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Learning about writing by seeing only the punctuation

Link: https://medium.com/creators-hub/what-i-learned-about-my-writing-by-seeing-only-the-punctuation-efd5334060b1
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28899242

Palomar 6: Globular Star Cluster

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211019.html #APoD

#WordOfTheDay

gestalt

Pronunciation
/ɡəˈʃtɑːlt/ /ɡəˈʃtalt/
noun
Psychology
An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts.

Origin
1920s from German Gestalt, literally ‘form, shape’.

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In a flash of recognition, a moment of gestalt, Joe realized he had met her long ago.

Here is a nice photo of the sky.

Obsidian Mirror Used by Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins

Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/magic-mirror-used-by-queen-elizabeth-is-court-astrologer-has-aztec-origins-180978830/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28814742

Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS-CoV-2

Link: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/scientists-discover-a-highly-potent-antibody-again/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28842733

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was published 42 years ago today.

In case you missed it, I am posting my mobile photography over on Pixelfed.

It’s like Instagram, but open source and federated with other platforms like Mastodon and Plemora (meaning anyone on those platforms can directly follow a Pixelfed account!). https://pixelfed.social/cassidyjames

Do not quarrel or deal in personalities. Listen to opposing arguments after you have presented your own. Learn how to remain silent and reflect. Do not try to get the better in an argument at the expense of your own sincerity.
-- Elisee Reclus

#anarchism #quote #bot

Here is a nice photo of the sky.

Good Leaders Know You Can’t Fight Reality

Link: https://hbr.org/2021/10/good-leaders-know-you-cant-fight-reality
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28801549

Norm Macdonald's story about the first time he met Bob Dylan

Link: https://twitter.com/smalwigwamlight/status/1446881138895568899
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28821455

https://share.api.weibo.cn/share/254765879.html

The 'specialness spiral:' Why we label ordinary objects as too special to use

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/health/specialness-spiral-partner-wellness/index.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28771893

How to permanently delete your Facebook account

Link: https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28770937

#facebook

You cannot fix Facebook. You can only legislate to minimise its damage and create ethical alternatives to it that are everyday things owned and controlled by everyday people.

Same goes for Google, etc.

#SmallTech #SmallWeb

As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
-- Mikhail Bakunin

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