Be a good friend, to yourself, and to everyone: attentive, challenging, loving. That sounds like honest work for at least one whole lifetime. https://t.co/pNCEbppiBy Reminds me of “I can do nothing for you but work on myself… you can do nothing for me but work on yourself”

Why do these architectures seem to work, then?

Heed Aquinas not Clausewitz.. @DavidAFrench (The extraordinary rendition of Maduro ) “pursues the sugar high of nation power at the expense of justice and peace. You can see that Trump is on that sugar high right now…still saying “We’re going to run” Venezuela. “If they

Huge quake in east bay. Anyone else feel it?

The Latest Lettered Round award goes to …databricks for series … L

Did not expect 2025 would be “the year @Apple disappointed me so much at Christmas that an emotional support Animal felt compelled to sit on my lap for an entire evening. Seriously though, we are hosting a friends trained emotional support dog. I thought the whole thing was may

Or may be this one. Sorry for the inconvenience :p

By the way, here’s evidence that I have returned the phone via fedex as required and someone at Apple’s location signed for. And yes, it was late because you shipped it to “the last address I used with an AppleCare claim” INSTEAD OF THE SHIPPING ADDRESS you have on record!

Until and unless Apple manages to display basic competence and decency in this kind of a crazy situation, I’m going to see if I can’t get used to using a Galaxy Fold 7. I don’t love the experience as much but at least my phone doesn’t charge me for the privilege of

This experiment changed my life: 1. For one day, don’t give any advice and don’t try to fix anybody. 2. Just listen and ask questions that start with "How" or "What" 3. Every time it’s uncomfortable, note the emotion you’re trying not to feel.

A great decision isn’t one where you avoid the bad outcomes and get the good outcomes. It’s one where you are who you want to be, no matter the outcome.

kid wants his elementary school science project to be an engineering study on disabling drones, along with a prototype. point me to interesting research or macgyver vids on the subject!

“Between 1680 and 1725, Italy's Antonio Stradivari and his family made legendary violins that are highly valued today. They selected alpine spruce trees and Balkan maple, seasoned the wood for years, and laid varnish in painstaking layers that produced sublime resonance. Their

Vibe coding is great for software you can't buy. If you can buy it, you probably should.

Re. “your education really IS the job of a lifetime” At this rate it’s gonna be a while! What I lack in speed, let’s hope the manufacturer made up in durability.

Sometimes it starts by forgiving yourself and others over the small slights. When no harm was intended, choose to forgive. 1) Forgiving small frequent slights that stem from chronic weakness (others or your own) is harder. Why? It requires more deliberate work because the

I choose to notice the delicious irony in me posting this, especially today, and it makes me positively prayerful [1] 😂 Excerpts from “This is water”, (David Foster Wallace @ Kenyon College, 2005) …eventually one (young fish) looks over at the other and goes “What the hell

Each night seems to arrive, calmly carrying with it the knowledge and mysteries of the universe, If in the day, we could experience it quietly — even for a couple of moments, even in our imagination —“Gaali”-B, Then we would not be abused as dreamers of Ghalib, We would be