Maarten Idema III
@maartenidema
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Floats like a jellyfish, stings like a... jellyfish
New Zealand
Joined February 2011
Sprinting starts at the Olympics tomorrow. The first one is the women’s 100 metres. New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs will run at 9:50 pm, competing against some of the fastest women in history, including the fastest woman alive, Shericka Jackson.
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Platforms don’t really die they deflate via @LinkedIn.
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This title is a quote from a WIRED article called ‘A Tweet Before Dying’ by Paul Ford. It was written in November 2022 a month after Elon Musk acquired Twitter.
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In essence most writing is writing to think or show thinking. This is how we learn to write. However in the real world the function of text is to change what people think. In order to do that you need to be writing for others. Not yourself or teachers. …
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In essence most writing is writing to think or show thinking. This is how we learn to write. However in the real world the function of text is to change what people think. In order to do that you...
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You would have seen that Xero, like a lot of the tech sector, is going through restructuring and letting go of a lot of design and research talent. The logic of who has been let go of is lost on me. These are incredibly talented members of our design team…
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You would have seen that Xero, like a lot of the tech sector, is going through restructuring and letting go of a lot of design and research talent. The logic of who has been let go of is lost on me....
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Our 🌏 is under threat. But now governments are debating a new Global Ocean Treaty that could lead to a third of the world’s oceans being protected from destruction. #ProtectTheOceans via @greenpeacenz Join the campaign here:
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RT @thisstuartlaws: At a cafe, empty tables everywhere, a woman moved all the dirty plates and cups from her table to another, that another….
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RT @TheSpinoffTV: Beneficiary bashing bullshit dismantled by a tax expert.
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Remarks by a Federated Farmers leader are a boon to beneficiary-bashers, and they're utter rubbish, writes a tax expert
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Click on #RecursionFTW to see the full thread.
Something incredible is happening on reddit. I'm tempted to say these people have way too much time, but this is legit amazing. #RecursionFTW
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RT @jasonfried: If you haven’t heard/read the “This is Water” commencement speech by David Foster Wallace, I’d encourage you to take 20 min….
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David Foster Wallace's remarkable 2005 commencement speech, This is Water, is a timeless trove of wisdom for living a meaningful life. Here is a full transcript along with audio.
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RT @waxpancake: Best joke I heard this week was from my 11-year-old nephew: “Gender was invented by bathroom companies to sell more bathroo….
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RT @womensart1: Iranian fibre artist Maryam Ashkanian embroiders sleeping people onto handmade pillows for her ongoing series, 'Sleep' #wom….
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