“A mean tweet doesn’t kill anyone; it is an attempt to shame or punish someone publicly while broadcasting one’s own virtue, brilliance, or tribal loyalties.”
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
“Once social-media platforms had trained users to spend more time performing and less time connecting, the stage was set for the major transformation, which began in 2009: the intensification of viral dynamics.”
Some beautiful prints of British wildlife, signed by nature presenters and celebrities.
50% of the proceeds go to nature charities.
Which to pick… 🤔
I suspect I have written more words this week than any other week so far in my life.
And it’s still only Thursday.
The couple of years since the allegations about Warren Ellis came to light have been on long succession of internet-famous people from 15 years ago or more progressively revealing themselves to be rather unpleasant people.
It may be bitterly cold here in Sussex, but the beach knows it’s spring. The first of the plants that dominate the beach during the summer months are pushing their way through the shingle.
Just looking forwards to the temperatures catching up…
Weekend Nature Reads: the Good News, Bad News edition…
Sometime’s it’s hard not to despair when reading about things like this. But there is hope.
I do wonder if one of the triggers of moving from independent consultant to small agency is that having more bodies in the operation gives you mores ability to mitigate the workload problems of the famine/feast cycle.
But I suspect it swaps those problems for a different set.
This is a fascinating tale of a man who enjoyed taking photos more then developing the, creating a huge recovery and archiving challenge: Photographer’s 3,200 Undeveloped Film Rolls Hold History of Rock ‘n’ Roll - PetaPixel
Finished reading: Fifty Words for Snow by Nancy Campbell 📚
Took me quite a while to get through this one. It wasn’t that I disliked it — it’s that the format of 50 short essays about different snows around the globe lends itself to dipping in and out of the book, rather than losing yourself it.
Did I like it? Yes, I think. I need to mull it over for a while to be sure.
Flippin’ ‘eck, this is worrying: The Ocean Is Having Trouble Breathing And yes, it’s climate change at work again.
I have survived six hours of lectures via Zoom with my sanity largely intact.
(My wife suggests there is evidence to the contrary.)
Half an hour by the sea
Chose a different spot down by the harbour arm today. I’m tucked into a wee hollow, with the structure of the arm itself sheltering me from what is a bitterly cold wind.
I’m still wearing a fleece and a gillet, though. It is bitter this afternoon. We even had a flurry of snow earlier, but I’d be amazed if we see any settle this far south.
“People claim they enjoy winter, but what they really mean is they enjoy winter as a livener, a cobweb-blower-away, a quick flirt with the elements before resorting to their real love, central heating.”
From: The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel 📚