Today is National Thesaurus Day. Personally, we find these made-up holidays contemptible, abhorrent, nauseating, repugnant, and unpalatable.

«The total volume of things-you-should-have-an-opinion-about has exceeded our cognitive bandwidth so thoroughly that having careful opinions about anything has become damned-near impossible.» *Excellent* Essay by @joanwestenberg.com www.joanwestenberg.com/the-discours...

„Viele Menschen besuchen Düsseldorf hauptsächlich am Wochenende, um japanisches Essen und Cosplay zu erleben.“ — schöne Nüchternheit! www.j-big.de/takumi-brick...

Erich Kästner - "A Saying on New Year's Eve", with the apt finish: "(...) Just get right to it and improve!"

In eigener Sache: Ich habe da mal eine App für macOS gemacht. wittorf.me/murmuration-...

Nr. 2028: ES IST SCHWIERIGRER, DAS JETZT ZU ERFASSEN, ALS SICH DIE ZUKUNFT VORZUSTELLEN //

Here lies a toppled god \ His fall was not a small one. \ We did but build his pedestal, \ A narrow and a tall one.

"I'm in this photo and I don't like it"

Happy Emergence, @ntrp.net

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

@leon-heckmann.de on x: x.com/leon_heckman...

What is Count Count supposed to count then, if money doesn't count? Big fan of the Count counting e-mails, though: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhxf...

Your habits always come hunting after you. The self you construct will haunt you

Advent Calendar Advent Calendar xkcd.com/3019

If you need something to worship, then worship life — all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

Friday night education. @yaneerbaryam.bsky.social @necsi.bsky.social